25 non fictions for 2025

hhm013 Host

10 participants (105 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

Reading non fiction books for the current year 

Challenge Books

All books added
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

bell hooks

224 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction education feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel

The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

Matt Siegel

5 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays food and drink history funny informative fast-paced
Jewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a People by Jeffrey S. Gurock, Annie Polland, Deborah Dash Moore

Jewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

Jeffrey S. Gurock, Annie Polland, Deborah Dash Moore

16 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic: An Interactive Guide to Tarot, Ritual, and Personal Growth: a Tarot Workbook by Moorea Seal, Callie Little

Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic: An Interactive Guide to Tarot, Ritual, and Personal Growth: a Tarot Workbook

Moorea Seal, Callie Little

175 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction medium-paced
The Trouble with Being Born by E.M. Cioran

The Trouble with Being Born

E.M. Cioran

212 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Between Banat: Queer Arab Critique and Transnational Arab Archives by Mejdulene Bernard Shomali

Between Banat: Queer Arab Critique and Transnational Arab Archives

Mejdulene Bernard Shomali

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

475 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry hopeful reflective slow-paced
Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment by B. Alan Wallace

Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment

B. Alan Wallace

302 pages • first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction self help inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

302 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced