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
Damnation Island ~[172]~ Stacy Horn
~[134]~: 362.2 Hor
~[135]~: 9781616205768
~[136]~: 2018-05-15
Thirst ~[172]~ Scott Harrison
~[134]~: 361.7 Har
~[135]~: 9781524762841
~[136]~: 2018-10-02
Portrait of a Killer ~[172]~ Patricia Cornwell
~[134]~: 364.15 COR
~[135]~: 0399149325
~[136]~: 2002-11-11
Dinosaurs in the Attic ~[172]~ Douglas Preston
~[134]~: 069 Pre
~[135]~: 9780312104566
~[136]~: 1993-11-15
Operation Mincemeat ~[172]~ Ben Macintyre
~[134]~: 940.54 Mac
~[135]~: 0307453278
~[136]~: 2010-05-04
Dead Wake ~[172]~ Erik Larson
~[134]~: 940.4 Lar
~[135]~: 9780307408860
~[136]~: 2015-03-10
The First Conspiracy ~[172]~ Brad Meltzer; Josh Mensch
~[134]~: 973.4 MEL
~[135]~: 9781250130334
~[136]~: 2019-01-08
Seabiscuit ~[172]~ Laura Hillenbrand
~[134]~: 798.4 Hil
~[135]~: 0449005615
~[136]~: 2002-03-26
The Greatest Generation ~[172]~ Tom Brokaw
~[134]~: 940.54 Bro
~[135]~: 0375502025
~[136]~: 1998-11-30
The Perfectionists ~[172]~ Simon Winchester
~[134]~: 620 Win
~[135]~: 9780062652553
~[136]~: 2018-05-08
Chilled ~[172]~ Tom Jackson
~[134]~: 621.5 Jac
~[135]~: 9781472911438
~[136]~: 2015-09-22
Rats ~[172]~ Robert Sullivan
~[134]~: 599.35 Sul
~[135]~: 9781582344775
~[136]~: 2005-04-11
Extreme Medicine ~[172]~ Kevin Fong
~[134]~: 616.02 Fon
~[135]~: 9780143126294
~[136]~: 2015-03-31
Apollo 8 ~[172]~ Jeffrey Kluger
~[134]~: 629.45 Klu
~[135]~: 9781627798327
~[136]~: 2017-05-16
The Wild Blue ~[172]~ Stephen E. Ambrose
~[134]~: 920 Amb
~[135]~: 0743223098
~[136]~: 2002-05-07
D-Day ~[172]~ Stephen E. Ambrose
~[134]~: 940.54 Amb
~[135]~: 9780684801377
~[136]~: 1995-06-01
Hamilton ~[172]~ Lin-Manuel Miranda; Jeremy McCarter
~[134]~: 792.6 Ham
~[135]~: 9781455539741
~[136]~: 2016-04-12
Undaunted Courage ~[172]~ Stephen E. Ambrose
~[134]~: 917.804 AMB
~[135]~: 0684811073(hc)
~[136]~: 1996-02-15
Bomb ~[172]~ Steve Sheinkin
~[134]~: 623.4 She
~[135]~: 9781596434875
~[136]~: 2012-09-04
Indianapolis ~[172]~ Lynn Vincent; Sara Vladic
~[134]~: 940.54 Vin
~[135]~: 9781501135941
~[136]~: 2018-07-10
Symphony for the City of the Dead ~[172]~ M. T. Anderson
~[134]~: 780 And
~[135]~: 9780763668181
~[136]~: 2015-09-22
Saving Mona Lisa ~[172]~ Gerri Chanel
~[134]~: 940.53 Cha
~[135]~: 9781785784163
~[136]~: 2018-09-13
The Making of Home ~[172]~ Judith Flanders
~[134]~: 392.3 Fla
~[135]~: 9781250067357
~[136]~: 2015-09-08
The Lion in the Living Room ~[172]~ Abigail Tucker
~[134]~: 636.8 Tuc
~[135]~: 9781476738239
~[136]~: 2016-10-18
In the Garden of Beasts ~[172]~ Erik Larson
~[134]~: 943.086 Lar
~[135]~: 0307408841
~[136]~: 2011-05-10
Born to Fly ~[172]~ Steve Sheinkin; Bijou Karman (Illustrator)
~[134]~: 797.5 She
~[135]~: 9781626721302
~[136]~: 2019-09-24
The Circus Fire ~[172]~ Stewart O'Nan; Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland
~[134]~: 974.6 O'n
~[135]~: 9780385496841
~[136]~: 2000-06-20
Narcoland ~[172]~ Anabel Hernández; Roberto Saviano (Introduction by); Iain Bruce (Translator); Lorna Scott Fox (Translator)
~[134]~: 363.45 Her
~[135]~: 9781781680735
~[136]~: 2013-09-10
The Great Influenza ~[172]~ John M. Barry
~[134]~: 614.5 BAR
~[135]~: 9780143036494
~[136]~: 2005-10-04
Lies My Teacher Told Me for Young Readers ~[172]~ James W. Loewen; Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)
~[134]~: 973 Loe
~[135]~: 9781620974698
~[136]~: 2019-04-23
The Nazi Hunters ~[172]~ Neal Bascomb
~[134]~: 364.15 Bas
~[135]~: 9780545431002
~[136]~: 2018-04-24
Enemy of All Mankind ~[172]~ Steven Johnson
~[134]~: 910.4 JOH
~[135]~: 9780735211605
~[136]~: 2020-05-12
Four Hundred Souls ~[172]~ Ibram X. Kendi (Editor); Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
~[134]~: 973 Fou
~[135]~: 9780593134047
~[136]~: 2021-02-02
Facing the Mountain ~[172]~ Daniel James Brown
~[134]~: 940.54 BRO
~[135]~: 9780525557401
~[136]~: 2021-05-11
Mengele ~[172]~ David G. Marwell
~[134]~: B Mengele
~[135]~: 9780393609530
~[136]~: 2020-01-28
Fallout ~[172]~ Steve Sheinkin
~[134]~: 972.91 She
~[135]~: 9781250149015
~[136]~: 2021-09-07
Four Streets and a Square: a History of Manhattan and the New York Idea ~[172]~ Marc Aronson
~[134]~: 974.7 Aro
~[135]~: 9780763651374
~[136]~: 2021-12-14
Assassination Vacation ~[172]~ Sarah Vowell
~[134]~: 973.09 VOW
~[135]~: 9780743260046
~[136]~: 2006-02-06
Red Famine ~[172]~ Anne Applebaum
~[134]~: 947.708 App
~[135]~: 9780804170888
~[136]~: 2018-09-04
Asylum ~[172]~ P. N. Singer (Epilogue by, Translator); Moriz Scheyer
~[134]~: 940.5318 SCH
~[135]~: 9780316272896
~[136]~: 2017-04-18
The Girl Who Smiled Beads ~[172]~ Clemantine Wamariya; Elizabeth Weil
~[134]~: B Wamariya
~[135]~: 9780451495334
~[136]~: 2019-04-02
Blitzed ~[172]~ Norman Ohler
~[134]~: 362.29 OHL
~[135]~: 9781328915344
~[136]~: 2018-03-06
Smuggler's Blues ~[172]~ Richard Stratton
~[134]~: B Stratton
~[135]~: 9781628729115
~[136]~: 2019-01-01
Still Life with Bones ~[172]~ Alexa Hagerty
~[134]~: 599.9 Hag
~[135]~: 9780593443132
~[136]~: 2023-03-14
The Secret of Life ~[172]~ Howard Markel
~[134]~: 572.8 MAR
~[135]~: 9781324002239
~[136]~: 2021-09-21
Impossible Escape ~[172]~ Steve Sheinkin
~[134]~: 940.53 She
~[135]~: 9781250265722
~[136]~: 2023-08-29
Operation Paperclip ~[172]~ Annie Jacobsen
~[134]~: 940.5 JAC
~[135]~: 9780316221030
~[136]~: 2015-01-20
Titles
Undefeated ~[172]~ Steve Sheinkin; Connie Hsu (Editor)
~[134]~: 796.332 She
~[135]~: 9781596439542
~[136]~: 2017-01-17
Stiff ~[172]~ Mary Roach
~[134]~: 611 Roa
~[135]~: 0393050939
~[136]~: 2003-04-17
The Borden Murders ~[172]~ Sarah Miller
~[134]~: 345.744 Mil
~[135]~: 9780553498080
~[136]~: 2016-01-12
The Radioactive Boy Scout ~[172]~ Ken Silverstein
~[134]~: 621.48 Sil
~[135]~: 0812966600
~[136]~: 2005-01-11
David and Goliath ~[172]~ Malcolm Gladwell
~[134]~: 155.2 Gla
~[135]~: 0316204366
~[136]~: 2013-10-01
Left for Dead ~[172]~ Peter Nelson; Hunter Scott (Preface by)
~[134]~: 940.54 NEL
~[135]~: 0385729596
~[136]~: 2002-05-14
The Worst Hard Time ~[172]~ Timothy Egan
~[134]~: 978 Ega
~[135]~: 9780618346974
~[136]~: 2005-12-14
Basketball (and Other Things) ~[172]~ Shea Serrano; Arturo Torres (Illustrator); Reggie Miller (Foreword by)
~[134]~: 796.323 Ser
~[135]~: 9781419726477
~[136]~: 2017-10-10
Sabotage ~[172]~ Neal Bascomb
~[134]~: 940.54 Bas
~[135]~: 9780545732437
~[136]~: 2016-05-31
Nothing Like It in the World ~[172]~ Stephen E. Ambrose
~[134]~: 385 Amb
~[135]~: 0684846098
~[136]~: 2000-08-29
Cooked ~[172]~ Michael Pollan
~[134]~: 641.5 Pol
~[135]~: 9780143125334
~[136]~: 2014-04-29
Krakatoa ~[172]~ Simon Winchester
~[134]~: 551.21 Win
~[135]~: 9780060838591
~[136]~: 2005-07-05
Eats, Shoots and Leaves ~[172]~ Lynne Truss; Frank McCourt (Foreword by)
~[134]~: 428.2 Tru
~[135]~: 1592400876(acidfreepaper)
~[136]~: 2004-04-12
The Zookeeper's Wife ~[172]~ Diane Ackerman
~[134]~: 940.53 Ack
~[135]~: 9780393061727
~[136]~: 2007-09-17
A Thousand Sisters ~[172]~ Elizabeth Wein
~[134]~: 940.54 Wei
~[135]~: 9780062453013
~[136]~: 2019-01-22
A Magnificent Obsession ~[172]~ Helen Rappaport
~[134]~: 942.08 Rap
~[135]~: 1250031524
~[136]~: 2013-05-28
Duty, Honor, Country ~[172]~ Stephen E. Ambrose
~[134]~: 355.7 Amb
~[135]~: 9780801800238
~[136]~: 1966-06-01
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler ~[172]~ Phillip Hoose
~[134]~: 940.53 Hoo
~[135]~: 9780374300227
~[136]~: 2015-05-12
The Last Days of the Romanovs ~[172]~ Helen Rappaport
~[134]~: 947.08 Rap
~[135]~: 0312379765
~[136]~: 2009-02-03
Rhythm Ride ~[172]~ Andrea Davis Pickney
~[134]~: 781.644 Pin
~[135]~: 9781596439733
~[136]~: 2015-09-29
Becoming ~[172]~ Michelle Obama
~[134]~: B OBAMA
~[135]~: 9781524763138
~[136]~: 2018-11-13
Sugar Changed the World ~[172]~ Marc Aronson; Marina Tamar Budhos
~[134]~: 664 Aro
~[135]~: 0618574921
~[136]~: 2010-11-15
The Library Book ~[172]~ Susan Orlean
~[134]~: 027 Orl
~[135]~: 9781476740188
~[136]~: 2018-10-16
The American Spirit ~[172]~ David McCullough
~[134]~: 973 McC
~[135]~: 9781501174216
~[136]~: 2017-04-18
The Outlaw Ocean ~[172]~ Ian Urbina
~[134]~: 639.2 Urb
~[135]~: 9780451492944
~[136]~: 2019-08-20
Bonnie and Clyde ~[172]~ Karen Blumenthal
~[134]~: 920 Blu
~[135]~: 9780451471222
~[136]~: 2018-08-14
Murder in the Name of Honor ~[172]~ Rana Husseini
~[134]~: 362.82 Hus
~[135]~: 9781851685974
~[136]~: 2008-03-28
After the Fall ~[172]~ Catherine Ellis (Editor); Stephen Drury Smith (Editor); Mary Marshall Clark (Editor); Peter Bearman (Editor)
~[134]~: 974.7 Aft
~[135]~: 9781595586476
~[136]~: 2011-09-06
The Perfect Horse ~[172]~ Elizabeth Letts
~[134]~: 940.54 LET
~[135]~: 9780345544827
~[136]~: 2017-05-23
The Splendid and the Vile ~[172]~ Erik Larson
~[134]~: 940.54 Lar
~[135]~: 9780385348713
~[136]~: 2020-02-25
The Zealot and the Emancipator ~[172]~ H. W. Brands
~[134]~: 326 Bra
~[135]~: 9780385544009
~[136]~: 2020-10-06
First Principles ~[172]~ Thomas E. Ricks
~[134]~: 973.09 Ric
~[135]~: 9780062997456
~[136]~: 2020-11-10
Land ~[172]~ Simon Winchester
~[134]~: 333.3 Win
~[135]~: 9780062938336
~[136]~: 2021-01-19
A Shot in the Moonlight ~[172]~ Ben Montgomery
~[134]~: 976.9 Mon
~[135]~: 9780316535540
~[136]~: 2021-01-26
The Debt Trap ~[172]~ Josh Mitchell
~[134]~: 378.3 Mit
~[135]~: 9781501199448
~[136]~: 2021-08-03
Black Birds in the Sky ~[172]~ Brandy Colbert
~[134]~: 976.6 Col
~[135]~: 9780063056664
~[136]~: 2021-10-05
Madhouse at the End of the Earth ~[172]~ Julian Sancton
~[134]~: 919.89 SAN
~[135]~: 9781984824349
~[136]~: 2022-02-22
The Bald Eagle ~[172]~ Jack E. Davis
~[134]~: 598.9 DAV
~[135]~: 9781631495250
~[136]~: 2022-03-01
With Their Eyes ~[172]~ Annie Thoms; David Levithan (Foreword by)
~[134]~: 812.045 THO
~[135]~: 9780060517182
~[136]~: 2011-08-23
A Woman of No Importance ~[172]~ Sonia Purnell
~[134]~: B Goillot
~[135]~: 9780735225299
~[136]~: 2019-04-09
Agent Most Wanted ~[172]~ Sonia Purnell
~[134]~: B Goillot
~[135]~: 9780593350546
~[136]~: 2022-08-09
Born to Be Hanged ~[172]~ Keith Thomson
~[134]~: 010.4 Tho
~[135]~: 9780316703611
~[136]~: 2022-05-10
A Fever in the Heartland ~[172]~ Timothy Egan
~[134]~: 322.4 Ega
~[135]~: 9780735225268
~[136]~: 2023-04-04
Smuggler's Blues ~[172]~ Richard Stratton
~[134]~: B Stratton
~[135]~: 9781628729115
~[136]~: 2019-01-01
The Sisterhood ~[172]~ Liza Mundy
~[134]~: 327.127 Mun
~[135]~: 9780593238172
~[136]~: 2023-10-17
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies ~[172]~ Natasha Tidd
~[134]~: 909 Tid
~[135]~: 9781789294606
~[136]~: 2023-08-01
Lies My Teacher Told Me ~[172]~ James W. Loewen; Nate Powell
~[134]~: GN 973 LOE
~[135]~: 9781620977033
~[136]~: 2024-04-16
Titles
Boom Town ~[172]~ Sam Anderson
~[134]~: 976.6 And
~[135]~: 9780804137317
~[136]~: 2018-08-21
Chernobyl ~[172]~ Adam Higginbotham
~[134]~: 363.17 Hig
~[135]~: 9781501134616
~[136]~: 2019-02-12
The Trial of Lizzie Borden ~[172]~ Cara Robertson
~[134]~: 345.744 Rob
~[135]~: 9781501168376
~[136]~: 2019-03-12
The Lost City of the Monkey God ~[172]~ Douglas Preston
~[134]~: 972.85 Pre
~[135]~: 9781455540006
~[136]~: 2017-01-03
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain ~[172]~ Giles Milton
~[134]~: 909 Mil
~[135]~: 9781250078773
~[136]~: 2016-01-05
The Professor and the Madman ~[172]~ Simon Winchester
~[134]~: 423 Win
~[135]~: 9780060839789
~[136]~: 2005-07-05
The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation) ~[172]~ Daniel James Brown
~[134]~: 797.12 Bro
~[135]~: 9780451475923
~[136]~: 2015-09-08
Flags of Our Fathers ~[172]~ James Bradley; Ron Powers; Michael French (Adapted by)
~[134]~: 940.54 Bra
~[135]~: 0553111337
~[136]~: 2000-05-02
Hidden Figures ~[172]~ Margot Lee Shetterly
~[134]~: 510.92 She
~[135]~: 9780062363602
~[136]~: 2016-12-06
Underground ~[172]~ Will Hunt
~[134]~: 624.1 Hun
~[135]~: 9780812996746
~[136]~: 2019-01-29
Google It ~[172]~ Anna Crowley Redding
~[134]~: 005.1 RED
~[135]~: 9781250148223
~[136]~: 2018-08-14
Heart ~[172]~ Sandeep Jauhar
~[134]~: 612.1 Jau
~[135]~: 9780374168650
~[136]~: 2018-09-18
Rust ~[172]~ Jonathan Waldman
~[134]~: 620.1 Wal
~[135]~: 9781451691603
~[136]~: 2016-03-22
Eyes of the World ~[172]~ Marina Budhos; Marc Aronson