25 in 25: Nonfiction

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42 participants (568 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The goal is to read 25 nonfiction books in 2025. The books can be about any topic, but must be nonfiction.

Challenge Books

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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez

Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil

Deborah Rodriguez

8 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2007

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control by Dana K. White

Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control

Dana K. White

224 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction reference self help informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told) by Dr. Karen Tang

It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told)

Dr. Karen Tang

384 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction feminism health challenging informative medium-paced
Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Paul Scheer

6 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound by Kate Kennedy

Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound

Kate Kennedy

480 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction medium-paced
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Malcolm Gladwell

8 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Ilan Pappé

331 pages • paperback • 2006

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad slow-paced
A Winter In Majorca by George Sand

A Winter In Majorca

George Sand

266 pages • paperback • 1841

nonfiction biography classics travel reflective 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 • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim

The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

Haemin Sunim

288 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction philosophy self help inspiring reflective medium-paced