6 Non Fiction for 2025

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28 participants (121 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

i barely read non fiction so my goal is to read 6 physical books this year! 

Challenge Books

All books added
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

509 pages • 1970 • 78 editions

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman

The Guns of August

Barbara W. Tuchman

640 pages • 1962 • 29 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

History of Rome #1

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

408 pages • 2003 • 36 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me! by Karl Wiggins

Shit my History Teacher DID NOT tell me!

Karl Wiggins

227 pages • 2014 • 1 edition

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

369 pages • 2010 • 89 editions

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • 2017 • 106 editions

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher

The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War

Tim Butcher

352 pages • 2014 • 12 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher

Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

Tim Butcher

363 pages • 2007 • 12 editions

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative medium-paced
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

448 pages • 2015 • 38 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

538 pages • 2019 • 37 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative tense slow-paced