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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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings

288 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir religion challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Patti McCracken

316 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

448 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

444 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction history true crime informative fast-paced
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 • paperback • 1970

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 • paperback • 1962

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

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

History of Rome #1

Tom Holland

408 pages • paperback • 2003

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

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 • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative 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 • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced