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
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

336 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

8 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words by Jenni Nuttall

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

Jenni Nuttall

8 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

320 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us by George Zaidan

Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us

George Zaidan

6 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock, Edward Kay

Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge

Deidre Havrelock, Edward Kay

272 pages • hardcover

nonfiction childrens history science informative reflective medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

15 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition

Timothy Snyder

9 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
A Taste of Issa: Haiku by Issa Kobayashi

A Taste of Issa: Haiku

Issa Kobayashi

352 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction nature poetry challenging reflective relaxing medium-paced
¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs

¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

Christine Suggs

322 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced