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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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

227 pages • paperback • 2013

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Before the Dawn: An Autobiography by Gerry Adams

Before the Dawn: An Autobiography

Gerry Adams

366 pages • hardcover • 1996

nonfiction biography politics informative medium-paced
That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row by Jarvis Jay Masters

That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row

Jarvis Jay Masters

304 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics emotional reflective slow-paced
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

Karen Abbott

513 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Tony Horwitz

384 pages • 2011

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

Jeffrey Toobin

432 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction biography politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge

Vital Organs

Suzie Edge

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
The Face: Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw

The Face: Strangers on a Pier

The Face #2

Tash Aw

80 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Jenna Miscavige Hill

402 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction memoir religion dark emotional informative medium-paced