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History Challenge

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18 participants (87 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read as many non-fiction history books as you can through the year.

Challenge Books

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In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance

In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine

Rachel Lance

9 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history informative tense medium-paced
All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton

All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor

Donald Stratton

5 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction history memoir emotional sad medium-paced
Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria by Kevin F. McMurray

Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria

Kevin F. McMurray

9 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2001

nonfiction history informative tense slow-paced
A House for Spies: SIS Operations Into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse by Edward Wake-Walker
A House for Spies: SIS Operations Into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse
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Edward Wake-Walker

A House for Spies: SIS Operations Into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse

Edward Wake-Walker

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

nonfiction history informative inspiring slow-paced
Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England by Dan Jones

Realm Divided: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England

Dan Jones

312 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz

Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work

Victoria Ortiz

4 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction biography middle grade informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History by Joel Warner

The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History

Joel Warner

296 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia's First “No Body” Murder Trial. by Ron Peterson Jr.

Under the Trestle: The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia's First “No Body” Murder Trial.

Ron Peterson Jr.

332 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction crime mystery true crime dark mysterious medium-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • hardcover • 2005

fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

David Grann

329 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history true crime adventurous dark informative medium-paced