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
The Handshake: A Gripping History by Ella Al-Shamahi

The Handshake: A Gripping History

Ella Al-Shamahi

176 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction history sociology informative lighthearted fast-paced
Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon

Femme in Public

Alok Vaid-Menon

53 minutes • audio • 2017 user-added

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral by Todd Harra

Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral

Todd Harra

288 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno

Tomboyland: Essays

Melissa Faliveno

244 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction essays feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

Kate Winkler Dawson

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history science true crime dark informative medium-paced
You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News) by Devrie Brynn Donalson

You're Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

Devrie Brynn Donalson

232 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction essays emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Michelle Duster

3 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Pinay Guerrilleras: The Unsung Heroics of Filipina Resistance Fighters During the Pacific War by Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas, Nicholas A. Garcia

Pinay Guerrilleras: The Unsung Heroics of Filipina Resistance Fighters During the Pacific War

Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas, Nicholas A. Garcia

171 pages • 2019

emotional informative slow-paced
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

6 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction feminism gender dark informative medium-paced
Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

Eyeliner: A Cultural History

Zahra Hankir

10 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction history informative medium-paced