6 non fiction books for 2025

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73 participants (364 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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

Challenge Books

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The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle

The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

François-Xavier Fauvelle

280 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

David Graeber

118 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020) by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stephanie Cristello, Mimi Zeiger, Humberto Moro

Barbara Kasten: Architecture & Film (2015–2020)

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stephanie Cristello, Mimi Zeiger, Humberto Moro

180 pages • hardcover • 2023 user-added

nonfiction art
Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching

Building Construction Illustrated

Francis D.K. Ching

480 pages • paperback

nonfiction technology informative reflective medium-paced
Hierba by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Hierba

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

488 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction biography graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Jim Sciutto

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction politics medium-paced
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

15 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

576 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history politics medium-paced
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

Bob Joseph

189 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

306 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced