Non-Fiction Five Challenge

Whoops - I've joined another book challenge!

It was the lesser of two evils though as I was very, very close to joining the "pre-printing press" book challenge (which looks fascinating!) when realisation hit me. I really, really don't need to be distracted from working through my current pile of fabulous TBR books and Jodie from Book Gazing kindly suggested that I sign up to this one instead!

The rules for the Non-Fiction Five Challenge are pretty simple:

1. Read 5 non-fiction books during the months of May - September, 2009
2. Read at least one non-fiction book that is different from your other choices

This is a great way to work through some of my non-fiction TBR pile that always gets neglect in favour of fiction instead. I have no idea why this is as I do want to read every book that I have listed below it's just I tend to pass them over for easier, escapist books instead.

• The Bolter - Frances Osborne
• The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or the Murder at Road Hill House - Kate Summerscale
• Dry Store Room No 1 - Richard Fortey
• The Dragons of Eden - Carl Sagan
• The Origin of Humankind - Richard Leakey
• The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters - Charlotte Mosley
• Works on Paper - Michael Holyroyd
• Our Hidden Lives - Simon Garfield
• Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
• Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich - Alison Owings

Oh dear - and these are just the unread non-fiction books that are on the bookshelves near my computer! Clearly this challenge came at the right time for me.

I have three new bookcases arriving on Friday and that will mean that the last of the "attic books" can come downstairs so I can have a proper rummage for books to read for this challenge - although clearly I have enough to hand to complete the prescribed five!