A chill wind blows. For most, fall is about soft sweaters, delectable candles, and pumpkin treats. Here in the book blogging community, it certainly is about all of those things, but there is one most special event in the forecast every autumn. For us, the fall breeze brings Nonfiction November!
Throughout the month of November, bloggers Liz, Frances, Heather, Rebekah, and Deb invite you to celebrate Nonfiction November with us.
Meet your hosts!
Liz is an ex-librarian, a freelance editor and transcriber, a runner and a volunteer. She blogs about everything from social justice and geology nonfiction to YA romance and literary fiction at Adventures in reading, running and working from home.
Frances Spurrier is a poet, essayist and reviewer. Her novel The Winchester Codex was published in 2024. She lives in London with her husband and Suki the Golden Doodle. Her blog can be found at Volatile Rune. It covers books she happens to be reading – both fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She especially enjoys biographies of writers and artists.
Heather is a veterinarian living in Ohio who blogs at Based on a True Story. She reads all genres but really loves nonfiction and fantasy.
Rebekah is a designer, crafter, and cat parent living in Pittsburgh, where she writes book reviews and other leftist musings at She Seeks Nonfiction.
Deb is a Texas librarian-for-life who loves to read nonfiction-that-reads-like-fiction, literary fiction, classics, and children’s picture books. Deb plays guitar, swims, draws, writes, thinks about happiness, and blogs at Readerbuzz,
How it works
Each Monday, our weekly host will post our 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!
Here are the topic prompts for each week:
Week 1 (10/27-11/2) 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 (11/3-11/9) Choosing Nonfiction: There are many topics to choose from when looking for a nonfiction book. For example: Biography, Autobiography, Memoire, Travel, Health, Politics, History, Religion and Spirituality, Science, Art, Medicine, Gardening, Food, Business, Education, Music. Maybe use this week to challenge yourself to pick a genre you wouldn’t normally read? Or stick to what you usually like is also fine. If you are a nonfiction genre newbie, did your choice encourage you to read more? (Frances)
Week 3 (11/10-11/16) 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. Or maybe it’s just two books you feel have a link, whatever they might be. You can be as creative as you like! (Liz)
Week 4 (11/17-11/23) Mind Openers: Nonfiction books are one of the best tools for seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. They allow us to get an idea of the experiences of people of all different ages, races, genders, abilities, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, or even just people with different opinions than ours. Is there a book you read this year from a diverse author, or a book that opened your eyes to a perspective that you hadn’t considered? How did it challenge you to think differently? (Rebekah)
Week 5 (11/24-11/30) 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! (Deb)
I like the idea of nonfiction november and I'm interested to read your posts about it. I'm a bit too scatter brained at the moment to participate myself.
ReplyDeleteDeb, I hope you guys enjoy your 'Nonfiction November'. It's not really a challenge that I do well at. I read very little non-fiction, but you never know. We are discussing a non-fic true crime book in our mystery group next week. And I did read it. It was OK - but I'm not a big fan of true crime. I guess I like my crime books to be fiction. I'm curious what others in the group think about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting. I have a few titles lined up
ReplyDeleteand cute banner!
ReplyDeleteI'll look forward to your posts. I enjoy non-fiction and it's usually a mix in my reading when I get into one I really like!
ReplyDeleteI participate in Shelleyrae's nonfiction 2025, she writes at Book'd Out. I may join you all this year, sounds fun and I need to wrap up my challenge.
ReplyDeleteI almost never read nonfiction but I'll be interested to see what other bloggers come up with.
ReplyDeleteI don't read non fiction but still looking forward to the books you pick.
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