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 Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead by Dennis McNally

A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead

Dennis McNally

684 pages • paperback • 2002

nonfiction biography history music informative slow-paced
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

Mindhunter #1

John E. Douglas

397 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction memoir psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
Mud, Blood and Bullets: Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western Front by Edward Rowbotham, Janet Tucker

Mud, Blood and Bullets: Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western Front

Edward Rowbotham, Janet Tucker

190 pages • paperback

nonfiction autobiography biography history memoir emotional medium-paced
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

Jon Krakauer

384 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction feminism true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington

Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

Dennis Covington

272 pages • paperback • 1995

nonfiction history memoir religion reflective fast-paced
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

My Own Words

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

400 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

751 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The Stranger Beside Me

Ann Rule

548 pages • paperback • 1980

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith

Zodiac

Robert Graysmith

337 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced