History Challenge

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21 participants (171 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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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
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