My Year in Nonfiction 2022 #NonficNov
Welcome to Nonfiction November 2022! I’m eager to participate again this year, and I want to give a shout-out to our hosts: What’s Nonfiction, Doing Dewey, Plucked from the Stacks, She Seeks Nonfiction, and The OC Bookgirl.
During the month of November, you will notice one nonfiction-focused post each week.
Weekly Topics:
(Join us?)
Week 1: (October 31-November 4) – Your Year in Nonfiction with Katie @ Doing Dewey
Week 2: (November 7-11) – Book Pairing with Rennie @ What’s Nonfiction
Week 3: (November 14-18) –Stranger Than Fiction with Christopher @ Plucked from the Stacks
Week 4: (November 21-25) – Worldview Changers with Rebekah @ She Seeks Nonfiction
Week 5: (November 28-December 2) — New to My TBR with Jaymi @ The OC Bookgirl
***Jaymi is also hosting an Instagram (bookstagram) daily photo challenge #NonfictionBookParty. Check out @TheOCBookgirl for all the details.
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
My Year in Nonfiction: Nov 2021-Nov 2022
Nonfiction November is an opportunity to reflect on the year, to celebrate and appreciate nonfiction, and to share recommendations.
I read 14 nonfiction this year which is MORE nonfiction than last year, so that’s a personal win!
What is your favorite category of nonfiction?
I love narrative nonfiction (followed closely by thought-provoking memoirs).
Narrative Nonfiction is “Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That’s material that I really like.”
~Rick Moody
From November to November!
For this post, I am counting my nonfiction reads from the beginning of November 2021 because those nonfiction reads were not represented in last year’s post. So my nonfiction year will be from November to November!
Please join me for Nonfiction November 2022!
Today’s host is Katie at Doing Dewey
My Year in NonFiction:
***Book titles are Amazon affiliate links or links to my blog reviews
A Variety of Memoirs!
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (Narrative Nonfiction)
On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker J. Palmer (underwhelmed…not reviewed)
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working by Shauna Niequist
Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (underwhelmed….not reviewed)
These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
Going There by Katie Couric (underwhelmed…..not reviewed)
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (novella) (interesting but not reviewed)
Historical
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore (Narrative Nonfiction)
Topics/Issues/Self Help/Essays
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
Atomic Habits by James Clear
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders (the analysis is interesting but I’m not fond of Russian short stories; not reviewed)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Answering Questions For My Year in Nonfiction:
- What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year?
I think it has to be The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore because it reads like a histfic thriller. - What nonfiction book have you recommended the most?
The nonfiction I’ve recommended most includes An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, The Woman They Could Not Silence, and Atomic Habits.
- Do you have a particular topic you’ve been attracted to more this year?
Not really….I’m an incorrigible mood reader (even in nonfiction), but obviously I’m always attracted to thoughtful memoirs and biographies. This year’s favorite memoir is An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth because it was so different than what I usually read and I learned a great deal.
- What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?
I’m eager to read posts from other bloggers and add inspiring nonfiction titles to my 2023 TBR!
QOTD
I would love to hear all about your favorite nonfiction reads in the comments! If you could recommend ONE NF title for me, what would you recommend?
If you are participating in #NonficNov, please leave a link to your post in comments.
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I also loved The Woman They Could Not Silence. Congrats on a great year of reading nonfiction, and thanks for the rec’s.
I’m happy to hear we share the love for that amazing book!
I’m listening to Finding Me by Viola Davis and it’s so good. I’ve been enjoying memoirs mostly this year.
I need to add this to my TBR! Thanks for the rec!
I need to add this to my TBR! Thanks for the rec Wendy!
Great post Carol. I bought the audiobook for The Woman They Could Not Silence but haven’t listened to it. Maybe I should this month. I hope to do this post, but being on the road, it will be on the weekend before I have time.
It’s TBR worthy! Hope it’s a good read for you!
Nice! I also read Saunders, last year, and found it so so good.
I have a few memoirs and history books:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/11/02/nonfiction-november-my-year-2022-in-nonfiction/
Maybe I was in the wrong mood for Russian stories! I’m hopping over to check your list!
So many interesting books.I think my favourite could be The Woman They Could Not Silence.
My Non-fiction November Week 1.
It’s a memorable read! I’m hopping over to check your post!
That’s awesome, Carol! I always tell myself that I should do more non-fiction too. Just squeezing one into the year is huge already haha
Thanks Lashaan! Reading NF is something I have to deliberately seek out! One is a good number though! 🙌
I didn’t know Ann Patchett had written an essay collection! Given that I love her writing but often find the endings of her fiction a little underwhelming, I think I could really enjoy an essay collection from her. I’d also really like to get to The Woman They Could Not Silence, having enjoyed Radium Girls quite a lot 🙂
It’s an interesting essay collection Katie! 🙌 The Woman They Could Not Silence is compelling, unputdownable, and memorable….I know you’d enjoy it! Thanks for commenting!
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The Woman They Could Not Silence sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing it and for letting us know about your reading of nonfiction in 2022.
It’s soooo good Deb!
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I am 25% into The Woman They Could Not Silence and I am obsessed. Have a wonderful NFN!
It’s compulsively readable! Riveting and tragic. Thanks for commenting Molly!
I read an incredibly small amount of non fiction books this year. I usually read a lot more. Great post. You did great.
Thanks Jo! Although I read a few more than usual this year, I didn’t have as many standouts!
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