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
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 • 2022 • 11 editions

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 • 1975 • 5 editions

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 • 2024 • 4 editions

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 • 2022 • 2 editions

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 • 2018 • 29 editions

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

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

256 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

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 • 2017 • 17 editions

nonfiction biography sports informative lighthearted medium-paced
Tao Te Ching by Laozi

Tao Te Ching

Laozi

144 pages • -400 • 408 editions

nonfiction classics philosophy poetry religion inspiring reflective fast-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • 2017 • 86 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Jason Stanley

240 pages • 2018 • 42 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative medium-paced