12 Non-fiction Books in 2025

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20 participants (108 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Try to tackle one non-fiction every month!

Challenge Books

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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

Erika Engelhaupt

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative fast-paced
Vietdamned: How the World's Greatest Minds Put America on Trial by Clive Webb

Vietdamned: How the World's Greatest Minds Put America on Trial

Clive Webb

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction history
Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

Hillary Rodham Clinton

13 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

Jennifer Ackerman

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

14 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

Antony Loewenstein

265 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

14 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson

Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence

Will Hodgkinson

10 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography music
Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us

Jennifer Finney Boylan

8 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

688 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced