Today's theme at Armchair BEA is Nonfiction. I really enjoy all sorts of nonfiction. Many of the nonfiction books I've read have been with my book club. We read a wide variety of books and often end up reading memoirs and other nonfiction books. Also, in 2012, I hosted the Non-Memoir Non-Fiction Reading Challenge. This was a challenge to help me branch out from memoirs and learn something new!
Following are some of my favorites from the past few years. I've discussed several of these with my book club, but I think all of them would be great selections for book club discussion.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Khristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
A Hundred Feet Over Hell by Jim Hooper
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
In My Father's Country by Saima Wahab
Thirty Days with My Father by Christal Presley
The Devil in the White City & Glass Castle are on several people's lists. I need to check them out! Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely should! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteYou have so many books on your favorites that I want to read! The one I have read is The Glass Castle and I loved it, too.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it! Definitely check them out!
DeleteYou've listed a bunch of great books Julie :) I've read the King, Larson, Walls, Skloot, and Hillenbrand.
ReplyDeleteLarson has another titled In the Garden of Beasts that was excellent!
Yay for nonfiction! It's my favorite!
Someone at my last book club meeting was talking about In the Garden of the Beasts. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteThat's an excellent selection of books. I'll have to look into that Stephen King one.
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It was really interesting to hear his perspective on things.
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