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 • 1977 • 5 editions

user-added

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

A Tudor Christmas

Alison Weir, Siobhàn Clarke

184 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

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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 • 1840 • 5 editions

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 • 1994 • 11 editions

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

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

8h 57m • 1942 • 33 editions

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

8h 4m • 2024 • 4 editions

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

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

12h 34m • 1998 • 53 editions

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 • 2019 • 12 editions

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

8h 46m • 2018 • 5 editions

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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

4h 9m • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays feminism informative fast-paced