2012 Dewey Decimal Challenge

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