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 Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner, Jeremy Marshall

The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner, Jeremy Marshall

234 pages • hardcover • 2006 user-added

nonfiction
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

John McWhorter

256 pages • digital • 2008

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction art biography funny informative medium-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

8 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2003

nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths by Helen Morales

Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths

Helen Morales

224 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective fast-paced
Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, & Lore by Skye Alexander

Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, & Lore

Skye Alexander

226 pages • digital • 2012 user-added

nonfiction adventurous informative slow-paced
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty

7 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
How to Piss Off Men by Kyle Prue

How to Piss Off Men

Kyle Prue

143 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction gender funny lighthearted fast-paced
she followed the moon back to herself by Amanda Lovelace

she followed the moon back to herself

Amanda Lovelace

210 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Path of the Witch: Rituals & Practices for Discovering Which Witch You Are by Lidia Pradas

The Path of the Witch: Rituals & Practices for Discovering Which Witch You Are

Lidia Pradas

176 pages • paperback

nonfiction religion dark mysterious medium-paced