Nonfiction November 2023

 

Nonfiction November 2023

It's that time again! I almost passed on Nonfiction November, but I kept thinking about how much I'd miss it if I didn't do it...so here I am!

The Hosts

Liz, who blogs at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home, is an editor, transcriber, reader, reviewer, writer and runner. She likes reading literary fiction and nonfiction, travel and biography.

Frances blogs about the books she has read at Volatile Rune and is a published poet, reviewer, and a sometime storyteller and novelist.

Heather of Based on a True Story lives in Ohio with her husband, surrounded by lots and lots of critters!

Rebekah reads and writes about social justice, atheism, religion, science history, and more on She Seeks Nonfiction.

Lisa blogs about the books she’s read at Hopewell’s Public Library of Life.

How it works

Each Monday, the weekly host will post a topic prompt and include a linkup where you can link your posts, connect with other bloggers, and dive deeper by reading and sharing nonfiction book reviews.

Feel free to use our official Nonfiction November graphics, too!

The topic prompts for each week

Week 1 (10/30-11/3) Your Year in Nonfiction: Celebrate your year of nonfiction. What books have you read? What were your favorites? Have you had a favorite topic? Is there a topic you want to read about more? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November? (Heather)
Week 2 (11/6-11/10) Choosing Nonfiction: What are you looking for when you pick up a nonfiction book? Do you have a particular topic you’re attracted to? Do you have a particular writing style that works best? When you look at a nonfiction book, does the title or cover influence you? If so, share a title or cover which you find striking. (Frances)

Week 3 (11/13-11/17) Book Pairings: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a memoir and a novel, or a fiction book you’ve read and you would like recommendations for background reading. You can be as creative as you like! (Liz)

Week 4 (11/20-11/24) Worldview Shapers: One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is learning all kinds of things about our world which you never would have known without it. There’s the intriguing, the beautiful, the appalling, and the profound. What nonfiction book or books have impacted the way you see the world in a powerful way? Is there one book that made you rethink everything? Do you think there is a book that should be required reading for everyone? (Rebekah)

Week 5 (11/27-12/1) New To My TBR: It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book! (Lisa)

What will I read?

I have a list of nonfiction books I proposed to read this year.
Books I Own:The Snow LeopardThunder and LightningThe Night Lives OnArctic DreamsA Distant MirrorIn Search of the Perfect LoafThe SleepwalkersBird TherapyArt Before BreakfastRemarkable DiariesWaiting for Snow in Havana
Library Books:Born to Be GoodStuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made WorldThe Lost Art of Reading Nature's SignsTogether: The Healing Power of Connection in a Sometimes Lonely WorldThe Tucci CookbookFind Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely WorldLight in the Dark Ages: The Friendship of Francis and Clare of AssisiThe Lonely Century: How to Restore Human Connection in a World that's Pulling ApartPlays Well with OthersShare Your Stuff: I'll Go FirstThe Urban Sketching HandbookVoices from the PandemicWhat Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living BoldlyHow Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human MindThe Who Was: A History of the WorldFiguring

Let's see where my reading takes me in November. I'll be curious to see what you plan to read in November, too.