It’s time to put down your novels and pick up a real-life page-turner for the next month of our 2021 Reading Challenge. November’s 2021 Reading Challenge category is “Nonfiction Favorites.”
You’re welcome to choose any of your nonfiction favorites to fulfill November’s theme but if you need a little bit of help, we’ve polled our social media followers for their favorite nonfiction reads and you can see some of them below!
Maid
By Stephanie Land
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet and began to write relentlessly. She wrote the true stories that weren’t being told: the stories of overworked and underpaid Americans.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
By Daniel Kahneman
Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives–and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.
Educated: A Memoir
By Tara Westover
Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing one’s closest ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir
By Natasha Trethewey
At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. With penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey explores this profound experience of pain, loss, and grief as an entry point into understanding the tragic course of her mother’s life and the way her own life has been shaped by a legacy of fierce love and resilience.
Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
By Kayleen Schaefer
After joyful nights out together, female friends say this to one another as a way of cementing their love. It’s about safety but, more than that, it’s about solidarity. A validation of female friendship unlike any that’s ever existed before, Text Me When You Get Home is a mix of historical research, the author’s own personal experience, and conversations about friendships with women across the country.
None of these titles speaking to you? That’s okay! We’ve put together an entire category on our website highlighting great nonfiction reads. Head over there for more options!
