Read 5 Non-fiction books

antonia_bernardin Host

22 participants (42 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I struggle with reading non-fiction but I know there are some really interesting books out there, so I'm setting this as one of my challenges for 2025, it's a bit loose and really is just to remind me to include it in my TBR

Challenge Books

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Space at the speed of light by Becky Smethurst

Space at the speed of light

Becky Smethurst

144 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science informative inspiring fast-paced
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel

Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

Jason Hickel

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics challenging informative slow-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

283 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

438 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

Irvin D. Yalom

259 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not About the Burqa

Mariam Khan

6 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
You Must Stand Up by Amanda Becker

You Must Stand Up

Amanda Becker

218 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction