Read Non-Fiction in 2025

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16 participants (49 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Join me in challenging yourself to read 12 (or more!) Non-Fiction books throughout 2025.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

W. Kamau Bell

347 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny reflective medium-paced
AD 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State by Charles Freeman

AD 381: Heretics, Pagans and the Dawn of the Monotheistic State

Charles Freeman

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility by Alex Zamalin

Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility

Alex Zamalin

172 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

1 hour, 10 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

207 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography young adult emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones

9 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction education memoir politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts by J.W. Ocker

A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

J.W. Ocker

338 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history travel dark informative sad slow-paced
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Rebecca Solnit

152 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
The Autistic Brain: Exploring the strength of a different type of brain by Temple Grandin

The Autistic Brain: Exploring the strength of a different type of brain

Temple Grandin

256 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced