History Challenge

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18 participants (88 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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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
Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre by Liao Yiwu

Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Liao Yiwu

320 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley

240 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction art memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Twelve Cries from Home: In Search of Sri Lanka's Disappeared by Minoli Salgado

Twelve Cries from Home: In Search of Sri Lanka's Disappeared

Minoli Salgado

203 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

Keith O'Brien

352 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography feminism history informative inspiring slow-paced
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Sunita Sah

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah

280 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction health self help hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness by Brya Hanan

Befriending Your Inner Child: A Catholic Approach to Healing and Wholeness

Brya Hanan

192 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction psychology religion self help medium-paced
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

624 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction essays history poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross by Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodriguez, Juan de la Cruz

The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross

Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodriguez, Juan de la Cruz

814 pages • paperback • 1618 user-added

nonfiction poetry religion informative reflective slow-paced
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence

Zeinab Badawi

541 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced