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

All books added
Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter by Chris Bohjalian

Idyll Banter Idyll Banter Idyll Banter

Chris Bohjalian

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction essays memoir travel emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

Amy Ellis Nutt

281 pages • first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful informative fast-paced
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

Tori Telfer

9 hours, 34 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative sad fast-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Wayne Coffey

8 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative inspiring fast-paced
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Maureen Callahan

381 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye

Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation

Un... #1

Bill Nye

9 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion science informative medium-paced
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

9 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history funny informative medium-paced
Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull by Eileen Pollack

Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull

Eileen Pollack

360 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family by John Glatt

The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

John Glatt

8 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced