6 Non Fiction for 2025

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29 participants (84 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

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Music Is History by Ben Greenman, Questlove

Music Is History

Ben Greenman, Questlove

352 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays history music informative reflective medium-paced
Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women by E. Patrick Johnson

Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women

E. Patrick Johnson

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race challenging reflective slow-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well by Maya Angelou

Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well

Maya Angelou

66 pages • hardcover • 1975

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

Glory Edim

265 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up

Remica Bingham-Risher

256 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

208 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

256 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer by Adrian Newey

How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

Adrian Newey

400 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction biography sports informative lighthearted 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

387 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced