Read Non-Fiction in 2025

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16 participants (79 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Join me in challenging yourself to read 12 (or more!) Non-Fiction books throughout 2025.

Challenge Books

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

5 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley by Neal Thompson

A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley

Neal Thompson

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife by Ken Jennings

100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

Ken Jennings

7 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction religion adventurous funny medium-paced
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by Eboo Patel

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Eboo Patel

missing duration info • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Behind the Kitchen Door by Sarumathi Jayaraman

Behind the Kitchen Door

Sarumathi Jayaraman

191 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction economics informative medium-paced
Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square by Paul Rasor

Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square

Paul Rasor

126 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics religion
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, William J. Barber II

The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, William J. Barber II

151 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction politics religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want by Adam Eichen, Frances Moore Lappé, Frances Moore Lappé

Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

Adam Eichen, Frances Moore Lappé, Frances Moore Lappé

216 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative reflective slow-paced