25 History Books in 2025

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7 participants, 39 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Read 25 nonfiction history books in 2025.

All books added
Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns

Class Struggle Unionism

Joe Burns

199 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

41 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

30 hours • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke

Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

Julia Cooke

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology travel informative medium-paced
Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy by Hallie Lieberman

Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy

Hallie Lieberman

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative medium-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

485 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 by Rosemary Ashton

One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858

Rosemary Ashton

338 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Surviving the 21st Century by Danny Katch

Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Surviving the 21st Century

Danny Katch

236 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction economics history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

178 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race reflective slow-paced