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
Black Internet Effect by Shavone Charles

Black Internet Effect

Pocket Change Collective

Shavone Charles

64 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction computer science memoir young adult informative inspiring medium-paced
Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel

Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

Mary Gabriel

944 pages • 2018

nonfiction art biography history informative inspiring medium-paced
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat

Bee Wilson

11 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2012

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

12 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

Unnatural Causes

Richard Shepherd

11 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction health memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

5 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

15 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced
A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard

A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Sally Coulthard

6 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction history nature informative reflective slow-paced
The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Pluto Files

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2008

nonfiction history science adventurous fast-paced
Roller Derby: The History of an American Sport by Michella M. Marino

Roller Derby: The History of an American Sport

Michella M. Marino

296 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history sports challenging informative reflective medium-paced