History Challenge

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21 participants (170 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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Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945 by Richard Overy

Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

Richard Overy

13 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 1997 user-added

nonfiction history informative tense fast-paced
Walking the Kiso Road: A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan by William Scott Wilson

Walking the Kiso Road: A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan

William Scott Wilson

7 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2015

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS by Michael Morell

The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS

Michael Morell

384 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke

In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer

Irene Gut Opdyke

304 pages • digital • 1992

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Jennifer Wright

336 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction history science funny informative slow-paced
The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt

The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

Boyce Upholt

10 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history nature adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the fragility of U.S. power by Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad

The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the fragility of U.S. power

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad

208 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Because We Say So by Noam Chomsky

Because We Say So

Noam Chomsky

5 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2015

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

608 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson

Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

Chalmers Johnson

missing duration info • audio • 2006

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced