6 non fiction books for 2025

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73 participants (357 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read six non-fiction books this year, that's one every two months!

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Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson

Murder, Interrupted

Discovery's Murder is Forever #1

James Patterson

5 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious fast-paced
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War by John Dower

War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War

John Dower

399 pages • paperback

nonfiction history medium-paced
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

9 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction health history politics science informative medium-paced
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Sy Montgomery

3 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction essays memoir nature emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

Bethany Joy Lenz

8 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide by Steven W. Thrasher

The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide

Steven W. Thrasher

352 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ race science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho

Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness

Catherine Cho

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective fast-paced
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

How to Hide an Empire

Daniel Immerwahr

528 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

Rebecca Solnit, Thelma Young Lutunatabua

200 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction essays science sociology challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

Ordinary Notes

Christina Sharpe

7 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction essays memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced