Nonfiction November is back again this year, and I'm excited to be emphasizing some non-fic selections in my November reading... just as soon as I wrap up my current reads. In an effort to continue to focus these precious few deadline-light weeks on backlist and wrapping up my annual reading challenges, here's what I'm eying for the month:
From my 2015 TBR Challenge list:
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year Old Boy with Autism, by Naoki Higashida
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed (don't judge me for the fact that this book has been on more challenge and readathon lists than I can count on one hand)
- When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams (because lots of bloggers and reviewers I trust have said this is a must-read)
- How to Live, Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, by Sarah Blakwell
For the 2015 Read Harder Challenge:
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson (a microhistory)
And a few just-because alternatives:
- Notorious RBG: Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon; Shana Knizhnik
- Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson
- Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Undercover Women in the Civil War, by Karen Abbott
- H is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald
- The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking, by Brendan I. Koerner (a Paperback to the Future pick from Liberty)
- Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski (not pictured because it's a late addition to my list, recommended by Rachel)
- Chi Marathon: The Breakthrough Natural Running Program for a Pain-Free Half Marathon and Marathon, by Danny and Katherin Dryer (also not pictured because it's also a late addition, but an appropriately themed one for my latest running activities)
I obviously won't get to all of these, but a girl can dream...
What are your favorite non-fiction picks? What should I have added to my stacks?
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