Nonfiction November 2022 - hosted by abookolive

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Examples: a nonfiction book about music, true crime, a book about the legal system, a book about journalism or by a journalist ("on the record"), a sports book (setting a record), a memoir or work of history (a record of past events)
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi

356 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance by Paul Strathern

The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance

Paul Strathern

430 pages • first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham

Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember

Lauren Graham

4 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz

Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco

Alia Volz

432 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative fast-paced
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge

Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein

Lita Judge

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography literary young adult dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis by Azadeh Moaveni

Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of Isis

Azadeh Moaveni

13 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative slow-paced
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

James Clear

319 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Why Solange Matters by Stephanie Phillips

Why Solange Matters

Stephanie Phillips

5 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction music challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Short History of the United States by Robert V. Remini

A Short History of the United States

Robert V. Remini

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced