Nonfiction November 2023 Week 3 Book Pairings #NonficNov

Week 3 (November 13-17) Book Pairings
with Liz @ Adventures in reading, running and working from home

It's Non-Fiction November again (see here). For the third week, our topic is "Book Pairings".

Week 3 (November 13-17) Book Pairings: This week, pair up a nonfiction book with a fiction title. Maybe it’s a historical novel and the real history in a nonfiction version, or a memoir and a novel, or a fiction book you’ve read and you would like recommendations for background reading. You can be as creative as you like! (Liz @ Adventures in reading, running and working from home)

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This is a great topic that repeats every year. As it should because there are so many topics you can talk about. The last couple of years, the subjects I chose were Tulip Fever, Afghanistan and Slavery.

This year, I've decided it should be Feminism. Almost any book about women can relate to that subject. The one that led me to the subject here, that I read in 2023 is:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi "We Should All Be Feminists" - 2014
But there are some other books that I read last year that go with this topic:
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
Obama, Michelle "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" - 2022

I have tried to find some books about women in certain situations, in certain times where it is shown how unfair life could be for the female part of the population - and still is in many, many cases. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written some good fiction, as well.

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi "Americanah" - 2013
- "Half of a Yellow Sun" - 2006
Alsanea, Rajaa "Girls of Riyadh" (arab: بنات الرياض‎ Banāt al-Riyāḍ) - 2005
Brontë, Charlotte"Jane Eyre" - 1847 
- "Shirley" - 1849
Dangarembga, Tsitisi "Nervous Conditions" - 1988
Fredriksson, Marianne "Hanna's Daughters" (S: Anna, Hanna og Johanna) - 1994
See, Lisa "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" - 2005
Singer, Isaac Bashevis "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" (Yidd: נטל בחור ישיבה/Yenṭl der Yeshive-boḥer) - 1983
Undset, Sigrid "Kristin Lavransdatter" (NO: Kristin Lavransdatter) - 1920-22

So you see, there are women from many differnt areas of the world, contemporary and historical women. Unsurprisingly, most of those books are written by women. They are all worth reading. Start with the topic or area that interests you most.

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For my lists on Nonfiction November check here.