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.
Titles
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai
Call Number: 305.230 YOU
ISBN: 9780316523646
Publication Date: 2019-01-08
Creative Quest by Questlove
Call Number: 153.3 Que
ISBN: 9780062670557
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
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
Visionary Women by Andrea Barnet
Call Number: 305.4 Bar
ISBN: 9780062310736
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss; Arnold Schwarzenegger (Foreword by)
Call Number: 081 Fer
ISBN: 9781328683786
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Call Number: 155.2 CLE
ISBN: 9780735211292
Publication Date: 2018-10-16
Life Inside My Mind by Jessica Burkhart (Editor);
Call Number: 616.89 Lif
ISBN: 9781481494649
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf
Call Number: 418 Wol
ISBN: 9780062388780
Publication Date: 2018-08-07
Getting to Us by Seth Davis
Call Number: 796..07 DAV
ISBN: 9780735222724
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Walking with Plato by Gary Hayden
Call Number: 914.1 Hay
ISBN: 9781780746562
Publication Date: 2016-06-02
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
Call Number: 814 Gay
ISBN: 9781616207922
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
Ink Knows No Borders by Patrice Vecchione; Alyssa Raymond; Javier Zamora
Call Number: 811 Ink
ISBN: 9781609809072
Publication Date: 2019-03-12
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic to Me by Michael McCreary
Call Number: 616.85 McC
ISBN: 9781725428775
Publication Date: 2019
This Is Me by Chrissy Metz
Call Number: B Metz
ISBN: 9780062837905
Publication Date: 2019-03-19
Educated by Tara Westover (Contribution by)
Call Number: B Westover
ISBN: 9780399590504
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Call Number: B Hernandez
ISBN: 9780062825599
Publication Date: 2020-01-28
The Mathematics of Love by Hannah Fry
Call Number: 306.73 Fry
ISBN: 9781476784885
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Craig and Fred by Craig Grossi
Call Number: 636.7 Gro
ISBN: 9780062693396
Publication Date: 2018-11-27
Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott; Loveis Wise (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
Call Number: 811 Ell
ISBN: 9781368045247
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Have Dog, Will Travel by Stephen Kuusisto
Call Number: B Kuusisto
ISBN: 9781451689792
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Call Number: 158.1 Tay
ISBN: 9781626569768
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Black Imagination by Natasha Marin (Editor)
Call Number: 811 BLA
ISBN: 9781944211844
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Failing Up by Leslie Odom
Call Number: 158 Odo
ISBN: 9781250139962
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
Saving Jemima by Julie Zickefoose
Call Number: 598.8 Zic
ISBN: 9781328518958
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
Think Again by Adam Grant
Call Number: 153.4 Gra
ISBN: 9781984878106
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
The Ugly Cry by Danielle Henderson
Call Number: 305.48 Hen
ISBN: 9780525559351
Publication Date: 2021-06-08
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Call Number: 811 Gor
ISBN: 9780593465066
Publication Date: 2021-12-07
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
The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
Call Number: 158.1 Bec
ISBN: 9781984881489
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Call Number: B McCurdy
ISBN: 9781982185824
Publication Date: 2022-08-09
Taylor Swift: in Her Own Words by Helena Hunt
Call Number: 782.421 Swi
ISBN: 9781572842786
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
Call Number: B Ackerman
ISBN: 9780393341744
Publication Date: 2012-04-02
The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama; Desmond Tutu; Douglas Carlton Abrams
Call Number: 294.3 Bst
ISBN: 9780399185045
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
The Wind at My Back by Misty Copeland; Susan Fales-Hill (As told to)
Call Number: 792.8 COP
ISBN: 9781538753859
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
Call Number: 791.43 Tar
ISBN: 9780063112582
Publication Date: 2022-11-01
Outlive by Peter Attia; Bill Gifford (As told to)
Call Number: 612.6 Att
ISBN: 9780593236598
Publication Date: 2023-03-28
52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Abbs-Streets
Call Number: 796.5 STR
ISBN: 9780593419953
Publication Date: 2022-02-22
The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
Call Number: 153.7 WAL
ISBN: 9780525521242
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
Titles
Tribe by Sebastian Junger
Call Number: 302.3 Jun
ISBN: 9781455566389
Publication Date: 2016-05-24
Girling Up by Mayim Bialik
Call Number: 305.235 Bia
ISBN: 9780399548604
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Number: 305.42 Adi
ISBN: 9781101911761
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing by DaMaris B. Hill
Call Number: 305.48 Hil
ISBN: 9781635572612
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Call Number: 362.196 Gay
ISBN: 9780062362599
Publication Date: 2017-06-13
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call Number: 302 Gla
ISBN: 0316017922
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
Call Number: 158.1 WIN
ISBN: 9781250307507
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
This Is Marketing by Seth Godin
Call Number: 658.8 God
ISBN: 9780525540830
Publication Date: 2018-11-13
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss; Frank McCourt (Foreword by)
Call Number: 428.2 Tru
ISBN: 1592400876
Publication Date: 2004-04-12
26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi; Scott Douglas
Call Number: 796.42 Kef
ISBN: 9781635652888
Publication Date: 2019-03-19
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
Call Number: 811 GAY
ISBN: 9780822963318
Publication Date: 2015-01-07
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi; Abraham Verghese (Foreword by)
Call Number: 616.99 Kal
ISBN: 9780812988406
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson
Call Number: B Hutchinson
ISBN: 9781534431515
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
ISBN: 9781501135927
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
Call Number: 305.3 Nor
ISBN: 9780307952509
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Call Number: B Strayed
ISBN: 9780307592736
Publication Date: 2012-03-20
Girl Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
Call Number: 158.108 HOL
ISBN: 9781404110380
Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Call Number: 303.3 Ebe
ISBN: 9780735224933
Publication Date: 2019-03-26
The Misfit's Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch
Call Number: 302 Yuk
ISBN: 9781501120060
Publication Date: 2017-10-24
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
Call Number: 158 Gil
ISBN: 9781400077427
Publication Date: 2007-03-20
Dear America: Young Readers' Edition by Jose Antonio Vargas
Call Number: 364.1 Var
ISBN: 9780062914590
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Canyon Dreams by Michael Powell
Call Number: 796.323 POW
ISBN: 9780525534662
Publication Date: 2019-11-19
Empty by Susan Burton
Call Number: B Burton
ISBN: 9780812992847
Publication Date: 2020-06-23
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Call Number: B COATES
ISBN: 9781984894021
Publication Date: 2021-01-12
About Us by Peter Catapano (Editor); Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Editor)
Call Number: 305.9 ABO
ISBN: 9781631495854
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
My Name Is Tani ... and I Believe in Miracles Young Readers Edition by Tani Adewumi; Craig Borlase (As told to)
Call Number: 794.1 Ade
ISBN: 9781400218295
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition) by John Green
Call Number: 306 Gre
ISBN: 9780525555216
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
I Never Thought of It That Way by Mónica Guzmán
Call Number: 153.6 GUZ
ISBN: 9781637740323
Publication Date: 2022-03-08
The Little Guide to Taylor Swift by Orange Hippo!
Call Number: 782.421 Swi
ISBN: 9781800691698
Publication Date: 2022-02-17
Make the Most of It by Barry H. Corey; Russell Moore (Foreword by)
Call Number: 378,1 COR
ISBN: 9781496436580
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Talking to GOATs by Jim Gray
Call Number: 796 Gra
ISBN: 9780062992062
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Call Number: 305.42 KEN
ISBN: 9780525560548
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
Call Number: 378.1 Lie
ISBN: 9780062867308
Publication Date: 2021-01-26
The Big Book of Job-Hunting Hacks by Editors of Editors of the American Library Association; John Henry Weiss
Call Number: 650.14 Ber
ISBN: 9781510763487
Publication Date: 2020-08-18
Linked by Jeremy Schifeling; Omar Garriott; Lindsey Pollak (Foreword by)
Call Number: 650.14 Gar
ISBN: 9781523514168
Publication Date: 2022-05-03
The Precipice by Toby Ord
Call Number: 303.49 Ord
ISBN: 9780316484916
Publication Date: 2020-03-24
You: the Story by Ruta Sepetys
Call Number: 808.2 SEP
ISBN: 9780593524381
Publication Date: 2023-05-16
He/She/They by Schuyler Bailar
Call Number: 306.7 BAI
ISBN: 9780306831874
Publication Date: 2023-10-17
Titles
Most Dangerous by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: 959.704 She
ISBN: 9781596439528
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
Call Number: 306.76 Nut
ISBN: 9780812995411
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Here We Are by Kelly Jensen (Editor)
Call Number: 305.42 Her
ISBN: 9781616205867
Publication Date: 2017-01-24
I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout; Jenn Abelson
Call Number: 362.88 Pro
ISBN: 9781534414440
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Bread, Wine, Chocolate by Simran Sethi
Call Number: 631.5 Set
ISBN: 9780061581076
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Quiet Power by Susan Cain; Gregory Mone; Erica Moroz; Grant Snider (Illustrator)
Call Number: 155.4 Cai
ISBN: 9780399186721
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
The Road to Character by David Brooks
Call Number: 170 Bro
ISBN: 9780812993257
Publication Date: 2015-04-14
Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner
Call Number: 153.4 Lev
ISBN: 9780062218346
Publication Date: 2015-07-07
Follow Your Gut by Rob Knight; Brendan Buhler (As told to)
Call Number: 579 Kni
ISBN: 9781476784748
Publication Date: 2015-04-07
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Call Number: 796.42 McD
ISBN: 9780307279187
Publication Date: 2011-03-29
The Dip by Seth Godin; Hugh MacLeod (Illustrator)
Call Number: 158.1 God
ISBN: 9781591841661
Publication Date: 2007-05-10
Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw
Call Number: 617.4 Bur
ISBN: 9781626727700
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
So You Want to Start a Podcast by Kristen Meinzer
Call Number: 006.7 Mei
ISBN: 9780062936677
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Represent! by June Diane Raphael; Kate Black
Call Number: 320.082 Rap
ISBN: 9781523502974
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Girl on the Block by Jessica Wragg
Call Number: 664.9 Wra
ISBN: 9780062863928
Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Survival Math by Mitchell S. Jackson
Call Number: 305.896 Jac
ISBN: 9781501131707
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
The Ones We've Been Waiting For by Charlotte Alter
Call Number: 320.973 ALT
ISBN: 9780525561507
Publication Date: 2020-02-18
Broken Places and Outer Spaces by Nnedi Okorafor
Call Number: 155.2 Oko
ISBN: 9781501195471
Publication Date: 2019-06-18
In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman
Call Number: 153.3 Lig
ISBN: 9781501154362
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Hill Women by Cassie Chambers
Call Number: B CHAMBERS
ISBN: 9781984818911
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Dewey the Library Cat: a True Story by Vicki Myron; Bret Witter
Call Number: 636.8 Myr
ISBN: 9780316068703
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
Cure by Jo Marchant
Call Number: 616.89 Mar
ISBN: 9780385348171
Publication Date: 2017-01-10
Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee
Call Number: 796.8 Lee
ISBN: 9781250206688
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
Light for the World to See by Alexander Kwame
Call Number: 811 Ale
ISBN: 9780358539414
Publication Date: 2020-11-17
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
Call Number: B :Lawson
ISBN: 9781250077035
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
Black Nerd Problems by William Evans; Omar Holmon
Call Number: 305.896 EVA
ISBN: 9781982150235
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised by Carmelo Anthony; D. Watkins (As told to)
Call Number: B Anthony
ISBN: 9781982160593
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Ancestor Trouble by Maud Newton
Call Number: B NEW
ISBN: 9780812997927
Publication Date: 2022-03-29
The Violence Project by Jillian Peterson; James Densley
Call Number: 364.152 Pet
ISBN: 9781419752957
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
Call Number: 153.3 Zom
ISBN: 9781250124951
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Valedictorians at the Gate by Becky Munsterer Sabky
Call Number: 378.1 Sab
ISBN: 9781250619037
Publication Date: 2021-08-03
Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Jones
Call Number: B Cooper Jones
ISBN: 9781982151997
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
Seek You by Kristen Radtke
Call Number: 155.9 Rad
ISBN: 9781524748067
Publication Date: 2021-07-13
Share Better and Stress Less by Whitney Phillips; Ryan Milner