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Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairings: #NonficNov 2020

November 9, 2020

Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairings #NonficNov 2020

Nonfiction Nov 2020

I’m eager to participate in Nonfiction November this year hosted by Doing Dewey, Julz Reads, What’s Nonfiction, and Shelf-Aware.

During the month of November, you will notice one nonfiction focused post each week:

Weekly Topics:

My Year in Nonfiction 2020

Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairings (today’s post)

Be the Expert

New to My Nonfiction TBR

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Fiction and Nonfiction Book Pairings

Nonfiction November is an opportunity to reflect on the year, to celebrate and appreciate nonfiction, and to share recommendations.

Today for Nonfiction November hosted by Julz Reads, I have thirteen fiction/nonfiction book pairings to share with you! Can you add to this list?

Please join me for Nonfiction November!

13 Fiction & Nonfiction Book Pairings (Image: a top view of an assortment of hardcover books)

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D I S A S T E R!

A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
paired with
The Only Place in the Sky by Garrett Graff

A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Neissner (cover) White test on a blue background vordered on three corners with marigolds

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff (cover)

E S C A P E !

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
paired with
The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (author)

The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (cover)

Refugees

Inside Out and Back Again by Thannhha Lai and Refugee by Alan Gratz
paired with
Family in Six Tones by Lan Cao

Inside Out & Back Again y Thannha Lai (cover) ....a girl holding onto a tree trunk with one hand on a breezy day

Refugee by Alan Gratz (cover) a boy with his back to the camera in the hull of a small red boat on a stormy ocean)

A Family in Six Tones by Lan Cao (cover) Image: a mother holding a young girl in her arms...both smiling at the camera

A M E R I C A N 
H I S T O R Y

Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
paired with
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
(then watch Hamilton the Musical!)

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (cover)

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (cover) Image: a portrait of Hamilton

C E L E B R I T Y

The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin
paired with
Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

the Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin (cover) Image: a woman wearing a hat and in a blue dress (holding a purse and a travel bag) walks beneath the propeller of a small aircraft

Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (cover) black text over a blue and pink background (a seashell above the title)

A M E R I C A N 
H I S T O R Y

America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
and Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (MG)
paired with
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (cover)

Jefferson's Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (cover)

Thomas Jefferson The Art of Power

W O R L D  W A R  1 1

Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
paired with
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas

Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini (cover)

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas (cover)

T R U E  C R I M E

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
paired with
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate and The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (cover)

Before and After by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate (cover) Image: a small girl stands on a cobblestone street holding a brown suitcase

The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond (cover) Image: a woman walks away from the camera holding the hands of two small girls

C O M P L I C A T E D  F A M I L Y 

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
paired with
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway (cover) Image: black text oveer an kaleidoscope of pinkish/red leaves

Inheritance by Dani Shapiro (cover) Image: white text over a baby's christening dress

P H O T O G R A P H Y

Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange by Elise Hooper
paired with
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon

Learning to See by Elise Hooper (cover) Image: a woman with a camera stands on top of a car, shading her eyes for a better view

Dorothea Langue: A Life Behond Limits by Linda Gordon (cover) Image: a woman sits on top of a car looking through a camera lens

B I O G R A P H I C A L

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
paired with
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan (cover) Image: a woman in a red dress and red hat walks away from the camera

A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (cover) black and white image of roses on a white cover trimmed in gold

A B O L I T I O N  O F  S L A V E R Y

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
paired with
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas

The Intention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (cover) (white lettering over a goldish redish sky background) featuring a few small flying birds)

Amazing Grace by Eric Metaxas (cover) Image: portrait of William Wilberforce

A F G H A N I S T A N

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
paired with
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi (cover) Image: a woman and young firl in Arab dress walk across a desert

The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg (cover) Image: school age kids hanging around next to a wall

QOTD

I know you can help me add to this list!
I’d love to hear your suggestions for a fiction/nonfiction pair.

If you have a nonficnov post, please leave your link in comments.

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46 comments

  4. Ooh the Jefferson pairing looks interesting!!

    I’ve been reading a lot in Regency/Victorian England – not that it’s all that unusual – but in the nonfiction space, have really enjoyed Judith Flanders’ The Victorian City (which, as she explains, covers a lot of the Regency period as she follows Dickens’ early career), The Victorian Home, and The Last Days of Night. I’ve been reading REALLY light fiction lately, but even so, these complimented the Enola Holmes series and Stephanie Barrons’ Jane Austen mysteries extremely well.

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  7. What a fabulous list and varied range of topics! I absolutely loved The Underground Girls of Kabul. Daring to Drive is another amazing look at a woman’s life in the Middle East (but it’s her memoir from Saudi Arabia, so some topics are really different but some similar themes). Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS is also fantastic.

    (PS, I think I must’ve accidentally unfollowed you, I do that all the time on WordPress. Sorry!!!)

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    • Thanks for commenting and for your recs!
      I’ve accidentally unfollowed too because the visit option is so close to the unfollow!

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  8. This is a cool idea! While I love non-fiction I’ve gotten burned on the last couple I read. The last two historical fiction I absolutely adored were Nemesis & the Swan and Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook.

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  9. I love all the variety in your pairings! There are so many Hamilton (Eliza and Alexander) books out there, fiction and nonfiction, lots to choose from!

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  17. Wow, so many great books. I only paired one novel with two non-fiction books. Mmmh. Maybe more next year.

    My topic was tulips.

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