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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Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold

Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen

Hallie Rubenhold

16 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe by David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele

Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe

David M. Perry, Matthew Gabriele

9 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John Warner

Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

John Warner

288 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction education informative slow-paced
London Under by Peter Ackroyd

London Under

Peter Ackroyd

3 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

nonfiction
The Joy of Trash: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to the Very Worst of Everything by Nathan Rabin

The Joy of Trash: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to the Very Worst of Everything

Nathan Rabin

326 pages • digital

nonfiction art reference
The Monster of Florence: A True Story by Douglas Preston

The Monster of Florence: A True Story

Douglas Preston

348 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll

Priscilla Beaulieu Presley

320 pages • paperback • 1985

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson

Love, Pamela

Pamela Anderson

240 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Aliens Are Coming!: The Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe by Ben Miller

The Aliens Are Coming!: The Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe

Ben Miller

304 pages • 2016

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
My Love Story: A Memoir by Tina Turner

My Love Story: A Memoir

Tina Turner

8 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction memoir music reflective fast-paced