Best Nonfiction 2025. Here are ten of some of the most exciting nonfiction titles hitting shelves in august, from the history of teeth to the life of audre lorde. As with elle.com’s other “best of 2025” books lists (including literary fiction;

We’re over halfway through 2025 and we at the book review have already written about hundreds of books. By shannon reed (hanover square) nonfiction.