The Challenge: Read 20 engaging, inspiring, award-winning, best-selling, timely, narrative non-fiction books
over 4 years (outside of class) to get MORE out of high school and MORE out of life.
Diversity
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Call Number: B TAUSSIG
ISBN: 9780062936790
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
Call Number: 305.48 Rae
ISBN: 9781476749075
Publication Date: 2016-07-12
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Call Number: 305.8 Olu
ISBN: 9781580056779
Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
Call Number: 306.76 Nut
ISBN: 9780812995411
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
An American Summer by Alex Kotlowitz
Call Number: 364.15 Kot
ISBN: 9780385538800
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: 305.8 Coa
ISBN: 9780812993547
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
Call Number: 364.15 Sla
ISBN: 9780374303235
Publication Date: 2017-10-17
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
Call Number: 792.7 Bel
ISBN: 9781101985878
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
Under the Lights and in the Dark by Gwendolyn Oxenham
Call Number: 796.334 Oxe
ISBN: 9781785781537
Publication Date: 2017-07-06
Mama's Boy by Dustin Lance Black
Call Number: 306.76 BLA
ISBN: 9781524733278
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo; Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by)
Call Number: 305.8
ISBN: 9780807047415
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: 305.8 KEN
ISBN: 9781568585987
Publication Date: 2017-08-15
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
ISBN: 9781501133107
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson
Call Number: 305.896 Jac
ISBN: 9781501131707
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
The Gift of Our Wounds by Pardeep Singh Kaleka; Arno Michaelis
Call Number: 305.8 Mic
ISBN: 9781250107541
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Call Number: 303.3 Ebe
ISBN: 9780735224933
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
Red Hot Salsa by Lori Marie Carlson; Óscar Hijuelos (Introduction by)
Call Number: 811.008 Red
ISBN: 9780805076165
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues by Monique W. Morris
Call Number: 371.829 Mor
ISBN: 9781620973998
Publication Date: 2019-08-27
White Rage by Carol Anderson
Call Number: 305.8 And
ISBN: 9781632864123
Publication Date: 2016-05-31
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Call Number: B MOORE
ISBN: 9780385528207
Publication Date: 2011-01-11
I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
Call Number: GN B GHARIB
ISBN: 9780525575115
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
Call Number: 305.8 Ach
ISBN: 9781250800466
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: B COATES
ISBN: 9781984894021
Publication Date: 2021-01-12
Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown
Call Number: 940.54 BRO
ISBN: 9780525557401
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
Black Nerd Problems by William Evans; Omar Holmon
Call Number: 305.896 EVA
ISBN: 9781982150235
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Call Number: 305.896 Bro
ISBN: 9781524760854
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Call Number: B Zauner
ISBN: 9780525657743
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Fashion Killa by Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Call Number: 306.4 KRI
ISBN: 9781982176327
Publication Date: 2023-10-10
Eyeliner by Zahra Hankir
Call Number: 391.6 HAN
ISBN: 9780143137092
Publication Date: 2023-11-14
Social Issues
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai
Call Number: 305.23
ISBN: 9780316523646
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout; Jenn Abelson
Call Number: 362.88 Pro
ISBN: 9781534414440
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Tribe by Sebastian Junger
Call Number: 297 Mor
ISBN: 9781455566389
Publication Date: 2016-05-24
Glimmer of Hope by The March for Our Lives Founders
Call Number: 363.3 Gli
ISBN: 9781984836090
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Call Number: 305.5 Boo
ISBN: 9781400067558
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Jeremy McCarter
Call Number: 792.6 Ham
ISBN: 9781455539741
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Ninety Feet Under : What Poverty Does to People by John Strazzabosco
Call Number: 362.5 Str
ISBN: 9780995978249
Publication Date: 2018
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Call Number: B VAN
ISBN: 9780062300546
Publication Date: 2016-06-28
The Book of Pride by Mason Funk
Call Number: 920.008 Fun
ISBN: 9780062571700
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
Ink Knows No Borders by Patrice Vecchione; Alyssa Raymond; Javier Zamora
Call Number: 811 Ink
ISBN: 9781609809072
Publication Date: 2019-03-12
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 302 GLA
ISBN: 9780316478526
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw
Call Number: 617.4 Bur
ISBN: 9781626727700
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Dear America: Young Readers' Edition by Jose Antonio Vargas
Call Number: 364.1 Var
ISBN: 9780062914590
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
A Map Is Only One Story by Nicole Chung (Editor); Mensah Demary (Editor)
Call Number: 304.8 Map
ISBN: 9781948226783
Publication Date: 2020-02-11
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin (Illustrator)
Call Number: 305.8 Kuk
ISBN: 9780763678845
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
Call Number: 331.3 Bru
ISBN: 9780393249316
Publication Date: 2017-09-19
Israel by Noa Tishby
Call Number: 956.94 Tis
ISBN: 9781982144937
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
Giannis by Mirin Fader
Call Number: B ANT
ISBN: 9780306924125
Publication Date: 2021-08-10
Freezing Order by Bill Browder
Call Number: 332.6 BRO
ISBN: 9781451654431
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
What the Dead Know by Barbara Butcher
Call Number: 614 But
ISBN: 9781541618626
Publication Date: 2023-06-20
Burn Book by Kara Swisher
Call Number: 338.4 SWI
ISBN: 9781982163891
Publication Date: 2024-02-27
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen; Nate Powell
Call Number: GN 973 LOE
ISBN: 9781620977033
Publication Date: 2024-04-16
Personal Growth
Because I Was a Girl by Melissa De la Cruz
Call Number: 305.4 Bec
ISBN: 9781250154460
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Maid by Stephanie Land; Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by)
Call Number: 305.43 Lan
ISBN: 9780316505116
Publication Date: 2019-01-22
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Call Number: 362.196 Gay
ISBN: 9780062362599
Publication Date: 2017-06-13
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 155.2 GLA
ISBN: 0316204366
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 302 Gla
ISBN: 0316017922
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
Quiet Power by Susan Cain; Gregory Mone; Erica Moroz; Grant Snider (Illustrator)
Call Number: 155.4
ISBN: 9780399186721
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon; Laurie Calkhoven (Adapted by)
Walk in My Combat Boots by James Patterson; Matt Eversmann; Chris Mooney (As told to)
Call Number: 355.009 PAT
ISBN: 9780316429092
Publication Date: 2021-02-08
Frida in America by Celia Stahr
ISBN: 9781250113382
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Call Number: 581.6 Pol
ISBN: 9780593296905
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'Rourke
Call Number: 616.044 ORO
ISBN: 9781594633799
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded New Edition, with a Foreword by Richard St. John and an Afterword by Simon Sinek by Jeremey Donovan
Call Number: 658.4 DON
ISBN: 9780071831598
Publication Date: 2013-10-21
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Call Number: 305.897 Kim
ISBN: 9781571313560
Publication Date: 2015-08-11
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Call Number: 594 Mon
ISBN: 9781451697711
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
Call Number: 636.737 Orl
ISBN: 9781439190142
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
Call Number: B Cooper Jones
ISBN: 9781982151997
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
Saving Time by Jenny Odell (Contribution by)
Call Number: 115 ODE
ISBN: 9780593242704
Publication Date: 2023-03-07
Walk the Blue Line by James Patterson; Matt Eversmann; Chris Mooney (As told to)
Call Number: 363.2 Pat
ISBN: 9780316406604
Publication Date: 2023-02-06
The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
Call Number: 153.7 WAL
ISBN: 9780525521242
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies by Natasha Tidd
Call Number: 909 Tid
ISBN: 9781789294606
Publication Date: 2023-08-01
The Worlds I See by Fei-Fei Li
Call Number: B LI
ISBN: 9781250897930
Publication Date: 2023-11-07
Future Tense by Martha Brockenbrough
Call Number: 006.3 Bro
ISBN: 9781250765925
Publication Date: 2024-03-19
The Algorithm by Hilke Schellmann
Call Number: 303.48 Sch
ISBN: 9780306827341
Publication Date: 2024-01-02
Monsters on the Couch by Brian A. Sharpless (Contribution by)