What I Read During Nonfiction November! | November 2023 Wrap Up 

I only read one nonfiction during November but it was a great one you recommended. Good Morning Monster 🍀👋☘️☕️📕🇮🇪📖📚

My reading was completely derailed in November but I did read a memoir I really enjoyed: Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford. Not sure how this would land for those who are not already fans of hers but I found it hilarious, open, and thoughtful.

I'm glad you found some good reads!

I got so many great recommendations from this video. Thanks!

Hedy’s Folly was my favorite book for November and thanks for the tip on the storm in a teacup book❤

I read Ice by Amy Brady, Thinning Blood by Leah Myers, The Race to be Myself by Caster Semenya, and How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

I love your channel Looking forward to more non fiction recommendations

love your videos!

Thank you Olive!

I read 7 non fiction books which is probably the most nf in one month I’ve ever read. My favorite was Fox and I, which is thanks to a previous video from you💕 and I have always loved how you match your look to highlight the books in your videos. Have a great week❤️

Yay nonfiction November- thanks for hosting! Havana sounds great- i somehow missed the cat video- off to find it!

I read a lot of nonfiction throughout the year so now I pick a tome for nonfiction November. This year's was The Bright Shiny Lie, a massive brick on the Vietnam war that won several book awards in the late 1980s as told by reporter Neil Sheehan. It was a roller coaster of facts, impressions, and politics and was built around an Army officer who was stationed there for 10 years. I had to stop around 2/3rds in because I was overwhelmed and stressed by the lying, false pride and mistakes made by U S advisors. I picked it back up and finished it (within November) but had a nonfiction hangover for a while which has never happened! I was craving stories made up

I love Fire Weather, that you recommended!

I read The Woman in Me by Britney Spears and loved it! I also read Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and really enjoyed it. I also technically read the NJ 2023 driver manual because I let my license lapse for many years and i'm getting it again but gotta retake the tests. I passed the knowledge test, road test is in a few weeks :). Of course I didn't enjoy reading that per se but it's technically nonfiction lol.

I actually reserved Storm in a Teacup and the Ruth Reichl book from the library just last week, before seeing this video. Now I'm extra excited for them. I have Ruth Reichl's "My Kitchen Year" cookbook which reads like part memoir, part conversation with a friend, who loves food, explaining how she cooked dinner last night. I have picked up that cookbook as many times for the story as I have for the recipes.

I've read Garlic and Sapphires. It was a lot of fun! Lots of things to add to my TBR list now!

My reading was exclusively nonfiction. November always feels so rich because of this, thanks again, Olive. I may extend this into Nonfiction December! Regarding Ruth Reichl, I heartily recommend all of her memoirs, especially the first, Tender at the Bone. I read it so many years ago, and recall many incidents vividly.

I had read four non-fiction books in November. My favorites were Eleanor by David Michaelis and Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.

I can not recommend A Little Devil in America enough. It fit really well into the display prompt, but it's overall one of my new favorite nonfiction reads.

The only nonfiction book I read in November was the new Henry Winkler memoir, but I really enjoyed that. I now want to read every book you mentioned in this video, though!

I did some of the prompts! Fraud-An Indigenous History of the US Display-The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

I read Indelible City by Louisa Lim and Wifedom by Anna Funder. Both Australian authors and both very good books. I also read one of the Deborah Levy memoirs and will be going back to get the rest.

I think you might also enjoy Ruth R’s book, “tender at the bone” which is more about her childhood and I read it quite a few years ago and I just remember that I really enjoyed reading it📚👍

I only read one non-fiction, but it was fantastic -- How the Word is Passed. Highly recommend.

I read 8 non-fiction titles in November. I really enjoyed 'Into the Planet' by Jill Heinerth all about cave diving and water conservation. 'The Finnish Way' by Katja Pantzar was amazing too. I suspect sitting down with any elders anywhere is a good life lesson, but Helsinki has one of the best libraries in the world, so I want to learn from the Finns. I recommend 'Body Positive Power' by Megan Jane Crabbe which teaches women how to take ownership of their own bodies while sharing the author's journey in a way that warns of triggers for disordered eating. Paired with the Finnish Way my head is now on straight for the holidays.🎄

I ended up reading Killers of the Flower Moon in October. I read Secondhand Time and Capital Order (case study of austerity in Britain and Italy). And I stared Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat (still reading). I have really enjoyed your nonfiction November even though I included a little bit of October and December 😊

I ended up reading six non-fiction books in November, a mix of memoirs, science and historical titles. My standout was probably Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I highly recommend the audiobook as it is such a pleasant and informative experience.

I didn't do the challenges but I did read six books and two of them were part of my list of 23 books to read in 23. My two favorites were Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell and The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey . I had hoped to read others but the month got away from me. I read 6 books last year as well so I'm going to say that it was a success overall.

Girls on Film was my favorite read for Nonfiction November!

I read two books for Non-fiction, but that's a feat for me. The Knights Templar: A Captivating Guide to Catholic Military Order and their Impact on the Crusades by Captivating History and In Search of Mary Shelley: The Woman who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson. It was fun to read and learn more about the Knights Templar, but In Search of Mary Shelley was my favorite.

I read two nonfiction books in November, one of them a graphic novel. I read They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.

The only nonfiction books I'll read are quirky autobiographies and Garlic and Sapphires sounds like it would be right off my alley !

Well … lol November flew by and it bit off more than I could chew trying to read really heavy books I didn’t finish one non-fiction! And I only finished one or two fiction. Not a heavy reading month for me however, I did amass quite a few non fiction to read and will read more of them in the upcoming year.

I read 7 nonfiction books last month which is huge for me.

I read 4 non-fiction books last month, two which were recommended by you: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Empire of Mud the Secret History of Washington DC, The Radium Girls and finally The Dressmakers of Auschwitz The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive.

I did the challenge, I also wanted to read only non fiction but it wasn't meant to be yet ksks my fave non fiction was "all of the marvels: a journey to the ends of the biggest story ever told" in which the author not only talks about all the most important stories and moments of the marvel comics but also discuss how the medium comics and specifically ones that are allowed to continue its story not only for years but across many comics per month are such a rare and unique way to tell one continuous story. He also says how that was a way to connect to his more scientific minded son which was really sweet to read about. So it was engaging, funny and sweet, (as well as super nerdy) all the makings of a 5 stars for me. It even made me want to reread before I even finished which never happens ksks it also increased my comics shelf, of course.😅😊

i managed to read An Immense World and Julie Rothman's Ocean Anatomy.

Thought of you Olive when I selected this book at the library. What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America's Most Misunderstood Creatures―A Memoir by Animal Planet's "The Bear Whisperer" by Steve Searles

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I’ve been reading “The London Underground in the Victorian Period” by Henry Mayhew. If you want to read something along the same lines as the book about con women, I’d highly recommend it. Written in the 19th century and full of first hand accounts of beggars, prostitutes and other less-fortunates.

I just couldn't make myself read this November so I think I'll do a nonfiction December. I'm almost done with When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning. It's about Nazi book banning and burning, and the Armed Services Editions of books made in the US. For Fraud, I'll read The False Cause by Adam Domby. It's about the lost cause ideology. I'm not sure if I'll do the other prompts.

Biography of Musk by Walter Isaacson is good too!! May be you should add in your list if possible!!

November wasn't a good month for me, so i'll create a non-fiction december for myself 😃 these picks seem really good

Ooops I did finish two non fiction - hahahaha bad that I forgot them that fast though. One was a short book about the upcoming solar eclipse in 2024 and it actually was more like a pamphlet on eclipses and the calendar for them in the upcoming year which was nothingggg that I couldn’t already get from the nasa website so what was the point in even publishing it? Pointless. The other was called Encounters and for many reasons it came off kooky and the audio confused me bc I kept thinking the author is an older professor why does she sound like a gen z? It had very lil basis in science and so it was a flub as well. I only read those two first bc of their short length now I wish I had just not wasted that time and finished the Gulag or Determined…. Sigh I’ll carry on with those part time in between some fiction. nFN was a disappointment for me bc of my choices lol.

I ended up reading way less than planned because of extenuating circumstances in November so I’m still reading my only nonfiction November pick: Ace by Angela Chen (it’s excellent so far). Storm in a Teacup sounds wonderful - I like the concept of physics but biology and chemistry always came much more easily to me. I’ve read the Lion in the Living Room and enjoyed it, so now I’m intrigued about Hidden Language of Cats.

I love NF. Sadly i may have to " unsubscribe " from you!!!! You are costing me a fortune. I watch several bibliophiles on you tube. But you're my favorite. Thank you.

my (very good) reads for this last month: #web: Naomi Klein, Doppelganger (audiobook, beautifully read) #fraud: (but it would have been perfect for every prompt, to be honest) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou #ondisplay: Quando viaggiare era un'arte, an italian book about the Grand Tour #capital: Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Frances Larson It was a good reading month, all in all

I read 5 nonfiction books in November, which I think is the most nonfiction I've ever read in a month. Thank you for encouraging me to pick up more nonfiction! These were my picks for your suggested categories: 🦜*DISPLAY* - The Birds of Pandemonium: Life Among the Exotic & the Endangered by Michele Raffin _An engaging nature memoir about the author's journey of creating Pandemonium Aviaries, with more than 350 exotic birds representing 40+ species, all in her own backyard. 4/5 stars_ 🍄*WEB* - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake _A well-written and obviously well-researched book with some interesting information and anecdotes (psychedelics! zombie fungi!), but overall was quite dry and academic. 3/5 stars_ 🪶*FRAUD* - The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson _Highly engaging true crime story (theft of hundreds of bird skins by a flautist studying at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London?! What?! Why?!), with some interesting natural history, fashion history, and salmon fly-tying history thrown in for context. Could have very easily fit under the "display" category too. 4.5/5 stars_ 🌋*CAPITAL* - How To Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History’s Deadliest Catastrophes by Cody Cassidy _Picked it up as a joke because of the title. Didn't necessarily need the "how to survive/escape" stuff, but found the history of different tragedies compelling to read about. Featured historic capitals like Rome and Constantinople. 4.5/5 stars_ 😡*BONUS* - The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.