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

All books added
Crucifixion by Martin Hengle, Martin Hengel

Crucifixion

Martin Hengle, Martin Hengel

99 pages • paperback • 1977 user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
A Tudor Christmas by Alison Weir, Siobhàn Clarke

A Tudor Christmas

Alison Weir, Siobhàn Clarke

184 pages • hardcover • 2018 user-added

nonfiction historical history informative fast-paced
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams by John Adams, Abigail Adams

My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

John Adams, Abigail Adams

508 pages • hardcover • 1840

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

336 pages • paperback • 1994

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
West with the Night by Beryl Markham

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

8 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 1942

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith by April Ajoy

Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith

April Ajoy

8 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir politics religion hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

12 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 1998

nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)

Nadia Bolz-Weber

224 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective fast-paced
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books by Karen Swallow Prior

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books

Karen Swallow Prior

8 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2018 user-added

nonfiction education informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, Jenny Zhang

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

Kate Bolick, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, Jenny Zhang

4 hours, 9 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction essays feminism informative fast-paced