Back in 2020 I realized that I wasn’t reading the non-fiction books in my collection. And yet I seemed to be accumulating them at an alarming rate, mostly due to friends and colleagues writing books, and through various seminars and summits I was attending online.
Back then I set the intention of reading at least one non-fiction book per month. And I’ve
Been doing so ever since, for five years.
When I first started, I was reading mostly books from the sources I’ve already spoken about. Over time, however, my selection expanded and became more diverse. Now I regularly find myself actively seeking out non-fiction books on various topics that I wish to learn about. They have simply become a normal part of my reading preferences. So much so that in 2026 I’m considering discontinuing this goal and seeing how many I read during the year. I think it may be an interesting experiment.
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For now, here is my List of non-fiction titles read for 2025:
- Buckingham, Marcus – First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
- Darkmoon, Belladonna – Practical Magic
- Davis, Viola – Finding Me
- Forna, Aminatta – The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter’s Quest
- Kaschak, Ellyn – Sight Unseen: Gender and Race Through Blind Eyes
- Khan, Saffura – A Mosaic of Memories
- Lowe, Cary – On Two Legs and Three Wheels
- Paz, Kat- Trailblazing and Transforming: Success Stories from Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
- Roberts, Jason – A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest Traveler
- Seirlis, Ari – Wheels of Fire: A Story of Courage, Triumph over Adversity and Civil Action
- Sharma, Robin – World Changemaker’s Manifesto
- Wagman-Geller, Marlene – Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World’s Famous and Infamous
- Winchester, Simon – The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Winchester, Simon – The Professor and the Madman
In next week’s post I’ll be looking at the classics I read, and in some cases reread, this year.
All that remains is for me to wish those of you who celebrate the holidays a truly wonderful time with family, friends and loved ones. May it be a time of peace, fun and tranquility for us all.
