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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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

294 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction health history politics science informative medium-paced
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

Camilla Townsend

336 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

Dan Jones

534 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings by Lars Brownworth

The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings

Lars Brownworth

300 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction history adventurous informative fast-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

The Rise and Fall

Steve Brusatte

404 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags by Tim Marshall

Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags

Politics of Place #2

Tim Marshall

297 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor

336 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor

The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times

Adrienne Mayor

361 pages • hardcover • 2000

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

304 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction business psychology informative reflective fast-paced