12 non-fiction books in 2025

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19 participants (87 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to get back in to reading more true crime and non fiction so my goal is to read at least one a month 

Challenge Books

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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

Kathleen DuVal

752 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

People's Trilogy #2

Frank Dikotter

376 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

Ji-li Jiang

285 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography childrens historical history young adult emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning

Peter Beinart

172 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love by Amir Levine

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

Amir Levine

294 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative medium-paced
Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen

Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering

Joseph Nguyen

99 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy self help informative reflective slow-paced
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

687 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

How to Hide an Empire

Daniel Immerwahr

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life

Jaycee Dugard

7 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir true crime challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico by Ed Morales

Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico

Ed Morales

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics hopeful informative sad slow-paced