Read 12 Non-Fiction Books in 2025

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28 participants (244 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! 

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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

272 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists by Terry Gross

All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

Terry Gross

384 pages • digital • 2004

nonfiction memoir music reflective fast-paced
The Woman Who Fooled The World: Belle Gibson's Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry by Beau Donelly, Nick Toscano

The Woman Who Fooled The World: Belle Gibson's Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry

Beau Donelly, Nick Toscano

324 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction biography health true crime informative tense fast-paced
Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm by Natasha Stoynoff, Catherine Oxenberg

Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm

Natasha Stoynoff, Catherine Oxenberg

320 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional tense slow-paced
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of Nxivm by Sarah Berman

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of Nxivm

Sarah Berman

321 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction biography history religion dark informative medium-paced
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

393 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
Into the Uncanny by Danny Robins

Into the Uncanny

Danny Robins

352 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

nonfiction memoir mystery informative mysterious medium-paced
The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
Somebody Told Me: One Man's Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies by Danny Wallace

Somebody Told Me: One Man's Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies

Danny Wallace

352 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction sociology medium-paced
Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped Nxivm, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmondson

Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped Nxivm, the Cult That Bound My Life

Sarah Edmondson

264 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction memoir true crime dark informative medium-paced