Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Fiction & Nonfiction Pairing - Nonfiction Selection
Time to read a pair of books - a fiction and a nonfiction book that go together. Either about a similar topic, with a similar setting, or maybe with the same author. 
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

309 pages • paperback • 1969

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction by Gabrielle Moss

Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

Gabrielle Moss

256 pages • digital • 2018 user-added

nonfiction essays funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death by Colson Whitehead

The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death

Colson Whitehead

234 pages • 2014

nonfiction memoir sports challenging funny reflective slow-paced
Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha

Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes

Robin Ha

176 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction comics cookbook food and drink informative lighthearted medium-paced
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

Lucy Worsley

432 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero by Cate Lineberry

Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

Cate Lineberry

289 pages • digital

nonfiction biography history emotional informative slow-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

376 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French

Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch

Erin French

9 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction memoir adventurous medium-paced
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

52 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

Tembi Locke

352 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced