25 in 25: Nonfiction

Hosted by jerrim1100

28 participants, 40 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

The goal is to read 25 nonfiction books in 2025. The books can be about any topic, but must be nonfiction.

All books added
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild by Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony

The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology by Michael J. Benton

Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

Michael J. Benton

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Eric Jay Dolin

10 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

176 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature by John Edgar Wideman

My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature

John Edgar Wideman

1280 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction emotional reflective slow-paced
Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States by Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction race religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi

356 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice by Yusef Salaam

Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

Yusef Salaam

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Calling In: How to start making change with those you'd rather cancel by Loretta J. Ross

Calling In: How to start making change with those you'd rather cancel

Loretta J. Ross

288 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism memoir race sociology