Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

Hosted by shontellereads

12 participants, 117 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

I like a quarter of my reads to be non fiction and usually read around 100-120 books a year, but you can use this challenge however suits you. Can be any sub genre, any format :)

All books added
Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights by Eric Marcus

Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights

Eric Marcus

496 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France

How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS

David France

624 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction health history lgbtqia+ emotional informative slow-paced
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction middle grade informative reflective slow-paced
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality

Julia Shaw

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ science informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Delphine Minoui, Nojoud Ali

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

Delphine Minoui, Nojoud Ali

188 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Read This to Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More

Blair Imani

181 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics race self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

Through My Eyes

Ruby Bridges

64 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

A Queer History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Michael Bronski

312 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

11 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced