History Challenge

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18 participants (92 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 Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Amity Shlaes

390 pages • 2007

nonfiction economics history politics informative slow-paced
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Philip Gourevitch

355 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
The Railway Man by Eric Lomax

The Railway Man

Eric Lomax

294 pages • digital • 1995 user-added

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

336 pages • hardcover • 1992

nonfiction history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom

271 pages • paperback • 1971

nonfiction autobiography history emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Helena Merriman

352 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

Judy Batalion

576 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer

The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust

Edith Hahn Beer

346 pages • digital • 1999 user-added

nonfiction biography history dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews

Peter Duffy

302 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction biography history adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

296 pages • paperback • 1986

nonfiction graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced