Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

Hosted by shontellereads

12 participants, 117 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

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 :)

All books added
The Last Alchemist in Paris: & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry by Lars Ohrstrom

The Last Alchemist in Paris: & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry

Lars Ohrstrom

257 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean

391 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You

Sofie Hagen

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir self help funny reflective slow-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Brittney Cooper

280 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
It's Not You by Ramani Durvasula

It's Not You

Ramani Durvasula

333 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lifeform by Jenny Slate

Lifeform

Jenny Slate

225 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Accordion Eulogies by Noé Álvarez

Accordion Eulogies

Noé Álvarez

208 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir music emotional informative reflective medium-paced