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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Departing at Dawn: A Novel of Argentina's Dirty War by Gloria Lisé

Departing at Dawn: A Novel of Argentina's Dirty War

Gloria Lisé

175 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

258 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional slow-paced
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor by Ken Silverstein

The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor

Ken Silverstein

209 pages • hardcover • 2004

nonfiction biography history science adventurous reflective medium-paced
Gitchie Girl Uncovered: The True Story of a Night of Mass Murder and the Hunt for the Deranged Killers by Phil Hamman, Sandy Hamman

Gitchie Girl Uncovered: The True Story of a Night of Mass Murder and the Hunt for the Deranged Killers

Phil Hamman, Sandy Hamman

218 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction true crime dark fast-paced
Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were by J. F. Andrews

Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

J. F. Andrews

224 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge

Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths

Suzie Edge

309 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction biography history dark informative medium-paced
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East by Eugene Rogan

The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

Eugene Rogan

512 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me

Keah Brown

256 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

First They Killed My Father

Daughter of Cambodia #1

Loung Ung

238 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional informative medium-paced
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera

Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

Sathnam Sanghera

339 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced