I ran across the idea for this reading challenge at the end of last year. I wanted to read more nonfiction this year, so I thought why not? I have to tell you a little secret... I have the Dewey Decimal system memorized and I don't even work in a library. I just spend way too much time in them. The idea is to read one book for every 100 category in the system. I am also going to read one book for every 10 in the 300s, 700s, and 900s (my three favorite 100s). That's 41 books total! Do you think I can do it?
000 – Generalities 100 – Philosophy and Psychology 200 – Religion 300 – Social Sciences 400 – Language 500 – Natural Sciences + Math 600 – Technology 700 – The Arts 800 – Literature and Rhetoric 900 – Geography and History
- 0-99
- 100-199
- 200-299
- 300-309 -- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (2005) / Collapse by Jared Diamond (2011) / The History of the Wife by Yalom (2002)
- 310-319
- 320-329
- 330-339
- 340-349
- 350-359
- 360-369
- 370-379
- 380-389
- 390-399
- 400-499
- 500-599
- 600-699 -- The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (2007)
- 700-709
- 710-719
- 720-729
- 730-739
- 740-749
- 750-759
- 760-769
- 770-779
- 780-789
- 790-799
- 800-899
- 900-909
- 910-919
- 920-929
- 930-939
- 940-949
- 950-959
- 960-969
- 970-979 -- What Ifs of America (2004) / Founding Myths (2004)
- 980-989
- 990-99