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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The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death by Colson Whitehead

The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death

Colson Whitehead

234 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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 • first pub 2016 (editions)

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 • first pub 2022 (editions)

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 • missing pub info (editions)

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

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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 • first pub 2021 (editions)

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

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

52 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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 • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen

First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

James R. Hansen

missing duration info • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

5 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime adventurous informative fast-paced