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20 Non-Fiction Books

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23 participants (264 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

My goal is to read 20 non-fiction books in 2025! Do it with me! 

Challenge Books

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When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt

When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought

Jim Holt

384 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Strike of the Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier by Stephen L. Moore

Strike of the Sailfish: Two Sister Submarines and the Sinking of a Japanese Aircraft Carrier

Stephen L. Moore

384 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Mauri by Sarah Bakewell

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Mauri

Sarah Bakewell

464 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

Liza Mundy

480 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Dolly Parton: Un Retrato Americano by Beatriz Fernandez Navarro

Dolly Parton: Un Retrato Americano

Beatriz Fernandez Navarro

272 pages • hardcover • 2023 user-added

nonfiction biography
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

368 pages • digital • 2011

nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
Self portrait by Makenzie Campbell

Self portrait

Makenzie Campbell

192 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

nonfiction poetry self help travel
Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult by Michelle Dowd

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult

Michelle Dowd

280 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Homme Qui Voulait Etre Heureux by Laurent Gounelle

Homme Qui Voulait Etre Heureux

Laurent Gounelle

167 pages • paperback • 2008

fiction philosophy self help inspiring reflective fast-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced