Read 12 Non-Fiction Books in 2025

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12 participants (93 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This was originally meant to mean one non-fiction book a month but life got in the way. And what does it matter if I read one a month as long as I read 12 total? Join me if you’d like! 

Challenge Books

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24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak

24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

24 Hours in Ancient History #3

Philip Matyszak

272 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat by Eric Jager

The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat

Eric Jager

256 pages • digital • 2004

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

431 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History by Sharon McMahon

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History

Sharon McMahon

10 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • paperback • 1974

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad

The Cold War: A World History

Odd Arne Westad

710 pages • hardcover • 2003

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Spinning by Tillie Walden

Spinning

Tillie Walden

395 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Homebody by Theo Parish

Homebody

Theo Parish

213 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir young adult hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Noise by Kathleen Raymundo

Noise

Kathleen Raymundo

30 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction comics middle grade emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

204 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced