This week, we have one of the discussion posts people seem to love the most every year – a chance to share your nonfiction and fiction book pairings! I know I always love this prompt, because it’s so fun to learn about a topic from nonfiction and then get a personal narrative by reading fiction on the same topic. For this discussion, the link-up is hosted by Sarah at Sarah’s Bookshelves, so be sure to share your post before the weekly round-up on Friday. Here’s the full prompt and my pairings:
Book Pairing: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. 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.
Kim@Time2Read
I love book pairings! I read Still Alice a long time ago—the first selection I read with my current book club! Many people have recommended Brain On Fire to me. I should probably go ahead and read it!
DoingDewey
Oh, I could see that making a great book club read! I’d had Brain On Fire on my list for a long time before I got to it, but I was glad when I did 🙂
TJ @ MyBookStrings
This is definitely my favorite prompt. I’m still trying to come up with pairings, since I haven’t read that much NF this year. But hopefully, by the end of the week, I’ll have a few to post about.
DoingDewey
It’s my favorite prompt too! I always like seeing if I’ve read any nonfiction or fiction in the last year that will suddenly let me find the perfect pairing for something I couldn’t pair last November 🙂
Novels And Nonfiction
My Brain on Fire is one of my favorite memoirs, and Still Alice has been on my TBR list for a while. I should finally make time to pick it up. Great post!
DoingDewey
I really enjoyed Brain on Fire as well. It was fascinating the way the author approached her own life as an investigative journalist!
Tara
These are such great picks, Katie! Shrill was definitely one of my favorite nonfiction reads last year but I never read Dietland; I need to get to it!
DoingDewey
Thanks Tara! I’d definitely recommend Dietland. It was unlike anything else I’ve ever read and it was kind of an empowering read.
Mallory A. Haws
I would pair a Chernobyl nonfiction with the wonderful The Boy From Reactor 4.
DoingDewey
That sounds like a good match!
JoAnn @ Lakeside Musing
I still need to read Shrill. Great pairing, Katie!
DoingDewey
I’d actually like to read Shrill again! It was a fun, fast read, but I’d like to spend a little more time really thinking about it.
Eva @ The Paperback Princess
Shrill is a GREAT pairing with Dietland!
DoingDewey
Thanks! I just saw that you paired it with Hunger and I’d guess that’s a closer match in terms of themes. I do like these two together as well though. They both have a similar feel to me in their brash response to the restrictions placed on women by society. I really need to get to Hunger too!
Ceri
Wait, Still Alice is fiction? Wow. I really thought it was a memoir. Haha. I think it’s because I haven’t read it; I’ve only seen the film and got it into my head that it was a true story.
DoingDewey
I thought it was a memoir too!! But yes, it turns out that it’s fiction 🙂