Read 12 Nonfiction Books 2025

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17 participants (67 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read a few more nonfiction books this year.

Challenge Books

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Persepolis #3-4

Marjane Satrapi

187 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

Leil Lowndes

368 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology self help informative inspiring medium-paced
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

KC Davis

151 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction self help hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

464 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

608 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

Damien Lewis

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy Harjo

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

Joy Harjo

1 hour, 53 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction education memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced