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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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning

When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II

Molly Guptill Manning

267 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction history informative inspiring medium-paced
Historic Houses of California by Daphne Reece

Historic Houses of California

Daphne Reece

121 pages • paperback

nonfiction historical travel
Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West by Scott Martelle

Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West

Scott Martelle

280 pages • 2007

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

392 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI by Arthur Gould Lee

No Parachute: A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI

Arthur Gould Lee

256 pages • digital • 1968

nonfiction history
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Douglas Brunt

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction biography history challenging informative mysterious medium-paced
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

285 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films

Nina Nesseth

256 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction horror psychology informative medium-paced
All That Remains by Sue Black

All That Remains

Sue Black

368 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction memoir science true crime informative reflective medium-paced
Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black

Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

Sue Black

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history science dark informative reflective medium-paced