No More Nonficky Nonsense 2025

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39 participants (133 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 12 nonfiction books in 2025!

Challenge Books

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The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City by Kim Foster

The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City

Kim Foster

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed

The Feminist Killjoy Handbook

Sara Ahmed

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

Dava Sobel

192 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative inspiring medium-paced
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

The Hot Zone

Dark Biology #01

Richard Preston

368 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark informative tense fast-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

656 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction health lgbtqia+ politics emotional informative sad slow-paced
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

502 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

576 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Nora Ephron

137 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced