Nonfiction November 2022 - hosted by abookolive

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 Examples: STEM, weather or climate change, a book in/out of your comfort zone (inside or outside your "element"), a nonfiction book with many different elements (essay collection, graphic memoir, oral history)
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard

A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Sally Coulthard

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history nature informative reflective slow-paced
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin

The Children's Blizzard

David Laskin

307 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative sad slow-paced
Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English by Caroline Taggart

Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English

Caroline Taggart

160 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing by Lori Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing

Lori Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt

224 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist

The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

Gary Krist

315 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-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
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee

16 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science emotional informative medium-paced
Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger

Corrections in Ink: A Memoir

Keri Blakinger

8 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced