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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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Mindhunter #1

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

15 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 1995

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs

The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers

Elizabeth Cobbs

12 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter by Chris Bohjalian

Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter

Chris Bohjalian

240 pages • digital • 2003

fiction essays memoir travel emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

Amy Ellis Nutt

281 pages • digital • 2015 user-added

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful informative fast-paced
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

9 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative sad fast-paced
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Wayne Coffey

8 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2005

nonfiction history sports informative inspiring fast-paced
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Maureen Callahan

381 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye

Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation

Un... #1

Bill Nye

9 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction philosophy religion science informative medium-paced
Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull by Eileen Pollack

Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull

Eileen Pollack

360 pages • hardcover • 2002

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family by John Glatt

The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

John Glatt

8 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced