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 Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45

Władysław Szpilman

222 pages • hardcover • 1946

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era by James Mann

The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era

James Mann

432 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction biography politics informative slow-paced
The American Revolution: The Great Courses Modern History by Allen C. Guelzo, Allen C. Guelzo

The American Revolution: The Great Courses Modern History

Allen C. Guelzo, Allen C. Guelzo

12 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2008 user-added

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

116 pages • paperback • 1958

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Construção da Ordem / Teatro de Sombras by José Murilo de Carvalho

A Construção da Ordem / Teatro de Sombras

José Murilo de Carvalho

459 pages • paperback • 2003

nonfiction history politics medium-paced
O pacto imperial: origens do federalismo no Brasil by Miriam Dolhnikoff

O pacto imperial: origens do federalismo no Brasil

Miriam Dolhnikoff

330 pages • paperback

nonfiction history
O Tempo Saquarema: A formação do estado imperial by Ilmar Rohloff De Mattos

O Tempo Saquarema: A formação do estado imperial

Ilmar Rohloff De Mattos

314 pages • paperback

nonfiction history
The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State by Lawrence Wright

The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

Lawrence Wright

17 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2016 user-added

nonfiction historical history religion
Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing by Tim Shorrock

Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing

Tim Shorrock

15 hours, 43 minutes • audio • 2008

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Brant Pitre

Jesus the Bridegroom: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Brant Pitre

208 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced