Read 25 non fiction in 2025!

Hosted by shontellereads

13 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 Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

Susan Wise Bauer

432 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction education reference informative medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Untamed

Glennon Doyle

337 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

12 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba

270 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Mary Prince

The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative

Mary Prince

69 pages • first pub 1831 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history challenging emotional informative medium-paced