25 in 25: Nonfiction

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42 participants (547 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 25 nonfiction books in 2025. The books can be about any topic, but must be nonfiction.

Challenge Books

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Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India by K. Vaishali

Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India

K. Vaishali

240 pages • digital

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

432 pages • digital • 2020 user-added

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland

Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

Tom Holland

512 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey

13 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
Knowing the Spirit: Who He Is, What He Does, and How He Can Transform Your Christian Life by Costi W. Hinn

Knowing the Spirit: Who He Is, What He Does, and How He Can Transform Your Christian Life

Costi W. Hinn

244 pages • paperback

nonfiction informative reflective sad medium-paced
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated

Eric H. Cline

10 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Ancient Skies: Constellation Mythology of the Greeks by David Weston Marshall

Ancient Skies: Constellation Mythology of the Greeks

David Weston Marshall

4 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

12 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative medium-paced
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

6 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced