The Pursuit of Knowledge

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5 participants (25 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Life is rarely boring when learning new things. The goal is to expand knowledge and gain a broader perspective. The challenge is simple: choose a different textbook to read each month on an interesting topic. Bonus: find ways to practice and apply newfound knowledge in everyday life. 
Any format and length of book counts - print, ebook, audio, digital, etc.

Challenge Books

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Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman

Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump

Spencer Ackerman

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

623 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dána-Ain Davis

Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth

Dána-Ain Davis

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction education feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction science
Seafaring Lore and Legend by Peter D. Jeans

Seafaring Lore and Legend

Peter D. Jeans

370 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Russ Harris

ACT Made Simple: An Easy-to-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Russ Harris

265 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative fast-paced
The Northwomen: Untold Stories from the Other Half of the Viking World by Heather Pringle

The Northwomen: Untold Stories from the Other Half of the Viking World

Heather Pringle

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction gender history adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory

Deb Dana

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative medium-paced
How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain by Peter S. Goodman

How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain

Peter S. Goodman

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction business economics sociology technology