
This week is hosted by Heather! Heather is a veterinarian living in Ohio who blogs at Based on a True Story.
Hello everyone! I haven’t participated in this in a very long time. And while I am working on reading more nonfiction, I never feel I read enough to participate. But this year I decided I was going to do it regardless of my number! I had a rough goal of reading 12 this year – I have so far made it to ten, and it may stay that way, although I am hoping to read 84, Charing Cross Road still this year.
Week 1 November 2-8 – My Year in Nonfiction -Celebrate your year of nonfiction. What books have you read? What were your favorites? Have you had a favorite topic? Is there a topic you want to read about more? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November?
This year, I found that I apparently really like one genre of nonfiction a lot. Memoirs. I used to tease my mom about all of the biographies she read; they made up 99% of what she read. And now look at me, reading memoirs. I don’t necessarily want to read memoirs of famous people, although Dinner for Vampires was really good, but I do like these cozy, nature memoirs I am digging into.










This was the year I fell in love with Gladys Taber. I first heard of her last year, when watching a Rebecca’s Literary Wanderings. And then I didn’t seek her out immediately, until maybe the end of the year, when I checked out Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge, and started it January this year. And then that was it. I became a Taber fangirl. I squealed with happiness when I found one of her books in a bookstore this year, and I plan on starting that one in January 2027. Just because. And then, the gasp I gasped yesterday when I came upon one of her articles in a vintage magazine a friend gave me!



I also love nature writing, especially that of John Lewis-Stempel and lucky me, those are both nature writing and memoirs. I also seem to like true crime and reading about cults, although I haven’t read anything like this since the League of Lady Poisoners.
I love a cozy book I guess. And tales of life, just a woman out in her beloved home, surrounded by her dogs and flowers and vegetables, baking and cooking and making jam. Writing and reading. It just makes me so happy. I also really loved When Wanderers Cease to Roam – I love the writing interspersed with the author’s artwork. It adds a whole different dimension.
Next year, I hope to continue reading Taber, and probably more memoirs that vibe the same. I would like to read the book called The Man From the Train, which is about the Villisca Ax murders in Iowa. I am sort of nervous to read it though, because I would like to read it but I am hoping it is not too full of details of the victims. I don’t care for that too much for a few reasons. I also would like to read Candice Millard. But for the most part I am just letting next year’s nonfiction happen, like I did this year.
I am really excited to participate this year. I think it is a great opportunity to see what else is out there!















































































