Read 5 non-fiction books

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8 participants (16 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

In the interest of diversifying my reading, I want to try reading at least 4 non-fiction books for 2025.  

Challenge Books

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The Crick Code: A Novel Based on the Memoirs of a Girl Raised in the FLDS Community of Colorado City by Brenda Holm, Betsy Cluff

The Crick Code: A Novel Based on the Memoirs of a Girl Raised in the FLDS Community of Colorado City

Brenda Holm, Betsy Cluff

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

1040 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

339 pages • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness by Brya Hanan

Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness

Brya Hanan

192 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction psychology religion self help medium-paced
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Sunita Sah

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah

280 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction health self help
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

438 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were by J.F. Andrews

Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

J.F. Andrews

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton

Beyond the Wand

Tom Felton

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370 by Florence de Changy

The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370

Florence de Changy

438 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction mysterious reflective medium-paced