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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If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission by Jo Piazza

If Nuns Ruled the World: Ten Sisters on a Mission

Jo Piazza

missing duration info • 2014 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography religion informative fast-paced
Emperor Constantine by Hans A. Pohlsander

Lancaster Pamphlets in Ancient History

Emperor Constantine

Hans A. Pohlsander

144 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole by Cecilia Blomdahl

Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole

Cecilia Blomdahl

256 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction nature travel adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes by Chris Hadfield

You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes

Chris Hadfield

200 pages • 2014 • 9 editions

nonfiction science adventurous medium-paced
The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know about Raising Confident, Capable Kids by Iben Sandahl, Jessica Joelle Alexander

The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know about Raising Confident, Capable Kids

Iben Sandahl, Jessica Joelle Alexander

208 pages • 2014 • 20 editions

nonfiction self help informative inspiring slow-paced
The Lost Girls of Autism: The New Science of Neurodiversity in Women and Girls by Gina Rippon

The Lost Girls of Autism: The New Science of Neurodiversity in Women and Girls

Gina Rippon

336 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

user-added

nonfiction feminism gender psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Plato: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas

Very Short Introductions

Plato: A Very Short Introduction

Julia Annas

2h 56m • 2003 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging slow-paced
The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates

The New Age of Sexism

Laura Bates

312 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism technology informative medium-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 • 4 editions

nonfiction historical history emotional informative reflective fast-paced
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

376 pages • 1998 • 53 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced