25 non fiction books for 2025

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11 participants (41 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Broadening my knowledge of the world through non fiction for 2025

Challenge Books

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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

258 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional slow-paced
Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books by Gary Paulsen

Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books

Brian's Saga

Gary Paulsen

148 pages • hardcover • 2001

nonfiction biography memoir adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Evan Friss

416 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history hopeful informative medium-paced
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination by Susan Gubar, Sandra M. Gilbert

The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination

Susan Gubar, Sandra M. Gilbert

744 pages • paperback • 1979

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Die stille Gewalt by Asha Hedayati

Die stille Gewalt

Asha Hedayati

192 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction feminism politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea by Katherine Harmon Courage

Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea

Katherine Harmon Courage

238 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction nature science informative slow-paced
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold

11 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction memoir true crime emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth by Elizabeth Williamson

Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth

Elizabeth Williamson

16 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction true crime emotional informative sad medium-paced
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

Elon Green

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced