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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The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté

The Unboxing of a Black Girl

Angela Shanté

160 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry race young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
The Stonewall Reader by The New York Public Library

The Stonewall Reader

The New York Public Library

305 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring medium-paced
The Devil You Know by Gwen Adshead

The Devil You Know

Gwen Adshead

381 pages • 2021 • 37 editions

nonfiction psychology sociology true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

500 pages • 2021 • 31 editions

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • 2009 • 17 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

687 pages • 1974 • 51 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • 2022 • 144 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

334 pages • 2000 • 35 editions

nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach

311 pages • 2003 • 59 editions

nonfiction history science dark funny informative medium-paced
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

The Amityville Horror

Jay Anson

315 pages • 1977 • 45 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced