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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A Bridge of Children's Books: The Inspiring Autobiography of a Remarkable Woman by Jella Lepman

A Bridge of Children's Books: The Inspiring Autobiography of a Remarkable Woman

Jella Lepman

158 pages • 2002

nonfiction history memoir informative inspiring fast-paced
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

304 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction science sports adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
Ten Boys Who Changed the World by Irene Howat

Ten Boys Who Changed the World

Lightkeepers

Irene Howat

160 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction biography history hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
Abundant Living by

Abundant Living

368 pages • paperback

nonfiction self help
Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge

Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma

Christian Heroes: Then & Now #13

Geoff Benge, Janet Benge

5 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2000

nonfiction biography history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
John G. Paton South Sea Island Rescue by Kay Walsh

John G. Paton South Sea Island Rescue

Trailblazers

Kay Walsh

155 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction biography reflective slow-paced
A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures by Alix Morris

A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures

Alix Morris

304 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction nature
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

189 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Born in the GDR: Living in the Shadow of the Wall by Hester Vaizey

Born in the GDR: Living in the Shadow of the Wall

Hester Vaizey

240 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction history politics emotional informative slow-paced
Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends: How to Fight the Good Fight at Home by Sarah Mally, Grace Mally, Stephen Mally

Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends: How to Fight the Good Fight at Home

Sarah Mally, Grace Mally, Stephen Mally

280 pages • 2002

nonfiction informative lighthearted fast-paced