Non-Fiction Friday

NonFictionFriday2Non-Fiction Friday is a link-up where you can find all of the awesome non-fiction happenings of the week. Be sure to link-up your non-fiction posts too!

Non-Fiction News and Resources

  • The Sunday Times Alan Paton non-fiction award shortlist has been announced and while I haven’t read any of the candidates, the criteria for the award make me want to read them (via Emma at Words and Peace)
  • I’m not sure this counts as non-fiction news, but I thought it was a little funny that one of the top results when googling non-fiction was about someone driving their car into the non-fiction section :)
  • As someone who enjoys pairing books, I liked this suggestion that teachers pair fiction and non-fiction as a solution to the debate about how to balance the two genres in the classroom
  • I like finding new non-fiction through Library Journal and this week they’re recommending some non-fiction you shouldn’t miss
  • This week I was having a hard time finding any completely new books I was excited about, but here are some paperback releases I’m looking forward to:
    • This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
    • Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
    • The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark
    • Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City

 

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  1. Joy Weese Moll (@joyweesemoll)

    I like the Google thing. The most exciting thing we can do with nonfiction is involve it in a car wreck.
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  2. C.J. @ ebookclassics

    I really like checking out the non-fiction lists because they give me great gift ideas. There are a few readers in my life who seem to prefer non-fiction.
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    • That’s great! I should start giving non-fiction as a gift too. I think it would be fun trying to find non-fiction each of the readers in my life would enjoy :)

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  4. Aylee

    Katie, thank you SO much for all the non-fiction recs, and also for convincing me that I can enjoy nf. You are definitely my go-to non-fiction expert. Also, I love this feature and I may need to participate sometime. I hope no books were harmed in the non-fiction section crash!
    Aylee recently posted…In Which I Read Non-Fiction For The First Time And Find Out That It Can Actually Be Really GoodMy Profile

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    • Aww, thanks Aylee! That’s one of the nicest things someone has said to me :) I didn’t see anything in the article about the books being damaged, so hopefully the books were safe :)

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  5. Claire @ Bitches With Books

    Great list!
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