I was thrilled to host this week’s Nonfiction November topic: fiction/nonfiction book pairings:
It can be a “If you loved this book, read this!” or just two titles that you think would go well together. Maybe it’s a historical novel and you’d like to get the real history by reading a nonfiction version of the story.
Pairings like this are one of the best ways for me to find new books to add to my TBR and I hope you all found some great new-to-you books this week!
Your Fiction/Nonfiction Book Pairings
- Katherine @ The Writerly Reader
Pairings: technology and deception, electricity, and magic - Julie @ Julz Reads
Pairing: origins of Israel - Kim @ Time2Read
Pairing (actually, a triplet!): women during WWII and Ravensbruck - Unruly Reader
Pairing: responding to grief - Lindsay @ Lindsay’s Library
Pairings: extinctions, the 1920’s, school shootings, being black in America, Japanese POWs during WWII - Heather @ Based on a True Story
Pairing (another multi pairing!): police brutality on African-American teens - Ellie @ Curiosity Killed the Bookworm
Pairings: dogs, losing someone in a terrorist attack, and Scottish Islands - Kazan @ Always Doing
Pairing: factory girls in China - Kate @ Books are my Favorite and Best
Pairings: swimming and relationships, genetics, the 80’s, perils of social media, food and relationships, NYC and relationships - Melissa Firman
Pairings: feminist dystopian, Hurricane Katrina, and the AIDS crisis - Nick @ One Catholic Life
Pairing: Les Miserables - Iliana @ Bookgirl’s Nightstand
Pairing: keeping a journal - Tara @ Running N Reading
Pairing: WWII - Angela @ Literary Wanderer
Pairings: the Tudors, the British royal family, and 1900 Galveston hurricane - Susie @ Novel Visits
Pairing: living in the woods, growing up in South Africa, and road-trips - Emma @ Words and Peace
Pairings: growing up in South Africa, Marie Antoinette, Daphne du Maurier, Les Miserables, and Umberto Eco - Tina @ Novel Meals
Pairings: food and wine - Allison @ Mind Joggle
Pairing (another triplet!): A Little House on the Prairie - Heather @ Gofita’s Pages
Pairing: being African-American in the U.S. - Maphead’s Book Blog
Pairings: too many to write here! - An Adventure in Reading
Pairings: life in India, women in Science, the 1900’s Ontario Massey murder, mass school shootings (seems to be a popular topic this year) - Ceri at Bookmarks and Postcards
Pairings: Virginia Woolf, bi-racial identity, the 1930’s South - Buried in Print
Pairing: the Russian Revolution and aftermath - Head Subhead
Pairing: rare books - Joann @ Lakeside Musing
Pairing: Middlemarch - There, There, Read This
Pairing: existentialism - Beth @ Too Fond
Pairings: meditation, the military, the South - Ottaiva @ Novels and Nonfiction
Pairings: Apartheid in South Africa, seemingly perfect teenagers (another popular theme!), Queen Victoria - Catherine @ Gilmore Guide
Pairings: the fashion industry, the dark side of Ireland, the dark side of youth sports, working out - Carrie @ Other Women’s Stories
Pairing: Africa - Katie @ Doing Dewey
Pairing: too many to list here, but they’re good…go check them out! - Sarah’s Book Shelves
Pairings: mass school shootings, terminally ill parents, family’s struggle to survive wartime oppressive regimes, seemingly perfect teenagers, youth sports, and pro tennis
Next week, Sophisticated Dorkiness will be hosting Be The Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert:
Three ways to join in this week! You can either share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert), you can put the call out for good nonfiction on a specific topic that you have been dying to read (ask the expert), or you can create your own list of books on a topic that you’d like to read (become the expert).
Join us and hashtag your social media posts with #nonficnov!
I started November with Number One Observatory Circle. A look into the residence of the Vice President’s of the US. I really had no idea about it until I came across it, not a bad place to live for 4 or more years! It’s by Charles Denyer and since I’m a history buff at heart this works perfectly into my NF November and my love of history!!!
Oooh – that sounds interesting! I love behind the scenes of the White House types of books, but haven’t yet read one about the VP residence! Thanks for sharing!
There were some great pairings this week and I added many to my TBR! Thanks for hosting!
Wow! I don’t know ever where to start. I can already feel my TBR growing with all these pairings.
Nicely done! Thanks for facilitating this week’s Nonfiction November! Keep up the good work!!
This is so bad for my TBR!
*evilly cackling*
I love these lists. I really do want to read ALL THE BOOKS. Thanks for a great week!
This was a fun challenge and I found lots of great books; thanks so much for helping with this, Sarah!
This meme look like it’s a lot of fun!