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 Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

291 pages • 1985 • 142 editions

nonfiction psychology science reflective slow-paced
The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts, and Other Literary Curiosities from History by Edward Brooke-Hitching

The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts, and Other Literary Curiosities from History

Edward Brooke-Hitching

256 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction history reference adventurous slow-paced
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

10h 55m • 2009 • 37 editions

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology by Michael J. Benton

Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

Michael J. Benton

6h 52m • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Eric Jay Dolin

10h 29m • 2018 • 9 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

9h 50m • 2016 • 39 editions

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Calling In by Loretta J. Ross

Calling In

Loretta J. Ross

288 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir race sociology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

17h 18m • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
1776 by David McCullough

1776

David McCullough

386 pages • 2005 • 9 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara

Girly Drinks

Mallory O'Meara

352 pages • 2021 • 10 editions

nonfiction food and drink history funny informative medium-paced