Hey guys, it’s Amy! I came across this awesome challenge when looking for challenges for 2017, and it looks genius! I, like many other YA lovers, read mainly fiction. In the past, I’ve had a grudge against nonfiction, but I’m trying to get more into it. Especially with biographies! Therefore, this ongoing challenge (which rather scares me but oh well) seems perfect! Basically, you make a list of 50 nonfiction books that you would like to read (I really had to scavenge to find 50) and then you make an ongoing effort to read them all, and pick a time period in which to do it (5-10 years). Mine (if all goes as planned) should be from January 1, 2017, to January 1, 2022. I may lengthen it up to ten total years; I’m not sure how it’ll go yet! This is my list (I may add or subtract some of things; it could change at any time):
- Assuming Names by Tanya Thompson
- My Own Two Feet by Beverly Cleary
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
- Positive by Paige Rawl
- Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill
- Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews
- Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince
- Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
- Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington
- Dancing Through It by Jenifer Ringer
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafazai
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler
- Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
- Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
- I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets by Rachel Fershleiser
- How I Made it to Eighteen by Tracy White
- I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka
- Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall
- Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
- Ugly by Robert Hoge
- Elena Vanishing by Elena Dunkle
- The Courage to Compete by Abbey Curran
- The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
- This May Sound Crazy by Abigail Breslin
- Dear My (Blank) by Emily Trunko
- The Last Message Received by Emily Trunko
- Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
- The Spy by Paulo Coelho
- Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
- Popular by Maya Van Wagenen
- All Better Now by Emily Wing Smith
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
- The Legacy Letters by Tuesday’s Children
- Unfiltered by Lily Collins
- The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Code Name Pauline by Pearl Witherington Cornioley
- Places I Never Meant to Be by Judy Blume
- More Than Petticoats by Antonia Petrash
- A Short History of Everything
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- The Emotionary by Eden Sher
- Being a Teen by Jane Fonda
- Ask Elizabeth by Elizabeth Berkley
- Dreams and Shadows by Robin Wright
- Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat
- The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler
- We Should Hang Out Sometime
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson
Wish me luck! I’m sure I’ll end up not wanting to read some of these, so feel free to give me suggestions! I’d love to hear about nonfiction you’ve liked, young adult or no. 🙂
