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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Under My Control: Words + Music | Vol. 38 by Tegan Quin

Under My Control: Words + Music | Vol. 38

Tegan Quin

missing duration info • audio

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman

Niko Stratis

240 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays gender lgbtqia+ memoir music emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Lilias Trotter: Daring in the Desert by Irene Howat

Lilias Trotter: Daring in the Desert

Trailblazers

Irene Howat

124 pages • 2016

informative reflective slow-paced
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

6 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir nature informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation by Jim O'Heir

Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation

Jim O'Heir

6 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Good Samaritan Strikes Again by Patrick F. McManus

The Good Samaritan Strikes Again

Patrick F. McManus

212 pages • 1992

nonfiction adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Mary Slessor: Forward Into Calabar by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge

Mary Slessor: Forward Into Calabar

Christian Heroes: Then & Now #10

Geoff Benge, Janet Benge

5 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 1999

nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thine Education by Rebekah Merkle

Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thine Education

Rebekah Merkle

113 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction education informative slow-paced
The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire by Susan Wise Bauer, Jim Weiss

The Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire

The Story of the World #1

Susan Wise Bauer, Jim Weiss

8 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2001

nonfiction education history informative medium-paced
Aunt Jane's Hero: Portrait of a Christ Centered Home by Elizabeth Payson Prentiss

Aunt Jane's Hero: Portrait of a Christ Centered Home

Elizabeth Payson Prentiss

292 pages • paperback

nonfiction autobiography biography reflective slow-paced