In previous years, I’ve thought about hosting a nonfiction challenge, but I’ve been able to find existing challenges that made doing so seem redundant. That’s not the case this year, so I’m excited to announce that I’ll be hosting a nonfiction reading challenge! The goals will be flexible and I’ll be putting together several events throughout the year to help participants connect with each other.
Suggested Goals
Rather than suggest particular levels for this challenge, I’ve got a couple ideas for different nonfiction reading goals you could set for yourself.
- Read X nonfiction books
- Read X% nonfiction
- Read nonfiction in certain categories – I’ve put together checklists for reading diversely and for reading one book for each century in the Dewey Decimal system, or you could make your own
- Read X books from a list, such as buzzfeed’s important nonfiction you should be reading, the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, or any of these goodreads lists
Here is what I am reading:
- Born a Crime--Trevor Noah
- Openly Bob--Bob Smith (re-read)
- The World's Strongest Librarian--Josh Hanagarne
- The Acorn People--Ron Jones
- The House is Full of Yogis--Will Hodgkins
- Reading Lolita in Tehran--Azar Nafisi (re-read)
- Night--Elie Wiesel
- Hunger of Memory--Richard Rodriguez
- Sailing Alone Around the World--Joshua Slocum
- Eat the Cookie, Buy the Shoes--Joyce Meyer
- Who Was Dr. Seuss?--Janet B. Pascal
- Rod: The Autobiography--Rod Stewart
- 32 Yolks--Eric Ripert
- Brain on Fire--Susannah Cahalan
- Running With Scissors--Augusten Burroughs
- Blues Legacies and Black Feminism--Angela Y. Davis
- Scrap Basket Crafts--Nancy Reames
- Amos Fortune Free Man--Elizabeth Yates
- Funny in Farsi--Firoozeh Dumas
- The Gathering of Zion--Wallace Stegner
- Darkness Visible--William Styron
- The Outsider--Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
- Spare Parts--Joshua Davis
- Blossoms of My Life--I.M. Dauntless
- Queer, There and Everywhere--Sarah Prager
- The Temporary Bride--Jennifer Klinec
- Prozac Nation--Elizabeth Wurtzel (re-read)
- Concerning the Spiritual in Art--Wasilly Kadinsky
- Sliding Into Home--Kendra Wilkinson
- The Princess Diarist--Carrie Fisher
- Breakthrough--Jack Andraka
- Hiding Out--Tina Alexis Allen
- The Brontes--Rebecca Fraser
- Binge--Tyler Oakley
- Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure--Samira Kawash
- Girl, Interrupted--Susanna Kaysen
- Bitter Harvest--Ann Rule
- In the Country We Love--Diane Guerrero
- The Glass Eye--Jeannie Vanasco
- You'll Grow Out of It--Jessi Klein
- Charles I--Christopher Hibbert
- Settle For More--Megyn Kelly
- Sitting Bull--Susan Bivin Aller
- 84, Charing Cross Road--Helene Hanff
- A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge--Josh Neufeld
- Sacred Fire--Nancy Wood
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test--Tom Wolfe
- Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos--Monica Brown
- Dewey--Vicki Myron
- Do I Make Myself Clear?--Harold Evans
Challenge completed on December 31
3 comments:
I read a lot of non-fiction, but need to explore a wider range. Biographies/autobiographies/memoirs account for most of it at the moment.
My non-fictions are usually writing guides.
Have a holly, jolly week, Jamie.
Thanks for joining in! I've missed there being a nonfiction challenge, so I was excited to host one. I've not yet gotten to Born a Crime, so I'll be interested to hear what you think :)
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