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 Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin

The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People

Neil Shubin

240 pages • 2013 • 10 editions

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA by Neil Shubin

Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA

Neil Shubin

432 pages • 2020 • 10 editions

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Neil Shubin

229 pages • 2008 • 28 editions

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

352 pages • 2019 • 35 editions

nonfiction business psychology self help reflective slow-paced
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

The Rise and Fall

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

Steve Brusatte

500 pages • 2022 • 24 editions

nonfiction history nature science adventurous informative medium-paced
The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer

Time Traveller's Guides #2

The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

Ian Mortimer

432 pages • 2010 • 18 editions

nonfiction historical history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer

Time Traveller's Guides #3

The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain

Ian Mortimer

480 pages • 2017 • 14 editions

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

Jack Weatherford

317 pages • 2010 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

309 pages • 2008 • 64 editions

nonfiction psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Rest is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities by Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

The Rest is History Returns: An A–Z of Historical Curiosities

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

448 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced