Nonfiction 2025

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15 participants (163 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 50 nonfiction books in the year of 2025! Any kind or length count so join me in challenging yourself this year. 

Challenge Books

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Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter

Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster

Stephen L. Carter

12 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I Love Romcoms and I Am a Feminist: A Manifesto in 100 Romcoms by Corrina Antrobus

I Love Romcoms and I Am a Feminist: A Manifesto in 100 Romcoms

Corrina Antrobus

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

nonfiction feminism history memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Art of Crying: The Healing Power of Tears by Pepita Sandwich

The Art of Crying: The Healing Power of Tears

Pepita Sandwich

201 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel self help emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy

The Punic Wars

Cassell Military Paperbacks

Adrian Goldsworthy

412 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative tense slow-paced
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

Simone Biles

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

Thicker Than Water: A Memoir

Kerry Washington

311 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Issa Rae

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

What I Know for Sure

Oprah Winfrey

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction self help inspiring reflective fast-paced
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Mindhunter #1

John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

15 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs

The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers

Elizabeth Cobbs

12 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced