Non-fiction read in 2025

1.
The Last Secret Agent
The Last Secret Agent 4.45 avg rating — 2,043 ratings
2.
A Good Bad Boy
A Good Bad Boy 3.26 avg rating — 734 ratings
3.
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions 4.12 avg rating — 20,702 ratings
4.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World 4.36 avg rating — 32,049 ratings
4.
Cher: The Memoir, Part 1
Cher: The Memoir, Part 1
by: Cher
4.24 avg rating — 28,268 ratings
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If You Lived Here, You'd Be Perfect By Now: The Unofficial Guide to Sweet Valley High
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Perfect By Now: The Unofficial Guide to Sweet Valley High 3.49 avg rating — 395 ratings
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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom 4.38 avg rating — 2,529 ratings
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution 4.27 avg rating — 13,402 ratings
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Three Wild Dogs
Three Wild Dogs 4.05 avg rating — 3,970 ratings
10.
The wager
The wager 4.17 avg rating — 184,856 ratings
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Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics
Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Spare
Spare 3.84 avg rating — 415,489 ratings
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Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties 3.98 avg rating — 2,409 ratings
14.
Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
by: Ruth Shaw
4.30 avg rating — 183 ratings
15.
She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said
She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said 4.15 avg rating — 181 ratings
15.
Raising Hare: A Memoir
Raising Hare: A Memoir 4.42 avg rating — 9,433 ratings
15.
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space 4.52 avg rating — 14,497 ratings
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A Civil Action
A Civil Action 3.99 avg rating — 16,812 ratings
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The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It 4.28 avg rating — 261 ratings
15.
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things 4.10 avg rating — 42,496 ratings
21.
Slash: The Autobiography
Slash: The Autobiography
by: Slash
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,029 ratings
21.
Rowlf's Very Own First Piano Book: National Federation of Music Clubs 2024-2028 Selection
Rowlf's Very Own First Piano Book: National Federation of Music Clubs 2024-2028 Selection 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
21.
The Lost Words
The Lost Words 4.49 avg rating — 6,473 ratings
21.
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them 4.36 avg rating — 43,365 ratings
25.
Poet Mystic Widow Wife
Poet Mystic Widow Wife 4.04 avg rating — 568 ratings
25.
Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire 3.99 avg rating — 5,913 ratings
25.
The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover
The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover 3.65 avg rating — 462 ratings
25.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 4.54 avg rating — 126,871 ratings
25.
All About Love: New Visions
All About Love: New Visions 4.02 avg rating — 123,540 ratings
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Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna? A Loving Look at the Lighter Side of Grief by Darcie D. Sims (1992-06-06)
Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna? A Loving Look at the Lighter Side of Grief by Darcie D. Sims (1992-06-06) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals 3.90 avg rating — 8,320 ratings
30.
Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306 - 1469
Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306 - 1469 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
30.
Unlovable: A memoir from the voice of Savage Garden
Unlovable: A memoir from the voice of Savage Garden 4.55 avg rating — 797 ratings
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Music Is History
Music Is History 3.86 avg rating — 4,971 ratings
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America 4.40 avg rating — 15,745 ratings
36.
As a Burning Flame: The Dream of Regina Jonas
As a Burning Flame: The Dream of Regina Jonas 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
36.
Hang in There! Inspirational Art of the 1970s
Hang in There! Inspirational Art of the 1970s 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
36.
Garments Against Women
Garments Against Women 4.14 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
36.
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies 3.22 avg rating — 2,059 ratings
36.
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet 4.36 avg rating — 161,009 ratings
41.
Guardian of Fukushima
Guardian of Fukushima 4.09 avg rating — 499 ratings
41.
Shock Movies: A Guide To Controversial & Disturbing Films
Shock Movies: A Guide To Controversial & Disturbing Films 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
41.
Girt Nation (The Unauthorised History of Australia #3)
Girt Nation (The Unauthorised History of Australia #3) 4.12 avg rating — 505 ratings
41.
Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer
Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer 3.96 avg rating — 5,099 ratings
41.
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul 4.33 avg rating — 412 ratings
46.
The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals
The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals 4.31 avg rating — 104 ratings
46.
Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays 3.70 avg rating — 1,510 ratings
46.
Never: The Autobiography
Never: The Autobiography 4.31 avg rating — 1,185 ratings
46.
Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden 4.27 avg rating — 5,078 ratings
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Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,537 ratings
51.
Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace
Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace
by: Big Sean
4.34 avg rating — 524 ratings
51.
Son of Golden Turkey Awards
Son of Golden Turkey Awards 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings
51.
Mr and Mrs Gould
Mr and Mrs Gould 4.20 avg rating — 152 ratings
51.
Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince 3.58 avg rating — 570 ratings
51.
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
by: Dan Egan
4.22 avg rating — 2,125 ratings
56.
Film Posters of the 70s: The Essential Movies of the Decade
Film Posters of the 70s: The Essential Movies of the Decade 4.17 avg rating — 71 ratings
56.
The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know®
The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know® 3.88 avg rating — 138 ratings
56.
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy 4.30 avg rating — 23,726 ratings
56.
I Hear Motion: A Celebration of the Australian Bands who Sound-Tracked Our Lives
I Hear Motion: A Celebration of the Australian Bands who Sound-Tracked Our Lives 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
56.
DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me For You!
DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me For You! 4.03 avg rating — 336 ratings
56.
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest 4.21 avg rating — 15,840 ratings
62.
Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on Faith -The Big Church Read Lent Book
Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on Faith -The Big Church Read Lent Book
by: SPCK
3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
62.
Lady Glenconner's Picnic Papers
Lady Glenconner's Picnic Papers 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
62.
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
by: Sly Stone
3.60 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
62.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,568 ratings
66.
First Art Kit: 25 Creative Papercraft Remedies for What Ails You
First Art Kit: 25 Creative Papercraft Remedies for What Ails You 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
66.
Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain—And How They Guide You
Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain—And How They Guide You 3.87 avg rating — 427 ratings
68.
Wedding Bell Blues: 100 Years of Our Great Romance with Marriage
Wedding Bell Blues: 100 Years of Our Great Romance with Marriage 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
68.
Jesus and the Gospel Women
Jesus and the Gospel Women 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
68.
Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children
Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children 3.91 avg rating — 164 ratings
68.
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir 3.47 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
68.
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory 4.30 avg rating — 13,906 ratings
73.
Hitchcock Poster Art
Hitchcock Poster Art 4.32 avg rating — 40 ratings
73.
Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11
Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11 3.86 avg rating — 1,760 ratings
73.
Shakespeare's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true tales from 400 years of Shakespearean theatre (Strangest series)
Shakespeare's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true tales from 400 years of Shakespearean theatre (Strangest series) 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
73.
Gallbladder Removal Diet: A Beginner’s 3-Week Step-by-Step Guide After Gallbladder Surgery, With Curated Recipes
Gallbladder Removal Diet: A Beginner’s 3-Week Step-by-Step Guide After Gallbladder Surgery, With Curated Recipes 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
73.
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists 3.84 avg rating — 6,042 ratings
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[Citation Needed] 2: The Needening: More of The Best of Wikipedia's Worst Writing
[Citation Needed] 2: The Needening: More of The Best of Wikipedia's Worst Writing 3.91 avg rating — 126 ratings
78.
Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court
Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court 3.79 avg rating — 219 ratings
78.
The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica
The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica 4.11 avg rating — 301 ratings
78.
How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity
How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity 3.89 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
82.
Film Posters of the 50s: The Essential Movies of the Decade
Film Posters of the 50s: The Essential Movies of the Decade 4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings
82.
Wonders in the Deep
Wonders in the Deep 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings
82.
You're Never Weird on the Internet
You're Never Weird on the Internet 4.07 avg rating — 49,748 ratings
82.
Superior: The Return of Race Science
Superior: The Return of Race Science 4.23 avg rating — 5,084 ratings
86.
Snoopy & the Gang Out West
Snoopy & the Gang Out West 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
86.
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
by: Ian Wade
3.87 avg rating — 67 ratings
86.
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change 4.07 avg rating — 1,640 ratings
86.
This Is Not America
This Is Not America 3.92 avg rating — 210 ratings
90.
Man Bites Man: Two Decades of Satiric Art
Man Bites Man: Two Decades of Satiric Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
90.
Meetings With Remarkable Animals
Meetings With Remarkable Animals 4.24 avg rating — 102 ratings
90.
Finding Me
Finding Me 4.54 avg rating — 165,783 ratings
90.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,188 ratings
94.
Cover Story: The Art of American Magazine Covers 1900-1950
Cover Story: The Art of American Magazine Covers 1900-1950 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
94.
Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles
Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles 3.66 avg rating — 192 ratings
94.
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution 4.10 avg rating — 2,087 ratings
94.
The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – A Hidden History
The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – A Hidden History 4.16 avg rating — 322 ratings
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The Office: The Official Party Planning Guide to Planning Parties: Authentic Parties, Recipes, and Pranks from The Dundies to Kevin's Famous Chili
The Office: The Official Party Planning Guide to Planning Parties: Authentic Parties, Recipes, and Pranks from The Dundies to Kevin's Famous Chili 4.14 avg rating — 58 ratings
98.
A Pirate's Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages
A Pirate's Life for She: Swashbuckling Women Through the Ages 3.64 avg rating — 211 ratings
98.
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change 4.27 avg rating — 293 ratings
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