2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge

A new year and a new challenge! Again, I’m joining the Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shellyrae at her blog, book’dout. The stated goal of the challenge is to encourage participants to read nonfiction during the year. Each year, there are 12 topic categories, and those who accept the challenge choose a goal to complete by 31 December. This year’s goals are:

Nonfiction Nipper: Read & review 3 books, from any 3 listed categories

Nonfiction Nibbler: Read & review 6 books, from any 6 listed categories

Nonfiction Nosher: Read & review 12 books, one for each category

Nonfiction Grazer: Read & review any nonfiction book. Set your own goal, or none at all, just share the nonfiction you read through the year.

I aim to become a Nonfiction Nosher, because I already have books on my TBR pile for 10 of the categories (and multiple books for some of the categories). So I’m ready to start noshing.

The categories this year are:

• History
• Memoir/Biography
• True Crime
• Science
• Health
• Food
• Travel
• Garden
• Myth, Legend and Folklore
• Islands
• How-To
• Published in 2025

I don’t yet know what I’ll read for the category “Islands,” but I’ll enjoy looking through the possibilities. But I already know which book I want to read for the category “Published in 2025,” which is expected out in April. Matriarcha: Human Evolution Re-Imagined is the next book by the archaeologist who wrote my favorite Neanderthal book (see my review in the 24 February 2022 post).

For information about how to join the challenge, go to https://bookdout.wordpress.com/2025-nonfiction-reader-challenge-host/