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I love nonfiction. I think sometimes nonfiction gets a bad rap for being dry and too much like school, but there’s so much fascinating and readable nonfiction out there, I get really excited when I have a chance to share it. So, here we are, with nonfiction as a monthly theme for the Year of Reading Challenge!

What do you have to do? Well, just read any nonfiction book in November and log it as an Activity Badge to be entered into the monthly drawing for a gift card. Below is a list compiled by staff using the NoveList database, which you can also use here. (I’ve also added a couple of my personal favorites, like the Jon Krakauer.) The book you read to complete the Activity doesn’t have to come from this list, though. These are just some suggestions in case you need help picking a book.

Have you not signed up yet for The Year of Reading Challenge? It’s never too late! Read more about the challenge here. Sign up in Beanstack to get started. And remember to log your monthly theme book as an Activity Badge to be considered for the drawing!

Shelia

A quick note: We have three book clubs here at the library, and all three of them are reading nonfiction in November! (Yes, to get them read for the discussion, you might have to finish the book in October. That’s OK. Register it for your November Activity anyway.) Reading any one of these books would qualify for your Activity Badge, and it would prepare you if you would like to come to the discussion. Copies are avialble at the checkout desk. The books and book clubs are:

First Monday
Monday, November 1 from 2-3 p.m. at the library
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

Readable History
Tuesday, November 9 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the library and on Zoom. Register here for Zoom.
Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

Classic Lit
Wednesday, November 17 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the library and on Zoom. Register here for Zoom.
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde