Nonfiction 2025

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19 participants (373 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 50 nonfiction books in the year of 2025! Any kind or length count so join me in challenging yourself this year. 

Challenge Books

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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

291 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change by Myles Horton

We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

Myles Horton

296 pages • paperback • 1990

nonfiction education politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Lucky Ones: A Memoir by Zara Chowdhary

The Lucky Ones: A Memoir

Zara Chowdhary

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again

Johann Hari

10 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back by Alden Wicker

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

Alden Wicker

304 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction design health challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of the Cruise Ship Zaandam at the Dawn of a Pandemic by Jonathan Franklin, Michael Smith

Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of the Cruise Ship Zaandam at the Dawn of a Pandemic

Jonathan Franklin, Michael Smith

272 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction health history dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: how to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-Involved-parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: how to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-Involved-parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

201 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

Jesselyn Cook

9 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas by Mark Seal, James Patterson

What Really Happens in Vegas: True Stories of the People Who Make Vegas, Vegas

Mark Seal, James Patterson

8 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction biography lighthearted medium-paced