2018 Nonfiction Reading Challenge

It's been about two years since I saw a nonfiction challenge offered. This one is hosted by this site.  I will be reading as many books as I can for this, thus following the first option.

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:

1. Born a Crime--Trevor Noah
2. Openly Bob--Bob Smith (re-read)
3. The World's Strongest Librarian--Josh Hanagarne
4. The Acorn People--Ron Jones
5. The House is Full of Yogis--Will Hodgkins
6. Reading Lolita in Tehran--Azar Nafisi (re-read)
7. Night--Elie Wiesel
8. Hunger of Memory--Richard Rodriguez
9. Sailing Alone Around the World--Joshua Slocum
10. Eat the Cookie, Buy the Shoes--Joyce Meyer
11. Who Was Dr. Seuss?--Janet B. Pascal
12. Rod: The Autobiography--Rod Stewart
13. 32 Yolks--Eric Ripert
14. Brain on Fire--Susannah Cahalan
15. Running With Scissors--Augusten Burroughs
16. Blues Legacies and Black Feminism--Angela Y. Davis
17. Scrap Basket Crafts--Nancy Reames
18. Amos Fortune Free Man--Elizabeth Yates
19. Funny in Farsi--Firoozeh Dumas
20. The Gathering of Zion--Wallace Stegner
21. Darkness Visible--William Styron
22. The Outsider--Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
23. Spare Parts--Joshua Davis
24. Blossoms of My Life--I.M. Dauntless
25. Queer, There and Everywhere--Sarah Prager
26. The Temporary Bride--Jennifer Klinec
27. Prozac Nation--Elizabeth Wurtzel (re-read)
28. Concerning the Spiritual in Art--Wasilly Kadinsky
29. Sliding Into Home--Kendra Wilkinson
30. The Princess Diarist--Carrie Fisher
31. Breakthrough--Jack Andraka
32. Hiding Out--Tina Alexis Allen
33. The Brontes--Rebecca Fraser
34. Binge--Tyler Oakley
35. Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure--Samira Kawash
36. Girl, Interrupted--Susanna Kaysen
37. Bitter Harvest--Ann Rule
38. In the Country We Love--Diane Guerrero
39. The Glass Eye--Jeannie Vanasco
40. You'll Grow Out of It--Jessi Klein
41. Charles I--Christopher Hibbert
42. Settle For More--Megyn Kelly
43. Sitting Bull--Susan Bivin Aller
44. 84, Charing Cross Road--Helene Hanff
45. A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge--Josh Neufeld
46. Sacred Fire--Nancy Wood
47. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test--Tom Wolfe
48. Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos--Monica Brown
49. Dewey--Vicki Myron
50. Do I Make Myself Clear?--Harold Evans

Challenge completed on December 31