25 in 25: Nonfiction

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42 participants (550 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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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America by Clay Risen

Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America

Clay Risen

480 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London by Amy Helen Bell

Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London

Amy Helen Bell

272 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history true crime
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine by Daniel J. Levitin

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine

Daniel J. Levitin

13 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction music psychology informative medium-paced
Feeling Seen: Reconnecting in a Disconnected World by Jody Carrington

Feeling Seen: Reconnecting in a Disconnected World

Jody Carrington

7 hours, 6 minutes • audio user-added

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Playful Life: The Power of Play in Our Every Day by Julie P. Jones

The Playful Life: The Power of Play in Our Every Day

Julie P. Jones

9 hours, 59 minutes • audio user-added

nonfiction education informative reflective medium-paced
Calming the Bipolar Storm: A Guide for Patients and Their Families by Robert G. Fawcett, Robert G. Fawcett

Calming the Bipolar Storm: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

Robert G. Fawcett, Robert G. Fawcett

201 pages

challenging informative slow-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction history race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury

Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

Laney Salisbury

327 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction art history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Anarchy in the Big Easy by Max Cafard

Anarchy in the Big Easy

Max Cafard

96 pages • paperback • 2025

nonfiction graphic novel history