100 non-fiction reading challenge

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Overview

I tend not to read enough non-fiction. So I have challenged myself to read 100 books. Feel free to join the challenge with me, maybe we can inspire each other with interesting titles we didn’t know existed. 

Number: 100 non-fiction books
Dates: Read from 1 January 2025 and forwards. No end date

Challenge Books

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Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince by Touré
Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince
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Touré

Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince

Touré

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

informative reflective medium-paced
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade by Ann Fessler

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade

Ann Fessler

354 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction feminism history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg

The Death and Life of Dith Pran

Sydney Schanberg

112 pages • 1985

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World by Jayne Zanglein

The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World

Jayne Zanglein

416 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia by Amy Petulla

The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia

True Crime

Amy Petulla

144 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious slow-paced
The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind: The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage by Julie Cook

The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind: The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage

Julie Cook

256 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history informative sad medium-paced
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

320 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by Jack Kelly

The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America

Jack Kelly

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects by Susan Beal, Jay B. Sauceda

World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects

Susan Beal, Jay B. Sauceda

192 pages • 2011

nonfiction art adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy K. Bristow

American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

Nancy K. Bristow

304 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction health history informative slow-paced