
Nonfiction Friday is a link-up where you can find all of the awesome nonfiction happenings of the week.
- The Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast at NPR is discussing some of the best nonfiction picks in this year’s Book Concierge recommendation service.
- This was an interesting overview of the history of children’s nonfiction books and includes some enthusiastic recommendations.
- Five Books produced a list of best narrative nonfiction and the only one I’ve read is Say Nothing, but I can confirm that it was very good (although it probably wouldn’t make my top 5).
- I enjoyed this list of nonfiction history recommendations, with some top favorites described in detail and then more comprehensive lists on specific topics.
- Nonfiction books being published in the next week include:
- The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
- Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
- The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
- Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
AMB
Thanks for these links! I’m looking for nonfiction on World War II for gifts, and I’ll need a new book to read soon too.
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DoingDewey
Oh good! I’m glad these links were helpful 🙂 I have a hard time imagining you have too hard of a time finding WWII books though. I’m always amazed by what a well covered topic that is, in both fiction and nonfiction.
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out
In reading The Girl Explorers by Zanglein this week I learnt that it’s a woman who is essentially responsible for the use of narrative in nonfiction.
I really enjoyed the Fivebooks article, thanks for sharing the link
DoingDewey
I’ll have to check out The Girl Explorers! I love narrative nonfiction and don’t know anything about the origins of the genre.
I love pretty much all the lists Fivebooks puts together. I don’t always agree with the recommendations, but it’s fun to hear from some experts.