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! Hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz (moi). And please link up at the bottom of this post so we can all see what books you might look for soon.
Here are the books I am adding to my TBR:
Books-about-Books
How Books Can Save Democracy by Michael Fischer, shared by Head Subhead.
Travel Books
Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky, shared by What? Me Read?
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, shared by Volatile Rune.
Paris/France Books
Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil by Jean-Claude Izzo, shared by Fanda Classiclit.
History
A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke, shared by She Reads Novels.
Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work by Allison Tyra, shared by Book'd Out.
Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart Van Loo, shared by Nancy Elin.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, shared by Read All the Things.
Walking the Bones of Britain by Christopher Somerville, shared by Adventures in Reading, Running, and Working from Home.
Tunnel 29 by Helen Merriman, shared by The Content Reader.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know by Don Waxman, shared by Books Please.
By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine by Danielle Leavitt, shared by Hopewell's Public Library of Life.
Writing
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen, shared by Based on a True Story and Mark Joseph Jochim.
Happiness
Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan, shared by Mark Joseph Jochim.
Food
Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by Jose Andres, shared by Hopewell's Public Library of Life.
Science, Health, and Nature
Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, shared by Shoe's Seeds and Stories.
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farm Hand by Jeff Chu, shared by Reading Ladies.
You Went to Emergency for What? by Tim Booth, shared by Book'd Out.
Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Concrete Jungle by Chris Fitch, shared by Adventures in Reading, Running, and Working from Home.
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake, shared by Words and Peace.
The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke, shared by Turn the Page.
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang, shared by Maphead.
Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Cory Franklin, shared by Hopewell's Public Library of Life.
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green, shared by Nicky @ Bibliophibian, Maphead, Reading Ladies, and Helen's Book Blog.
Spirituality
The Intentional Year by Glenn Packiam, shared by Cindy's Book Corner.
Jesus Land by Julia Shrees, shared by Intrepid Angeleno.
Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young, shared by Intrepid Angeleno.
The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman, shared by Maphead.
Memoir
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin, shared by Adventures in Reading, Running, and Working from Home.
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench, shared by AnnaBookBel.
The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China Before Mao by Charles Li, shared by Adele Bound in Books.
Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned by Staying Put by Annie Jones, shared by Hopewell's Public Library of Life.
Activism
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson, shared by Joy's Book Blog.
How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto Eco, shared by Book Around the Corner.
Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, shared by Book Around the Corner.
No More Tears: Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris, shared by Tina Says.
This and That
Now Departing: A Small-Town Mortician on Death, Life, and the Moments in Between by Victor M. Sweeney, shared by Tina Says.
What new-to-you nonfiction did you discover this November?
Link up below to share what you found with others.
What a fab collection of reads you've gathered! There are some really interesting books here, I especially adore Entangled Life! I've also put Our Green Heart on my tbr this week.
ReplyDeleteHere's my post:
https://pagesofemma.blog/2025/11/24/non-fiction-november-new-to-my-tbr/
You and I added 10 of the same books. :D
ReplyDeleteI have read Merlin Sheldrake’s fungi book (don’t you love than name?) and enjoyed it. I hope you will, too.
ReplyDeleteThx for sharing these nonfiction titles -- many of these are new to me. I'm a bit interested in Walking the Bones of Britain book and the Ireland to India with a Bicycle. Anything by bicycle is pretty good to me! Cheers.
ReplyDeleteWow -- that's a library in itself. I seen a few I've read and a couple that I think I need to look into!
ReplyDeleteGreat list--I see some more books that I want to check out. Thanks for hosting this week!
ReplyDeleteWow. You have definitely got some fabulous reading to do here. And three of mine? I am very honoured. It was great to co-host with you again this year. Please forgive me for posting my link on here because I have given up with link parties. Everything about them seems not to work for me today. https://volatilerune.blog/2025/11/24/nonfiction-november-week-5-and-november-wrap-up-new-to-my-tbr/
ReplyDeletewow, that's A LOT!
ReplyDeleteI have one in common, and I am glad you found two from my own readings
That is an amazing list, and I really need to read quite a few of them.
ReplyDeleteI love ❤️ this list of categorized books. The covers on many of these are very appealing.
ReplyDeleteWow, you really added a lot of books to your TBR shelf, Deb. I have been reading nonfiction, but have fallen behind in blog hopping to see what others have read. I will need to do that this week, If I have some time.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I hope you enjoy these. My internet was down all day, so I'm late to join the party.
ReplyDeleteI may still be having problems because I'm getting a 500 Server error instead of the link list. I'll plan to link up tomorrow and start visiting other people's posts.
As of Monday night it looks like all of Inlinkz is down. Hopefully, they will get it up and running soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to give at least five of these a look, see if I can find them at the library.
ReplyDeleteI like reading non-fiction and memoirs. You have some good ones featured here. Thanks for introducing me to these books!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this last week of Nonfiction November Deb, and you’ve added a terrific selection to your TBR!
ReplyDeleteChuffed to see so many of mine on there and I have added Technoableism to my draft post - this is why I wait to publish my Week 5 one till the end of the week!!!
ReplyDeleteSo many good books on your list! I also added No More Tears: Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson to mine.
ReplyDeleteI've just read Uncultured - so interesting. I have read all of Dervla Murphy's years ago; such an amazing woman!
ReplyDeletesherry
Wow, I'd already added so many books to my tbr this month, and now I just added even more. Thanks? haha. But really, thanks; I love finding new and interesting books!
ReplyDeleteThere's no place to send our links, but as you host this week, I am sharing my nonfic review on owls: https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/11/26/book-review-the-secret-life-of-the-owl/
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful mix of books! I have the Judi Dench and Annie Jones book on my TBR and the Night Train book is intriguing. Enjoy your reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this week and a BIG thank you for recapping with such a large list. There are a couple on there that I missed somehow. This has been a fun November.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting set of books that caught your eye this month. I have been so busy, so hardly had time either to read books, post myself, or read other people's post. I will reuse four of your choices which soundes really interesting. You will be busy next year, reading this bunch.
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