8 Non Fiction Books in 2025

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28 participants (80 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Trying to read more non-Fiction! 

Challenge is to read 2 non fictions books every season 💜💙♥️

Challenge Books

All books added
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

Jeffrey Toobin

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo

410 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history race adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra by Toby Wilkinson

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra

Toby Wilkinson

646 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
One Last Thing: How to Live with the End in Mind by Wendy Mitchell

One Last Thing: How to Live with the End in Mind

Wendy Mitchell

6 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir
The Taking of Jemima Boone by Matthew Pearl

The Taking of Jemima Boone

Matthew Pearl

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous informative medium-paced
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

Bill Bryson

270 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It by Helen Scales

The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

Helen Scales

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs

David Graeber

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction business economics politics informative reflective medium-paced
Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives by Emily Amick, Sami Sage

Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

Emily Amick, Sami Sage

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction politics self help informative inspiring medium-paced
The Invisible Hand by Adam Smith

The Invisible Hand

Adam Smith

144 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced