Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

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22 participants (209 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I like a quarter of my reads to be non fiction and usually read around 100-120 books a year, but you can use this challenge however suits you. Can be any sub genre, any format :)

Challenge Books

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

18 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business health history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Mating in Captivity: In Search of Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

Mating in Captivity: In Search of Erotic Intelligence

Esther Perel

8 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective slow-paced
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

Rebecca Nagle

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history race true crime emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams

Thou Savage Woman: A History of Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

Blessin Adams

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction historical
Dare I Say It by Naomi Watts

Dare I Say It

Naomi Watts

6 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

nonfiction health memoir self help medium-paced
Here We Go Again: My Life In Television by Betty White

Here We Go Again: My Life In Television

Betty White

2 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

Patrick Lencioni

240 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business informative inspiring medium-paced
Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement: 1944-1968 by Karcheik Sims-Alvarado

Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement: 1944-1968

Karcheik Sims-Alvarado

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple by Warren G. Harris

Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple

Warren G. Harris

351 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective slow-paced
Lucy in the Afternoon: An Intimate Memoir of Lucille Ball by Jim Brochu

Lucy in the Afternoon: An Intimate Memoir of Lucille Ball

Jim Brochu

271 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative medium-paced