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

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Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best by Eugene H. Peterson

Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best

Eugene H. Peterson

220 pages • hardcover • 1983

nonfiction challenging reflective slow-paced
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor

The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times

Adrienne Mayor

361 pages • hardcover • 2000

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

229 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

336 pages • hardcover • 2005

nonfiction economics psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Fleeing to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: The Courageous Slaves, Agents, and Conductors by Elaine Landau

Fleeing to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: The Courageous Slaves, Agents, and Conductors

Elaine Landau

88 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction history informative inspiring medium-paced
Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue by Buddy Levy

Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

Buddy Levy

384 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction history nature travel medium-paced
Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith

Elizabeth the Queen

Sally Bedell Smith

663 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction biography history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Watering the Soul by Courtney Peppernell

Watering the Soul

Courtney Peppernell

240 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters by Joshua Jay

How Magicians Think: Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters

Joshua Jay

320 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life by Albert Demeo
For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life
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Albert Demeo

For the Sins of My Father: A Mafia Killer, His Son, and the Legacy of a Mob Life

Albert Demeo

256 pages • digital • 2002

nonfiction biography crime true crime emotional reflective sad fast-paced