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How many Non Fiction Books can you read in one year?

Duration
Jan 1, 2015- Dec. 31, 2015

For this challenge your only task is to read Non-Fiction books. You can read adult books, YA books or children's books. Now is the time to learn more about a topic that interest you OR to learn a new skill, craft or hobby!

Here is the Dewey Decimal System for non fiction to help you decide what to read
000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books
100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy
200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions
300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other
500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other

Happy Reading!

Participants

Stephanie
Maureen
Erin
Srividy
Sarah

Hopefully I can get through at least one a month so I'll set my goal at 12.

12/12 books read

1. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch 1/5/15
2. The Best American Travel Writing 2012 ed by William T. Vollmann 1/16/15
3. The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot 2/6/15
4. Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead 2/18/15
5. An Autobiography by Agatha Christie 3/10/15
6. Every Living Thing by James Herriot 3/18/15
7. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson 5/5/15
8. The Best American Essays 2007 by David Foster Wallace (ed) 5/27/15
9. The I Hate the 21st Century Reader: The Awful, the Annoying, and the Absurd - from Ethnic Cleansing to Frankenscience by Clint Willis (ed.) 6/28/15
10. Best Food Writing 2013 by Holly Hughes (ed.) 7/14/15
11. Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks 9/23/15
12. College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Co-eds, Then and Now by Lynn Peril 10/19/15
13. The Best American Travel Writing 2014 ed by Paul Theroux 12/8/15

Challenge Complete!

Non-Fiction Challenge
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
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1. The Art of War
2. The Men with the Pink Triangle: The True Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps
3. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
4. The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I
5. Captive Paradise: The Story of the United States and Hawaii
6. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
7. I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
8. The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception
9. Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath
10. Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity

How many Non Fiction Books can you read in one year?
Jan 1, 2015- Dec. 31, 2015

Will go for 10 for now

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Non Fiction Challenge
January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015

I have lots of history and biographies selected, so this is perfect!

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Am in for this one! As of now I will set my target as 10 and will see whether I can increase it!

Non Fiction Challenge
January, 1 2015 - December 31, 2015
Books Read: 0/10

I'm in! I'm going to commit to 12 for now, but I may read more. Got a lot of research to do this year.