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
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Anne Applebaum

5 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
The Financial Diet by Lauren Ver Hage, Chelsea Fagan

The Financial Diet

Lauren Ver Hage, Chelsea Fagan

3 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction self help informative medium-paced
World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction by Nadia Durrani, Brian Fagan

World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction

Nadia Durrani, Brian Fagan

7 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
What You Should Know about Politics... But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues by Jessamyn Conrad

What You Should Know about Politics... But Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues

Jessamyn Conrad

14 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

A Night to Remember

Walter Lord

5 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction classics history mysterious tense medium-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

30 hours • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Henry V - The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

Henry V - The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King

Dan Jones

14 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

Bob Drury, Tom Clavin

11 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
Around the Way Girl by Taraji P. Henson

Around the Way Girl

Taraji P. Henson

250 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir reflective slow-paced
Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback by Skai Jackson

Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback

Skai Jackson

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced