Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

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19 participants (150 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I like a quarter of my reads to be non fiction and usually read around 100-120 books a year, but you can use this challenge however suits you. Can be any sub genre, any format :)

Challenge Books

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Emerson: Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson: Poems

Everyman's Library Pocket Poets

Ralph Waldo Emerson

258 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction history literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith

Don't Call Us Dead: Poems

Danez Smith

1 hour, 15 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

Joni Mitchell

292 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir music informative lighthearted fast-paced
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

482 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative inspiring medium-paced
Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception. by Susan Carnicero, Michael Floyd, Philip Houston, Don Tennant

Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception.

Susan Carnicero, Michael Floyd, Philip Houston, Don Tennant

258 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science self help informative slow-paced
Over the Influence by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque

Over the Influence

Joanna "JoJo" Levesque

344 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Flying Blind: Boeing's MAX Tragedy and the Lost Soul of an American Icon by Peter Robison

Flying Blind: Boeing's MAX Tragedy and the Lost Soul of an American Icon

Peter Robison

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction business economics history informative tense slow-paced
The Abandoners by Begoña Gómez Urzaiz

The Abandoners

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative reflective medium-paced
Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women by Caroline Magennis

Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women

Caroline Magennis

255 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom by Julie F. Kay, Kathryn Kolbert

Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom

Julie F. Kay, Kathryn Kolbert

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction health politics informative medium-paced