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Dewey Decimal Nonfiction Challenge - 2017
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Hi, Cassandra! Please put me down for 10 books, one from each category :)
Awesome!I like to read nonfiction, but this will help me branch out. I'm going in for all 10 too. :)
I'll try for all 10. But no promises!6/10
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
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
Welcome, Kate! No pressure from our side, but I hope you make it to all 10. :)
I don't read a lot of non fiction. I will try for all 10.1. 000-099:
2. 100-199:
3. 200-299:
� 4. 300-399: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (339.460973)
5. 400-499:
6. 500-599:
� 7. 600-699: Rocket Boys (629.1092273)
8. 700-799:
9. 800-899:
� 10. 900-999: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (940.547252092)
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I'm going to go for 10, one in each category� 000-099 - The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection 081 read 12/8/2017
� 100-199 - Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel 155.935 read 11/15/2017
� 200-299 - The Color of Rain: How Two Families Found Faith, Hope, and Love in the Midst of Tragedy 277.3083 read 12/17/2017
� 300 - 399 - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 362.883 read 1/8/2017
� 400 - 499 - The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language 422 read 12/22/2017
� 500 - 599 - Lab Girl 580.92 read 11/23/2017
� 600 - 699 - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 616.8 read 3/14/2017
� 700 - 799 - Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town 796.334092 read 4/23/2017
� 800 - 899 - The Year of Magical Thinking 813.54 read 4/20/2017
� 900 - 999 - I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago 914.611 read 4/26/2017
10/10 Challenge completed!
Another great challenge! I'll go for all 10 categories.9/10
� 000-099 - 002.021
Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing by Ben Blatt (4 stars)
� 100-199 - 153.4
Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories by Rob Brotherton (4 stars)
� 200-299 - 205.693
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal (5 stars)
� 300 - 399 - 305.420952
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam (4 stars)
400 - 499 -
� 500 - 599 - 570.95
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (5 stars)
� 600 - 699 - 629.4072
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt (3 stars)
� 700 - 799 - 741.5944
750 Years in Paris by Vincent Mahé (4 stars)
� 800 - 899 - 820.9
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (2 stars)
� 900 - 999 - 920.051
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (4 stars)
I also will be going for 10. I love nonfiction books.000-099 - The W-Files True Reports of Unexplained Phenomena in Wisconsin
100-199 - Haunted Chippewa Valley
200-299 - Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
300 - 399 - Men Explain Things to Me
400 - 499 - Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State
500 - 599 - Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir
600 - 699 - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
700 - 799 - Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
800 - 899 - Why I Wake Early
900 - 999 -Into the Wild
I already "budgeted" for reading at least 6 nonfiction in 2017, so this will encourage me to spread their subject matter around and explore the stacks. I'll aim for 6 categories.000-099: The Book of General Ignorance (031), or Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar (070)
200-299: Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (231)
- 500-599: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (594)(owned), or The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks (581), or Lab Girl (570), or Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (530), or Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (571), or The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate � Discoveries from a Secret World (582), or Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (591), or Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (530), or Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness (598)
600-699: A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them (638) (owned), or The Kimchi Cookbook: 60 Traditional and Modern Ways to Make and Eat Kimchi (641), or Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (611), or Wine for Dummies (641) , or The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life (613), or The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (616), or My Inventions and Other Writings (621) (owned), or Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific Coast (641)
- 900-999: Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years (973), or October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (947), or My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues (920), or A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (973), or The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire* (950) (owned), or The Woman Warrior (979) (owned)
Read: 5/6
I love this idea!! Sign me up for all ten!The Dewey Decimal Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 1, 2017
9/23/17 3 / 10
000-099
011.73 - More Book Lust
100-199
200-299
300-399
400-499
500-599
600-699
700-799
791.45092 The Magnolia Story 4/8/17
800-899
818.5409 - Mom & Me & Mom 3/17/17
900-999
910.4 Eat, Pray, Love 4/8/17
917.98045 Frommer's Easy Guide to Alaskan Cruises and Ports of Call
I would like to do 4. Thanks. Please up my goal to 5.The Dewey Decimal Challenge (non-fiction)
Duration: January 1, 2017 � December 1, 2017
The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey.
Categories:
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
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
305.420207
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Completed 3/7/17 Rating 4 stars
616.99424
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō Completed 7/7/17 Rating 4 stars
648
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray Completed 23/4/17 Rating 4 stars
796.342092
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
4/5
I don't read much non-fiction, but realized in 2016 that I've been reading more of it. I'm going to go for 5 for this challenge! Thanks :)
Ooooo I LOVE this challenge! (I work at a library so it's right up my alley!)I'll go for 10, one in each category.
Completed: 10/10 (Updated at message 367).
000-099 -
Windows on the White House: The Story of Presidential Libraries 026.97 completed 2/15
100-199 -
Gift from the Sea 170.202 completed 6/20
200-299 -
The Prayers of Jane Austen 242.8 completed 3/23
300 - 399 -
A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations 306.874 completed 3/5
400 - 499 -
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen 428.2 completed 11/10
500 - 599 -
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars 522.197 completed 11/24
600 - 699 -
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece 641.5092 completed 5/22
700 - 799 -
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 791.45 completed 4/11
800 - 899 -
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe 818.409 completed 1/11
900 - 999 -
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust 940.53 completed 2/10
Awesome! Welcome to the challenge, and maybe we'll bug you for recommendations. :)
I could always do with reading more non-fiction (though I like to think I'm not bad at it). Put me down for all 10 Cassandra! Let's Deweyt. ;)10/10
Hello!Love this challenge. It's very unique and it'll help me clear a considerable chunk of my To-Be-Read pile, actually.
Sign me up for 10 books please. :)
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10 in all :)
Books Read: 0/10
I'd like to give this a go, as I plan to read a lot more non-fiction this year.0/10
1. 000-099 - Hiroshima or And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic or And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
2. 100-199 - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
3. 200-299 - Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
4. 300-399 - Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right or All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
5. 400-499 - The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language or Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
6. 500-599 - Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market or Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
7. 600-699 - The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer or Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
8. 700-799 -
9. 800-899 - The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
10. 900-999 - The Arabs: A History or One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment or Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
I'm not a huge nonfiction reader but I have a few listed to possibly read next year. Hopefully this challenge will push me to get then read. I'm going to try for 5. 2/5
000-099:
100-199:
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 155.23
200-299:
The Suicide Cult 289.9
300-399:
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy Pershall - 362.19 - 1/18/17
400-499:
500-599:
600-699:
Madness: A Bipolar Life 616.89
700-799:
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher - 791.43 - 4/18/17
800-899:
Find Me 813.54
900-999:
Into the Wild 917.98
I will sign up for 5 but may do all 10Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted OR, WHAT'S IN A DREAM
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
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor
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
Traditions Of The North American Indians, Vol. 1
I'm in! And I'm going to shoot for all 10...as I'm not a huge non-fiction fan, wish me luck!000-099:
100-199: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do by Sarah Knight
200-299:
300-399: We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
400-499:
500-599: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
600-699: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
700-799: American Widow by Alissa Torres
800-899: Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown
900-999: Night by Elie Wiesel
7/10 read
THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)Duration: January 1, 2017 � December 1, 2017
The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey and has been changed much throughout the years.
The goal of this challenge is to read as many books with different (general) Dewey decimal classes as possible. For the purpose of this challenge, we’ll split the Dewey Decimal System into 100s, for a total of 10 larger categories. More in depth information on classes of the Dewey Decimal System can be found here: List of Dewey Decimal Classes.
If you're unsure which category a book falls into, you can use this website or ask.
Categories:
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
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k
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
248.0492☑️300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
Carstairs: Hospital for Horrors
Confessions of a Holiday Rep: My Hideous and Hilarious Stories of Sun, Sea, Sand and Sex
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
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
510.925 ☑️600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings
Recipe for Life
Where Memories Go
635.092 ☑️
648.5 ☑️700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
No Tears for the Clown
The Secret Olympian: The inside story of the Olympic experience
746.46043☑️
792.8092☑️800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
Me Talk Pretty One Day
813.6☑️
828.914 ☑️900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other.
I haven't read much non fiction this year but I do have 30 non-fiction books waiting to be read.
I will aim for 7 initially. 9/7 Completed 4th November
Can you put me down for all 10 categories?Thank you!!
I'll try 1 from each category as well:000-099 -
100-199 -
200-299 -
300 - 399 - All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
400 - 499 - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
500 - 599 -
600 - 699 - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
700 - 799 - The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion by Tim Crothers
800 - 899 - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
900 - 999 - The Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley
I will go for 5.5/5 complete
300-399 We Should All Be Feminists (305.42) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
600-699 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (629.45) by Chris Hadfield
700-799 Not My Father's Son (792.02) by Alan Cumming
800-899 Reading Lolita in Tehran (820.9) by Azar Nafisi
900-999 Cider With Rosie (942.41) by Laurie Lee
Really enjoyed the Fiction to Reality challenge this year which encouraged me to read more non-fiction, so this seems perfect :)I'd like to set a goal of 8.
Count me in with 5, i'll try to do more if possible.943.086092 Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
878.0108 Meditations
031.02 An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't
782.140268 Hamilton: The Revolution
Will look for other 2 titles any sugestions are happily accepted
This looks really interesting and I plan to read more non fiction next year. I already have a couple in my TBR pile.I will read 10
I will try one in each of the 10 categories...for a total of 10.
THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)Duration: January 1, 2017 � December 1, 2017
Read: 0/10
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
Very fun idea! Will do one in each category.0/10
Glad to see so many folks diving into this one! Welcome. :)
I'm usually bad with yearly challenges but this part of overall goal in 2017 to explore more books and genres outside of what I read so I'm going for all ten. I'll plan and put the books I'm reading here soon.
I'm pretty bad with yearly challenges too, Adriana - but that doesn't stop me from signing up. :) Hope we both have better luck this year!
100-199 - Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places200-299 - Saints: Who They Are and How They Help You
300 - 399 - The Pink Fairy Book
600 - 699 - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
800 - 899 - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
I'm changing it to five books (:
Hi Kristin! There are definitely non-fiction books in the 800s category. For example, I'm planning to read On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, which is a memoir about literature. I'm also fine if you want to find a collection of literature you wouldn't normally read, something like The Best American Short Stories 2016, or an old classic like The Odyssey.
Find what make sense for you!
Adriana, I changed your goal. Good luck!
Put me down for 10 please one from each category
I completed one book for each category. 000-099: Netymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World (004)
100-199: This Year I Will...: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True (158.1)
200-299: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (289.33)
300-399: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness (332.024)
400-499: The Story of English in 100 Words (422)
500-599: The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems (578.47)
600-699: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (616.8523)
700-799: The Beauty, Vol. 1 (741.5)
800-899: Alice in Tumblr-land (808.87)
900-999: The 143rd in Iraq: Boots on the ground training Iraq police in spite of it all (956.7)
Completed: 10/10
He lived down the street from me, there is a plaque in front of the house.
I like non-fiction, put me down for five but I might do all 10 we shall see...
Please put me down for 40:002.09 THE BOOK: A COVER-TO-COVER EXPLORATION OF THE MOST POWERFUL OBJECT OF OUR TIME by Keith Houston
003.5 How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics by N. Katherine Hayles
005.7 Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
128 Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar
128.5 A Short History Of Decay by Cioran, E. M. (Emile M.)
174.2 BEYOND HUMAN: HOW CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE IS EXTENDING OUR LIVES by Eve Herold
264.020994 An Exorcist: More Stories by Gabriele Amorth
303.48309 RISE OF THE MACHINES: A CYBERNETIC HISTORY by Thomas Rid
303.4833 MAGIC AND LOSS: THE INTERNET AS ART by Virginia Heffernan
306.76 Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
306.770973 THE VOYEUR'S MOTEL by Gay Talese
307.1216 Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
327.17470973 ALMIGHTY: COURAGE, RESISTANCE, AND EXISTENTIAL PERIL IN THE NUCLEAR AGE by Dan Zak
362.20973 Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, And The Enduring Mistreatment Of The Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker
362.21097471 The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases From a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, Lisa Rinzler
363.11962234220983145 Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar
364.134 THE LYNCHING: THE EPIC COURTROOM BATTLE THAT BROUGHT DOWN THE KLAN by Laurence Leamer
364.1510967571 We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
364.1523092 ADNAN'S STORY: THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE AFTER SERIAL by Rabia Chaudry
364.15230979493 Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
365.34 EXILED IN AMERICA: LIFE ON THE MARGINS IN A RESIDENTIAL MOTEL by Christopher Dum
417.7 The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter
513 Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife
523.1 THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE: A NEW EXPLORATION OF TIME, SPACE, AND MODERN COSMOLOGY by Stuart Clark
616.85232 PATIENT H.M.: A STORY OF MEMORY, MADNESS, AND FAMILY SECRETS by Luke Dittrich
616.89009 Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, From the Bible to Freud, From the Madhouse to Modern Medicine by Andrew Scull
617.48092 The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness by Jack El-Hai
782.42164092 Prince: Purple Reign by Mick Wall
809 Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
810.809287086927 Couldn't Keep it to Myself: Testimonies From Our Imprisoned Sisters by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution
810.809287086927 I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison by Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution
811.54 Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder
813.54 An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
824.92 KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS: ESSAYS by Teju Cole
951.93043092 The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot
962.7043092 Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir, Damien Lewis
974.71044 POWER AT GROUND ZERO: POLITICS, MONEY, AND THE REMAKING OF LOWER MANHATTAN by Lynne Sagalyn
977.434 Once in a Great City by David Maraniss
I'd like to join for all 10 please :)000-099:
100-199:
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400-499:
500-599:
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2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Dialogue Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Dialogue Tags and Phrases (other topics)Milieuvriendelijk van A tot Z (other topics)
The Death of Hitler: The Full Story With New Evidence from Secret Russian Archives (other topics)
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (other topics)
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Dahlia Evans (other topics)Ada Petrova (other topics)
Lois H. Gresh (other topics)
Diane Ackerman (other topics)
Edward A. Keller (other topics)
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Duration: January 1, 2017 � December 31, 2017
The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey and has been changed much throughout the years.
The goal of this challenge is to read as many books with different (general) Dewey decimal classes as possible. For the purpose of this challenge, we’ll split the Dewey Decimal System into 100s, for a total of 10 larger categories. More in depth information on classes of the Dewey Decimal System can be found here: .
If you're unsure which category a book falls into, you can or ask.
Categories:
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
Rules:
1. Choose how many categories you are going for. You can choose as many or as few as you like!
2. State which categories you are going for in your first post (optional).
3. Only non-fiction books will count for this challenge. If you have questions about this, please ask.
4. When you complete the challenge post your entire list of books so we can all congratulate you.