Week 1 (Oct 30-Nov 3): Your Year in Nonfiction
with Heather @ Based on a True Story
It's Non-Fiction November again (see here). For the first week, our topic is "Your Year in Nonfiction".
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Week 1 (Oct 30-Nov 3) - Your Year in Nonfiction: Celebrate your year of nonfiction. What books have you read? What were your favourites? Have you had a favourite topic? Is there a topic you want to read about more? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November? (Heather @ Based on a True Story)
What books have you read?
The first part is easy. Since last November, I have read the following non-fiction books:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi "We Should All Be Feminists" - 2014
Akyün, Hatice "Once Hans with Hot Sauce. Living in Two Worlds" (GE: Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße. Leben in zwei Welten) - 2005
Bánk, Zsuzsa "Dying in Summer" (GE: Sterben im Sommer) - 2020
Bythell, Shaun "Seven Kinds of People you Find in Bookshops" - 2020
Clinton, Hillary Rodham & Clinton, Chelsea "The Book of Gutsy Women: Favourite Stories of Courage and Resilience" - 2019
Dobbert, Steffen "Understanding Ukraine: History, Politics and Struggle for Freedom" - (GE: Ukraine verstehen: Geschichte, Politik und Freiheitskampf) - 2022
Engberding, Hans; Thöns, Bodo (Hrsg./Ed.) "Transsib Reader: Travel Experiences On The Longest Railway Line In The World" (GE: Transsib-Lesebuch: Reiseerlebnisse auf der längsten Bahnstrecke der Welt) - 2002
Ernaux, Annie "The Years" (FR: Les années) - 2008
Fermor, Patrick Leigh "Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland" - 1986
Gillard, Joe "The Little Book of Lost Words. Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting" - 2019
Greiner,
Lena; Padberg, Carola "Our math teacher teaches from outside - so he can smoke!: The funniest stories about teachers" (GE: Unser Mathelehrer unterrichtet von draußen - damit er dabei rauchen kann!: Die lustigsten Storys über Lehrer) - 2020
Greywoode, Josephine (ed.) "Why We Read. 70 Writers on Non-Fiction" - 2022
Guiliano, Mireille "French Women Don’t Get Fat" - 2004
Illies, Florian "1913: The Year before the Storm" (GE: 1913: Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts) - 2012
Janson, Stefan (Hrsg./Ed.) "Greece. Travel Reader" (GE: Griechenland. Reise-Lesebuch) - 2002
Kaminer, Wladimir "The Wave Riders. Stories from the new German" (GE: Die Wellenreiter. Geschichten aus dem neuen Deutschland) - 2021
Kampfner, John "Why the Germans Do it Better. Notes from a Grown-Up Country" - 2020
Keefe, Patrick Radden "Say Nothing. A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" - 2018
Le Faye, Deirdre "Jane Austen, The World of Her Novels" - 2002
Obama, Michelle "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" - 2022
Orwell, George "Down and Out in Paris and London" - 1933
Perry, Matthew "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" - 2022
Rowlinson, Derek "What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller" - 2009
Sankovitch, Nina "Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading" - 2010
Schmitz, Ralf "Schmitz' cat. Dogs have masters, cats have employees" (GE: Schmitz' Katze. Hunde haben Herrchen, Katzen haben Personal) - 2008
- "Schmitz' little house: If you have craftsmen, you no longer need enemies" (GE: Schmitz' Häuschen: Wer Handwerker hat, braucht keine Feinde mehr) - 2014
Sieg, Sören "Have a nice Sunday 2: The latest from Leo, Lina and Lukas" (GE: Schönen Sonntag 2. Das Neueste von Leo, Lina und Lukas) - 2012
Specht, Heike "The first of their kind, Women are changing the world" (GE: Die ersten ihrer Art. Frauen verändern die Welt) - 2022
Stein, Gertrude "Paris France" - 1940
Suttner, Bertha von "Lay Down Your Arms!" or "Down with Weapons!" (GE: Die Waffen nieder!) - 1889
Tannous, Samer; Hachmöller, Gerd "When a Syrian comes to Rotenburg (Wümme): Trying to understand my new German homeland" (GE: Kommt ein Syrer nach Rotenburg (Wümme): Versuche, meine neue deutsche Heimat zu verstehen) - 2020
Theroux, Paul "Riding the Iron Rooster" - 1988
Weidemann, Siggi "User's Guide for Brussels and Flanders" (GE: Gebrauchsanweisung für Brüssel und Flandern) - 2007
Weiler, Jan "In My Little Country" (GE: In meinem kleinen Land) - 2006
Westover, Tara "Educated" - 2018
Wickert, Ulrich "You have to love France to understand it" (GE: Frankreich muss man lieben, um es zu verstehen) - 2017
Wood, Levison "Eastern Horizons. Hitchhiking the Silk Road" - 2017
A lot of them are not written in English and have also not been translated into English. I therefore have written the ones in bold that are available in English.
What were your favourites?
My favourites from them are:
Bythell, Shaun "Seven Kinds of People you Find in Bookshops" - 2020
Clinton, Hillary Rodham & Clinton, Chelsea "The Book of Gutsy Women: Favourite Stories of Courage and Resilience" - 2019
Ernaux, Annie "The Years" (FR: Les années) - 2008
Keefe, Patrick Radden "Say Nothing. A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" - 2018
Le Faye, Deirdre "Jane Austen, The World of Her Novels" - 2002
Obama, Michelle "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" - 2022
Orwell, George "Down and Out in Paris and London" - 1933
Perry, Matthew "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" - 2022
Have you had a favourite topic?
I think this shows that I mainly like biographies.
Is there a topic you want to read about more?
I like history and, as I just noticed, I like biographies, so I will probably read more about that.
What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?
It is always a great way of getting to know other books, blogs and bloggers.
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For my lists on Nonfiction November check here.
I read a few chapters of the Matthew Perry book last month at the library but it was too sad to check out. Now that he is deceased, it seems infinitely sadder! You have certainly managed a lot of nonfiction this year. I am impressed by the variety of topics.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Constance. I think I tend to read more non-fiction nowadays than I used a couple of years ago. Some of them are just funny ones about the authors' lives, mostly comedians I like. But the majority is informative.
DeleteYes, Matthew Perry's book is sad but it also shows what a wonderful human being he was and how he tries to help others. And as a huge FRIENDS fan, I just had to read it. I'd read anything by any of them but he was always my favourite.
As you no doubt know, about half of my reading is non-fiction - so about 50 books a year. It's mostly History but also Science, Politics, Philosophy and basically anything that might be either interesting or informative. Essentially I'm trying to understand the world we live in/on. It's a lifetime's challenge!! [grin]
ReplyDeleteYes, Kitten, you'd be the ideal candidate for Non-fiction November.
DeleteAnd I totally agree with you. We need to know as much about other countries as we can, otherwiese they can do with us whtever they want.
This is an impressive list! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol.
DeleteImpressive list. I have really enjoyed a lot the ones by Ernaux and Orwell. I'm going to check a few titles
ReplyDeleteThey both are highly interesting, Emma. And I am sure you will find some other interesteing reads here. Thanks.
DeleteWow, quite a lot of nonfiction books for you this year. I have read Bythell, Sankovitch, Theroux and Westover, and Illies and Orwell are on my list to read.
ReplyDeleteSo, you read quite a few of the books, as well, Lisbeth. That's always nice.
DeleteI love Bythell's books. He has written a new one which will hopefully be out in paperback soon. Enjoy the Illies and Orwell books.