Read 12 Non-Fiction Books in 2025

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28 participants (243 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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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

447 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina by Ronnie Greene

Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina

Ronnie Greene

256 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction history politics true crime emotional slow-paced
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Madeline Pendleton

8 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship by K.C. Davis

Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship

K.C. Davis

5 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction psychology self help medium-paced
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Sheri Fink

558 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction health history science sociology true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Douglas Brinkley

736 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Cal Newport

284 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction business self help technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pedagogies of Voice: Street Data and the Path to Student Agency by Shane Safir

Pedagogies of Voice: Street Data and the Path to Student Agency

Shane Safir

344 pages • paperback

nonfiction education
Is Gender Fluid?: A Primer for the 21st Century by Sally Hines

Is Gender Fluid?: A Primer for the 21st Century

Sally Hines

144 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced