25 in 25: Nonfiction

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43 participants (507 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 25 nonfiction books in 2025. The books can be about any topic, but must be nonfiction.

Challenge Books

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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

384 pages • 2009 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional slow-paced
Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood: Records of the Assembled Transcendents of the Fortified Walled City by Du Guangling (850-933) by Suzanne Cahill

Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood: Records of the Assembled Transcendents of the Fortified Walled City by Du Guangling (850-933)

Suzanne Cahill

244 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic by Benjamin Carter Hett

The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

Benjamin Carter Hett

304 pages • 2018 • 17 editions

nonfiction history politics informative tense slow-paced
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

Jeffrey Haas

376 pages • 2009 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics race dark informative fast-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

187 pages • 2025 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Story by Kamala Suraiyya Das

My Story

Kamala Suraiyya Das

213 pages • 1973 • 2 editions

user-added

nonfiction feminism challenging reflective slow-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

326 pages • 2014 • 43 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt

S/He

Minnie Bruce Pratt

192 pages • 1995 • 4 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced
Förbrukningsvaran: Kungliga aktriser 200 år före metoo by Ingela Tägil

Förbrukningsvaran: Kungliga aktriser 200 år före metoo

Ingela Tägil

286 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction gender historical
Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk by Shunmyō Masuno

Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk

Shunmyō Masuno

3h 18m • 2022 • 9 editions

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nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced