#NonficNov
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As every year, a bunch of really cool bloggers are co-hosting Nonfiction November.
Here is the topic for week 1:
YOUR YEAR IN NONFICTION
Hosted by Kim @ Sophisticated Dorkiness
Take a look back at your year of nonfiction and reflect on the following questions
What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year?
Do you have a particular topic you’ve been attracted to more this year?
What nonfiction book have you recommended the most?
What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?
Here is the recap of the nonfiction I have read (the links will send you to my review when it’s posted) or will finish for sure before the end of the year.
A pathetic 9 compare to 22 last year!! And I’m not sure I will read more nonfiction this year, besides these titles.
Why so few this year?
The reason being mostly that I really wanted to focus on reading books taking up dust on my shelves, and most were novels. And also the fact that I have read less this year, so the percentage fiction/nonfiction may end up pretty close to that of 2018, my end of the year statistics will tell.
Here are the titles:
Biographies:
- Monet, Itinerant of Light, by Salva Rubio (and EFA) – graphic nonfiction
- Conan Doyle for the Defense, by Margalit Fox
- Elder Sebastian of Optina, by Tatiana Torstensen
About trips:
- Journal de mon voyage d’Amérique, by Louis-Philippe
- The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor: The Long Search for the Legendary Kad’yak, by Bradley G Stevens
About politics:
- Democracy in Chains, by Nancy MacLean- audiobook
- Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward
About music:
- The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by Thad Carhart
Orthodox spirituality:
- Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present Day, by Andrew Louth
What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year?
What nonfiction book have you recommended the most?
Do you have a particular topic you’ve been attracted to
more this year?
Current issues, which is totally new to me
What are you hoping to get out
of participating in Nonfiction November?
Get acquainted with more nonfiction readers and good titles unknown to me
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE NONFICTION THIS YEAR?
Words And Peace 
Although your reading of nonfiction is down, I bet it feels great to have worked through some titles that have been gathering dust on your shelves.
Thanks for the rec of Conan Doyle for the Defence, and happy reading in the month of November.
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yes, less dust, lol!!
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I really expected you to have read more books on spirituality than you have. I don’t think I knew that you enjoyed current events.
Thank you for sharing some of your favorites from this year.
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I expected the same! But the only time I can read is by night, and I’m often too exhausted to read something very serious and nourishing.
As I said, the current events thing is new to me!
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9 nonfiction books is more than I’ve read this year! I love the sound of the Conan Doyle book. 🙂
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yes, it’s an excellent book
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9 is still pretty good, I tend to only read one non-fiction book a month but that’s slowly increasing now I’ve got the hang of audiobooks and can listen on my commute.
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and some nonfiction are really good in audio. I actually listened to Democracy in Chains
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I think people are either really drawn to current events nonfiction, or they want to read absolutely anything else. I have been really drawn to recent history current events, but most of the very contemporary stuff I’ve been avoiding. That said, Democracy in Chains looks fascinating. Thanks for suggesting it!
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Well, we can change and evolve. I used to never want to read about it, and see, I just read these two!
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Nine books is something! It looks like you found some really good things. I have gotten away from reading books on politics this year, but Democracy in Chains looks incredibly important. And I would love to read about Conan Doyle and a real-life mystery – what fun!
Some of my favorite nonfiction reads this year were I Don’t Want To Talk About It by Terrence Real, Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin, and A Primer for Poets and Readers of Poetry by Gregory Orr.
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My review for Conan Doyle will be live this Tuesday, finally! Wow, a primer for poets, sounds good!
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I agree that non fiction about current events has been on my radar more than ever this year.
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interesting, I guess there’s so much going on!
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Current events is something I don’t really read in my nonfiction, but I really should get more educated on all the things that are happening around me!
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yes, this is something new to me, and it’s hard t find reliable information
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You’re the only other person I know who has read Piano Shop on the Left Bank! I wasn’t expecting it to be such a feel-good read but I fell in love. Best of luck this November – I can’t wait to see what you read!
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really? it was quite popular a few years ago. I discovered it thanks to other bloggers I believe. I gave it to read to another book club member, and she also loved it! And I think she gave it to a third member of our group. In our book club, every mont each person shares a book he/she has just read. So we discover all kinds of gems. Enjoy your November reads. And my review of Conan Doyle for the Defense is finally out: https://wordsandpeace.com/2018/10/30/book-review-conan-doyle-for-the-defense/
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One of the things NonFicNov introduced me to a number of years ago was the graphic non-fiction book – I’ve come to love it – therefore adding the Monet book to my wishlist (this is how my TBR pile explodes every November!)
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yes, do, it’s a beautiful book
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The Ship, the Saint and the Sailor sounds intriguing! I think I want to check that one out. I just read another book involving Conan Doyle and was surprised how much I liked learning about his life (just because I’m not particularly interested in his fiction writing) so that one sounds good too. I also read Fear, although I promised myself I was going to cut back on the political books. I’m glad I did though, it ended up being more revealing than I expected.
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I’ll be posting my review of The Ship, the Saint and the Sailor pretty soon. What was the book you read on Conan Doyle? You should really try this one. So well done
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It was Through a Glass, Darkly. It focused on his life in connection to the spiritualism movement, his relationship to Harry Houdini within spiritualism, those areas. I really liked it. Will be looking for your review of Ship, Saint and Sailor!
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Ah yes,I remember reading about this one.
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It’s a pretty good read!
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thanks for the recommendation
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Fear came in from the library for me on audio, but I already had another audiobook I was trying to finish before it was due back, so I didn’t get to it. Would still like to though!
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Ah I know the problem, when books on hold all end up coming together at the same time…
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I’ve only just started to read nonfiction this year, but Democracy in Chains seems like exactly the kind of book I’d enjoy. Thanks so much for the recommendation!
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I see lots of people seem to be attracted to it, for good reasons
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I REALLY need to read the two in the politics category! lol
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they are really good
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I’ve heard good things about that Conan Doyle book. I’m going to have make my library produce a copy!
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good idea!
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You’ve read a great variety of nonfiction already! I’m taking note of some of these as I feel like I need all the suggestions I can get when it comes to nonfiction.
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what kind of nonfiction do you prefer to read?
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The Monet book sound really intriguing–I’ll have to check it out!
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and it’s really a beauty
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I’ve been back and forth about trying Fear. I worry that it will just make me mad!
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I came out of it actually more positive about certain things!
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OOH – a “Scottish Dreyfuss Affair” – I’m in!!
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definitely a great book
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I’d like to read both Democracy in Chains and Fear, but often feel like I’m up to my eyeballs in news. These will likely infuriate me even further… sigh.
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They are actually good eye-openers, especially Democracy in Chains. This is a well-researched book, so different from everyday news – I stay away from those
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I did not do this challenge on my blog but I took a count. So far I have read 10 non-fiction books. Everyone was good but my favorites were the biographies of Joni Mitchell (Reckless Daughter) and Stevie Nicks (Gold Dust Woman), I guess because reading and music are my two favorite things!
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Thanks for sharing!
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What’s prompted the reading about current issues? The fact there are so many?! Or that there are more books being published about them? (it’s a bit chicken-and-egg!)
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I saw McClean trending in Twitter, I got curious, and when I was saw the seriousness of her book, I thought I had to try it to get better informed. As for Fear, it’s only because again of the seriousness of the author that I thought I had to read it. Great questions, thanks
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I’ve been reading more books that are at least current event related too. My book club nominated Conan Doyle for the Defense and it didn’t win, but I was thinking I’d like to pick it anyway. I’m glad to hear it was good!
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yes I think you would love it! So, which book won?
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I think that was the month we ended up reading The Power 🙂
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ah ok
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Excellent political choices. I’m not familiar with a few of the others.
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thanks for stopping by
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That’s an admirable range of topics covered
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actually, you are right. I read more nonfiction in 2017, but covering less themes: https://wordsandpeace.com/2017/11/03/nonfiction-november-my-year-2017-in-nonfiction/
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I simply HAVE to read Conan Doyle for the Defense! These are some great non-fiction selections. Thanks for visiting my blog!
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correct, this is a suggestion you cannot refuse, lol
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so sweet, thanks
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