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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 Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

Liza Mundy

480 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris Wimmer

The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West

Chris Wimmer

320 pages • hardcover

nonfiction historical history emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict by Ilan Pappé

The Very Short History of the Israel - Palestine Conflict

Ilan Pappé

160 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman

Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America

Michael Ruhlman

288 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction business history informative lighthearted slow-paced
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach

308 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction history nature science funny informative medium-paced
Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

Talia Lavin

291 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative medium-paced
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

469 pages • hardcover • 2006

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold, Yuma Totani

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program

Hal Gold, Yuma Totani

6 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2019 user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis

John Green

198 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction health history science hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

17 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced