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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Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age by Will Durant

Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age

Will Durant

12 hours, 15 minutes • audio

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
Tribal Justice: The Struggle for Black Rights on Native Land by Allison Herrera

Tribal Justice: The Struggle for Black Rights on Native Land

Allison Herrera

1 hour, 21 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction contemporary race
Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime by Dan Rather

Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime

Dan Rather

1 hour, 24 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction autobiography history memoir politics informative reflective medium-paced
Alanis Morissette: Words + Music by Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette: Words + Music

Alanis Morissette

1 hour, 31 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction memoir music emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Secrets in Us by Georgina Lawton

The Secrets in Us

Georgina Lawton

3 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford

Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath

Mimi Alford

198 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative medium-paced
How We Got to Now: The History and Power of Great Ideas by Steven Johnson

How We Got to Now: The History and Power of Great Ideas

Steven Johnson

6 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

Malcolm Gladwell

8 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction psychology informative medium-paced
The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Cara Robertson

11 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Audre Lorde

264 pages • digital • 1982

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced