Expanding Horizons: The Nonfiction Challenge

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9 participants (61 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Step out of your comfort zone and dive into the world of nonfiction with the Expanding Horizons: The 15 Nonfiction Challenge! This challenge is designed to inspire exploring new ideas, gaining fresh perspectives, and growing intellectually by reading a minimum of 15 nonfiction books in a year.

Whether you’re drawn to memoirs, self-help, science, history, or any other nonfiction genre, this challenge encourages you to broaden your horizons and discover the real-world stories and insights that can shape your life.

Set your own pace, track your progress, and let each book bring you one step closer to a year of growth and learning. Happy reading!

Challenge Books

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The Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappé

The Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict

Ilan Pappé

160 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

Chris Wimmer

320 pages • hardcover

nonfiction historical history emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Social Psychological Aspects of War and Violent Conflict by Dr. Jane McHan

Social Psychological Aspects of War and Violent Conflict

Dr. Jane McHan

50 pages • 2016 user-added

nonfiction education philosophy psychology
Start with the Heart: How to Motivate Your Kids to Be Compassionate, Responsible, and Brave (Even When You're Not Around) by Kathy Koch

Start with the Heart: How to Motivate Your Kids to Be Compassionate, Responsible, and Brave (Even When You're Not Around)

Kathy Koch

288 pages • paperback

nonfiction religion informative medium-paced
Let It Go: A True Story of Tragedy and Forgivenesss by Chris Williams

Let It Go: A True Story of Tragedy and Forgivenesss

Chris Williams

151 pages • hardcover • 2012

nonfiction biography memoir religion emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions

Valeria Luiselli

119 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction essays politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain by Sara Manning Peskin

A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain

Sara Manning Peskin

224 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction psychology science emotional informative medium-paced
Where Madness Lies: The Double Life of Vivien Leigh by Lyndsy Spence

Where Madness Lies: The Double Life of Vivien Leigh

Lyndsy Spence

324 pages • digital

nonfiction biography emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You by Karla McLaren

The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You

Karla McLaren

19 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2010

nonfiction psychology self help informative slow-paced
Queen Victoria's Children by John Van Der Kiste

Queen Victoria's Children

John Van Der Kiste

240 pages • paperback

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history informative fast-paced