Dewey Decimal Challenge (non-fiction) - hosted by oviedorose

030 Encyclopedias & books of facts
All books added
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

Randall Munroe

64 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction reference science adventurous funny informative slow-paced
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia by Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age by Greg Jenner

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age

Greg Jenner

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative fast-paced
The Frozen Worlds: The Astonishing Nature of the Arctic and Antarctic by Jason Bittel
The Frozen Worlds: The Astonishing Nature of the Arctic and Antarctic
—
Jason Bittel

The Frozen Worlds: The Astonishing Nature of the Arctic and Antarctic

Jason Bittel

80 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
The Book of Origins: Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and by Trevor Homer

The Book of Origins: Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and

Trevor Homer

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history reference science informative medium-paced
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Chuck Bryant, Josh Clark

Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things

Chuck Bryant, Josh Clark

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative lighthearted slow-paced
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife by David Burnie, Don E. Wilson

Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife

Definitive Visual Guides

David Burnie, Don E. Wilson

624 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction reference science adventurous informative slow-paced
The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World by Richard Osman, Alexander Armstrong

The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World

Richard Osman, Alexander Armstrong

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

A.J. Jacobs

423 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective medium-paced
Weird But True Christmas: 300 Festive Facts to Light Up the Holidays by National Geographic Kids

Weird But True Christmas: 300 Festive Facts to Light Up the Holidays

National Geographic Kids

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction childrens education informative lighthearted slow-paced