Best of EverythingNonfiction.com for 2025
It’s that time of year again when I look back on the year and share the best books, films, documentaries, and VR games of the past year. As in previous best of posts, the titles mentioned here don’t necessarily mean that they were released in 2025. A book or film could have been released ten years ago, but if I read it or saw it for the first time this year, then it’s new to me and eligible for the year-end best of list.
Books
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom
- Never Caught
- On Wings of Eagles: The Inspiring True Story of One Man’s Patriotic Spirit–and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen
- Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
- Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free
- Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
- Caste: The origins of Our Discontents
Films
Documentary & Documentary Series
- Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
- Twister: Caught in the Storm
- A Deadly American Marriage
- Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
- Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
- The Perfect Neighbor
- The Truth About Jussie Smollett
- Song Sung Blue
Podcasts
VR Games
- Metro Awakening
- The House of Da Vinci VR
- Arizona Sunshine 2
- Alien Rogue Incursion VR
- The Seventh Guest
- Hubris – I’m playing this game right now. Very good VR game that is very close to Half Life Alyx