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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The Taking of Jemima Boone by Matthew Pearl

The Taking of Jemima Boone

Matthew Pearl

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history true crime adventurous informative medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family by John Glatt

The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family

John Glatt

292 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California's First Insanity Plea by David Wilson

Not Just Evil: Murder, Hollywood, and California's First Insanity Plea

David Wilson

216 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction history mystery true crime mysterious slow-paced
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

333 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child by Kim Cross

In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child

Kim Cross

464 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

534 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
C. S. LEWIS: WRITER, SCHOLAR, SEEKER by Sorina Higgins

C. S. LEWIS: WRITER, SCHOLAR, SEEKER

Sorina Higgins

2 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

nonfiction biography
Winter Hours by Mary Oliver

Winter Hours

Mary Oliver

109 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction essays nature poetry informative reflective slow-paced