The 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge Completed

This year, for the 5th time, I took on the Nonfiction Reader Challenge, hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out (https://bookdout.wordpress.com/).

I’ve read 10 books in 8 of the categories of this year’s Challenge, which I guess makes me a “Nonfiction Nibbler” (with a few more bites). 

My Challenge wrap-up is:

Memoir/Biography

  • Madly, Deeply

Health

  • The Remarkable Life of the Skin

True Crime

  • The Peep Show: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

Islands

  • The Island at the Center of the World

Science

  • Neanderthal Man
  • The World Before Us

Myth, Legend and Folklore

  • Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw
  • Robin Hood: Legend and Reality

Travel

  • The Ship of Dreams

Garden

  • Good Nature

I savored all the books I read (what a wonderful reading year!), and enjoyed the variety of categories. So I can’t say which is my favorite. Now I’ve already started my TBR pile for the 2026 Challenge.

Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM

    The Ship of Dreams is one I've wondered about. I love that time period and stories about ships/wrecks. Does it go much into the time period or is the focus more on the people? I noticed the subtitle refers to the end of the Edwardian Era so I'm curious if he talks about what the era entailed and how the Titanic helped shape what came the next. Looking forward to seeing what you read in 2026!

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  2. ChrisDecember 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM

    I just found your full review of The Ship of Dreams--I wasn't logged in when I left an earlier comment asking about the book.

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  3. Jinjer-The Intrepid AngelenoDecember 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM

    Woo hoo! Well done.

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  4. Shelleyrae @ Book’d OutJanuary 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM

    A fantastic accomplishment, thank you so much for taking part!

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