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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Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

Michael Azerrad

336 pages • paperback • 1993

nonfiction biography music emotional informative medium-paced
Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words by Andrew Morton

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

Andrew Morton

432 pages • paperback • 1992

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

Eric Foner

448 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Vincent Bugliosi

687 pages • paperback • 1974

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews Edwards

Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

Julie Andrews Memoirs #2

Julie Andrews Edwards

546 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara G. Forden

House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

Sara G. Forden

503 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction biography business true crime informative medium-paced
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa by Charles Brandt

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa

Charles Brandt

320 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative medium-paced
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

Pamela Des Barres

352 pages • paperback • 1987

nonfiction biography memoir music informative medium-paced
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

Michael Schur

289 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction philosophy funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • paperback • 1965

nonfiction classics true crime dark informative tense slow-paced