History Challenge

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18 participants (95 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 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
Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

Matt Baume

272 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction art history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

429 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history dark informative medium-paced
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Sarah Ogilvie

384 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Brad Ricca

432 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern by Jean Marie Wiesen

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern

Jean Marie Wiesen

224 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

nonfiction
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream

Charles Spencer

304 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter by Dan Jones

Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter

Dan Jones

192 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction history informative fast-paced