NONFICTION BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! | Nonfiction November TBR + Recommendations

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[@booluther]

The audiobook of Catch and Kill is incredible. Ronan does the narration himself and it includes audio recordings. ❤

[@abookolive]

Oh, good to know! I'll see if I can get ahold of an audio copy to dip into during busy periods of the month. Thanks!

[@theesilverghost]

Thanks for mentioning the audiobook, which is my preference for reading these days.

[@mrlately]

good to know

[@justines9233]

I agree that Hidden Valley Road was fascinating, but also devastating.

[@RadioGirLF]

Your interpretations of the prompts always help me get more ideas. I'm so looking forward to this!

[@abookolive]

Glad I could help! I can't wait for November 😁

[@mynameisemilygood]

Same! I wish I would've watched this video earlier it would've helped me before going to the library!

[@kanner3831]

For Christmas my kids (now 20somethings) have always received 4 gifts: 1. something you want 2. something you need 3. something to wear and 4.something to read. Your list just hit several home runs for the something to read category for them (and a few for Mrs 🤶 Claus too)!! Thank you, thank you!

[@lilitbrambling]

I saved the prompts for nonfiction November in my notes app with no other explanation. I was so confused this evening when I opened that note of four words, with no idea what it meant. Glad you posted this video so I now remember! 😂

[@abookolive]

Hahahaha, that's amazing! I would have wondered, "was I sleepwalking when I wrote these random words?!"

[@lilitbrambling]

@@abookolive yes! The note was made at 5 past midnight. I thought it was a sleep note!

[@MsReadsAlot]

Love how the challenges can be interpreted in so many ways!! I am also using border for a book that has a border 😍 thank you for sharing your recommendations

[@abookolive]

That's a great idea - I love it! Now I'm curious how many nonfiction books I own with covers that have borders on them, haha!

[@janethansen9612]

Hidden Valley Road is one of the best books I have ever read, so interesting and well written.

[@brooke5258]

Potential TBR Record - The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor Element - The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward Border - Sunny Hostin: I Am These Truths Secret - White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White

[@TheFellowshipoftheBooks]

Great job Olive! I hope your channel continues to grow as your recommendations and insight are always great. I also picked up This Is What It Sounds Like from your recommendation. Looking forward to Non-Fiction November. 😊

[@abookolive]

Thank you kindly! Just so long as the channel grows at a slow pace and to a manageable number, haha!

[@allisonryder4781]

Come Fly The World by Julia Cook is a great choice for border as it looks at how women changed their roles in the airline industry in the 70’s. Very interesting and accessible!

[@bouquinsbooks]

This is a great list! Thank you for all the recommendations. Lottie Dod sounds like a fascinating character.

[@abookolive]

My pleasure!

[@bybeebooks]

I want to do Nonfiction November. I was scribbling furiously in my wishlist journal during your video. So far, I've built a small list: A biography of Edward Hopper, A book called Life of the Party about how Tupperware got so popular, and Cosy, which seems to the the British answer to Hygge.

[@jorjastonej]

All these books sound so good. Hmmm, how to prioritize 😉

[@MegBookishRamblings]

I'm excited to join in. I don't have a set TBR because I'm generally a mood reader but I do have TBR possibilities. I'm most excited to be reading Steve And Me by Terri Irwin and hoping to grab a few other holds from the Library when they come in.

[@marianamasbooks]

I got ridiculously excited when I saw this video in my subscription box!! 😂😝 NFN is my favorite booktube event of the year!! 🤩 I’ll be filming my tbr later today ❤

[@abookolive]

Can't wait to watch your TBR video!

[@marianamasbooks]

@@abookolive it’s up in my channel now! 🤓❤️

[@LaRosaReads]

Yay! My first Nonfiction November!!! I had my TBR and post-its ready to go when watching this video. 😄 I’m excited for what I have lined up. Thank you for all your hard work in making this happen!❤

[@RachelB.BookReferences]

"This is what it sounds like" and "catch and kill" both look interesting, I'll have to check them out. I agree that Hidden Valley Road is so good! I had picked out a handful of nonfiction picks for NFN but they came in early at the library, so I might read them sooner and end up reading something else next month, lol.

[@lizhumphreys157]

Oh how I love Non-Fiction November!! I will always be so grateful to you for putting me on to The Soul of an Octopus a few years ago, what a stunning book that is. I love the sound of the Milky Way book. I also have on my shelves some Carl Sagan books which I really want to get to, so perhaps I’ll have an ‘out of this world’ reading month!! Thanks Olive and happy reading 😀

[@getbookish]

Thanks, Olive! I've had The Disappearing Spoon on my TBR for years so this may finally be the time that I get to it! -Becks

[@abookolive]

Hope you enjoy it! It's one you can dip in and out of since the stories aren't all that intertwined, so it may be a good nightstand choice!

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

I see Hidden Valley Road on your list. I add my recommendation for it too. I read a lot of nonfiction around mental health and it’s one of the best I’ve read.

[@kevinpfeiffer8034]

Hidden Valley Road floored me. Have any other recommendations in the NF mental health area?

[@abookolive]

💯

[@Angelareadsalot]

I highly suggest All Thirteen: the Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat! It fits all 4 prompts…1. It’s a record of a true event…2. It involves natural elements such as caves and torrential rains…3. People crossed borders from all over the world to join in the rescue efforts…4. This book is a best kept secret imho 😆 The story of how the boys were rescued is an incredible one and it seems just about every streaming service has made a movie/series about it. This book is very deserving of the many awards it has won in the last two years. Highly recommend!

[@dtovar2]

Thank you, Olive for the recommendations. ELEMENT - Out of my element and comfort zone: My non-fiction selection is The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris. This book features a pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gilles who reconstructed burned and broken faces of injured WWI soldiers. So far, the book is riveting. Have a wonderful week!

[@jaynehunter-ar]

When you were going through the prompts, Catch and Kill came to my mind as a choice for "record", but I didn't consider how well it meets "secret" as well until you highlighted it there. You're not alone in having not read it yet lol. I've listened to part of it but never finished it, so I think I'll make that a priority for the month. Great video!

[@sandyokey7728]

Oh, how I wish I had a non fiction book from Borders! I still miss that store. I do want to read your recommendation for Record, and for element I’ll do a reread of Kate Spade’s Elements of Style. I’ll be dipping into Christmas themed decorating and cook books, so I may be able to match up one or some with the other prompts too. Great recommendations Olive💕 and I want to read Borderland soon but it may not make it until after the holidays.

[@abookolive]

I miss Borders, too! 😭 Every once in a while I find a used book that still has the yellow Borders sticker on the back and I can never bring myself to remove them, much as I loathe stickers on books.

[@Jessticulates]

So excited for this! I feel like it's been ages since I read non-fiction, and there are a few I'd like to try and get to this November. Record - The Final Year of Anne Boleyn by Natalie Grueninger. I adore Grueninger's Talking Tudors podcast, and her latest book is essentially a record of the final 12 months of Anne Boleyn's life. Element - The Brief Life of Flowers by Fiona Stafford. I'm interpreting this book as one of the four elements with its links to the earth. Border - The Once and Future Sex by Eleanor Janega. Janega is a brilliant medievalist who often talks about women, sexuality and sex, and her latest book looks at women who subverted what we think of as the medieval norm and therefore crossed borders. Secret - The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara. This is a book about makeup artist and designer Milicent Patrick, who was an animator for Disney but also designed the creature in Creature from the Black Lagoon, but her identity was kept secret and credit was given to one of her male colleagues.

[@katherinestephens6537]

SECRET- Prince The Beautiful Ones BORDER- In the Weeds around the world and behind the scenes with anthony bourdain by Tom Vitale RECORD- Nothin but a good time (about 80s hard rock) by tom beaujour ELEMENT- The Art of Gone with the Wind by Judy Cameron

[@annasamek5179]

I'm so happy you included the "Milky Way" in your book list: it's good for us to challenge ourselves with some "hard" science books too. I am currently reading "Astrophysics for People in the Hurry" by Neil Degrass Tyson and watch his talks.

[@jujunorman4695]

Olive, I remember one non fiction book about mp3, piracy etc. Can you please give the title of that one

[@abookolive]

Sure can! How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt. One of my favorites ❤🎶

[@kristinisreading4866]

My evolving, but current TBR. Record: went legal record with Just Mercy by Stevenson Element: weather/nature element with Wave by Deraniyagala Border: had like 6 book options, but thinking The Color of Law by Rothstein Secret: No Visible Bruises by Snyder (this is the one I’m least sure of)

[@abookolive]

Love these picks! Just Mercy is so incredibly moving.

[@RachelB.BookReferences]

Fwiw, I loved Just Mercy and really liked No Visible Bruises, too. Hope you enjoy your reading month!

[@sandra7319.]

No Visible Bruises was fantastic...I had never read about domestic violence before and it is THE book to read with histories, studies, shortcomings, etc and it really helped a friend to leave a marriage that became violent...I listened to it on audiobook.

[@Melissa-jd6zs]

Thanks for this! I picked up the music one from your recommendation video last time and then saw it here! Can hardly wait to read it. I am so thankful I found your channel!! Keep the great videos coming!

[@nancybryant4325]

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse and Their Last Chance Journey Across America. I don’t read many memoirs but I enjoyed this one. Annie was in her 60’s and wanted to see the Pacific before she died. She traveled from Maine on an old horse and with her dog and had adventures. This was in the 1950’s, so she didn’t have an iPhone or gps and very little money. I admired her determination and spirit. She lived much longer than her doctor said she would.

[@michelea2326]

Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better are two of my favorite nonfiction books! So gooooood!

[@bybeebooks]

I liked Power of Habit so much that I read it then audiobooked it a year or so later.

[@kimesch9698]

I’m starting with London War Notes by Mollie Panter-Downes published by Persephone Books. Well-written view of WWII from on the ground in England. It’s wry, witty, and I’m learning tons. Highly recommended.

[@abookolive]

It sounds great!

[@AnniesBookNook]

Hidden Valley Road was very good - and YES I really want to read The Autobiography of the Milky Way! For Element I'm either going to read Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh or Fen, Bog, and Swamp by Annie Proulx. Not sure about any of the other prompts lol but I have a bunch more I want to read!

[@abookolive]

Oh, I'll be curious to hear what you think of the new Annie Proulx! I've been intrigued since I heard about it...

[@audreypq]

love this video. it's so helpful. thank you for the recommendations! :)

[@abookolive]

My pleasure ❤

[@adrienneteague992]

I know I'm late to the party, but your makeup is stunning!

[@abookolive]

Thank you! I wait until the weather cools down to pull out the dark looks, haha!

[@emily_robinson]

I have the Milky Way book on my list to read soon so I should pick it up this month. Also the sports record book (Lottie Dod?) also sounds great, even if I don't get to it this month. Also, may I suggest "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming" by Mike Brown? It's a memoir by the astronomer who got Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet. It's under 300 pages, funny, interesting without being too technical. Because it's a memoir and also because Pluto was the ninth planet in your lifetime, I think you'd like it even if you're not into space.

[@abookolive]

"How I Killed Pluto" was a fun one - thanks for mentioning it! I read that in my pre-Booktube days, so I second that recommendation 😊

[@novelideea]

I already put up a pile of possibilities video, but I knew there would be more added when I watched the other TBR and rec videos - I’m going to look into Little Wonder. ‘This is what it sounds like’ I asked my library to buy but they haven’t yet, so I’m just waiting 😊

[@abookolive]

I hope your library acquires a copy soon!!

[@novelideea]

@@abookolive Me Toooooo!

[@penelopegough6050]

Great picks and thanks for your interpretation of the prompts. Have a great pile of books to consider and now have added some more titles. 😊

[@davidallhusen]

Nice review and presentation. Am now equipped with ideas for my winter reading.

[@arobinreads]

Definitely checking out the books you mentioned. Have 8 books as options, hope to read at least 4 for the challenges.

[@larar5254]

On my list are: A Taste for Poison: Eleven deadly molecules and the Killers who used them Fuzz - When Nature breaks the Law Rogues - True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks. Written by Patrick Radden Keefe. Always a favorite. Come Fly the World - The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am. The Great Influenza - The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. Well, at least it was at one point.

[@elizabethkeyser1889]

I recommend PRIDE OF THE SEA by Tom Waldron and THE FAST RIDE by Jack Gilden

[@BandanaBookmom]

I am maxed out on physical books for nonfiction November but I needed an audiobook and The Disappearing Spoon is available from my library! So I am going to listen to that! Thanks for the recommendations!

[@esliet]

Wow amazing list I wrote down all. I will join your readathon

[@ronros47m39]

I hadn't considered anthologies/essays to be part of 'Elemen't so thank you for that. It actually makes a book I had, fit into the category completely so that will be fun.

[@carolynmonahan2488]

I am finishing The Disappearing Spoon and giving it out to friends and family. Wonderful!

[@ullagomez8054]

Thank you so much for recommending This isWhat it Sounds Like! I absolutely adored it

[@sandraraedeer4849]

I have picked my 4 for these prompts. Record Open Andrea Agassi. Element lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Gamus. Border Stasiland Anna Funder and for secret Station X Michael Smith..

[@amorfatiloveyourfate]

Hi there. Brand new viewer here, so this challenge is long gone, but I would really like to second the idea that sports books are amazing. I don't watch or play sports. Never have. That being said, I have recently been just gobbling up sports books because they're so good. I never thought I'd like them as much as I do, but once I read one, I kind of fell into a rabbit hole from which I never wish to return. It's nice down here.

[@abookolive]

The challenge will be happening again this November, if you're interested! But yes, sports books are so much fun to read. I was lucky enough to review them for the Christian Science Monitor for a while and I fell in love with them. Do you have a favorite sports book?

[@launchedathousand]

I've decided on 3 books so far may add another depending on how the month goes. I've decided to read Roughing it in the Bush by Sussanah Moodie, a Canadian classic memoir about a woman's life in the bush in the 1800s (a lot of it is false or stretched); Black Tudors The Untold Story by Miranda Kaufman and The Great Halifax Explosion by John U Bacon.

[@annenilsen2665]

I’m new to your work, and I think you’re fantastic! I want to read several of these books, but I am a retired attorney, so I think I will find a true crime story where the prosecutor can’t prove an “element” of the crime. Still searching for the perfect pick… I am also feeling a pull toward reading “I Will Bear Witness,” but a bit nervous about reading the author’s “record” of the disintegration of the rule of law and civility in Germany.

[@v.cackerman8749]

6:51 I really like the book cover on this one. You wouldn’t immediately know it was non-fiction just from the look of it.

[@petrina7883]

Thanks Olive - you have the best non-fic recommendations on You tube.

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Hi. For Record, I'd like to recommend The Russian Affair by David Walsh. It's a sport book about a major doping scandal. For Border, Floating Coast by Bathsheba Demuth is an excellent combination of Indigenous Russian British and American whaling political history. For Element, James Herriot books are comfort reads, this in my element. I don't know whether they're technically fiction or nonfiction but I don't care.

[@halfmanhalfbook]

I am not sure I could read just one non-fiction book in November!!!!!

[@richarddelanet]

For SECRET I would go for 'Behave' by Sapolsky.

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

So many great recommendations, Olive. I’ve read a couple of these but I’m interested in several of these. 😊💙

[@themusicsnob]

Catch and Kill is excellent, I think! I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for the recommendations!

[@ullagomez8054]

I MUST read This is What it Sounds Like!!

[@booklover6963]

I just put a hold on Little Wonder and I plan on reading Dinners With Ruth : a memoir on the power of friendships by Nina Totenburg.

[@meljstephan]

Non fiction is my favorite genre. I just found this challenge though... so... nonfiction December? 👍

[@amberkane5169]

I am listening to Matthew Perry's book right now. I did borrow Catch and Kill. If you want to know the real secret is, it is Roan is not Woody Allen's son, but Frank Sinatra's lol. I do wonder though.

[@richarddelanet]

For RECORD I can recommend 'Telling the Truth About History' by Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob.

[@hasteyebooks]

I was waiting on your video to get inspiration about each term! I'm not a big fan of music books but that one seems so interesting to me! I've taken your recommendation and am going with a sports journalism book. I really wanted to read bittersweet by Susan Cain but still haven't gotten my hands on it!

[@richarddelanet]

For ELEMENT & BORDER 'Scotland's Empire and the shaping of the Americas 1600-1815' by Tom Devine (Scotland's premier historian).

[@gailjackson8941]

I love NF

[@momadvicebookgang3183]

Loved, loved, loved these suggestions!

[@unboundbookishnotions7373]

Love it!!! I am totally interested in Little Wonder.

[@katherinestephens6537]

I'm going out of state next week with my husband and except for my book club book, taking all nonfiction books

[@maryhlavin5986]

Fantastic Recommendations 😊💕

[@abookolive]

Thanks!

[@ginnyvanoh]

The Milky Way has been on my list since I first saw it in Library Journal!

[@acaciairving]

Can border count as a woman living as a border in home? I have a book about a hotel that only allowed female borders.

[@RachelB.BookReferences]

Technically, the word is different: boarder vs border. 🤔 But you don't have to use the prompts at all!

[@JennieJohnston]

I hope you enjoy Catch and Kill, I thought it was well done. I do plan to read She Said someday to compare them as well.

[@april5300]

Planning on reading Leave No Footprints about a man's journey through every National Park, and Slaying the Dragon about the history of DnD.

[@someonerandom8552]

I recently picked up a book called Facts and other lies: Welcome to the age of disinformation by Ed Cooper. I think it fits well with the secret or border prompt lol

[@gailjackson8941]

One of the best books: The greatest Beer Run ever.by john donohue He's a hero in my book!

[@dessertcomes1st]

I came for the books but got riveted with your eyeshadow and lipstick.

[@laura__5544]

Love your makeup here!

[@lisawallace1741]

I have wanted to read Midnight at Chernobyl. So, I'm considering committing to that for Nonfiction November... Since there is still a bit of time, I'm delaying the final decision...

[@LiteraryStoner]

Can't wait for nonfic november!

[@amandabrow]

I need to know that lip color.

[@abookolive]

It's this one! amzn.to/3oSdIoF I normally link my makeup in the description box, in case you're ever curious again! 😉

[@GloriaZThompson]

Loved your recs and ideas! Catch & Kill was fantastic.

[@abookolive]

I can't wait to read it, even though I know I'm probably in for it with that one...

[@GloriaZThompson]

@@abookolive Yes, prepare to get angry!

[@OverstuffedShelf]

I just finished Like, Comment, Subscribe! It was interesting-- I personally felt it was a very forgiving take on a lot of the bad stuff, but reading the goodreads reviews people are very polarized on that.

[@margaretroffel350]

Haven't seen your entire video yet but would like to pose a question. Have you read Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" and would you recommend it? It has been sitting in my bookcase for many years. Should I make time for it? Appreciate your help.

[@OceanaGottaReadEmAll]

I love these kinds of videos!

[@jacklinegathoni9746]

I honestly struggle reading fiction books .., I’m a scientist and i love facts so Much ..,i alwaysssss prefer nonfictional all the time

[@mariegarner8770]

Yay top 55 and top 16 likes and comments. Love this content. Best to you and your family. Happy Halloween!!!!! 🎃 👻 🎃 👻 🎃 👻 🎃 👻 🎃

[@abookolive]

Thanks so much, Marie! Hope you're enjoying the season 😊

[@wendyhoward2699]

Great video! Blessings.

[@nedmerrill5705]

Record, Element, Border, Secret: Any history of The First World War (or many other wars) would suffice. A _Record_ of many countries _(Elements)_ that crossed _Borders_ to honor _Secret_ treaties.

[@chesirecat136]

Im reading another ronan farrow book for border, about american diplomacy

[@theesilverghost]

Catch and Kill is one of my choices for secret, and @booluther 's comment has me excited about the audiobook.

[@tammyripp998]

Based on your previous review @abookolive I reserved the music book from my library and pick-up tomorrow. I'm also looking forward to reading Little Wonder, Newsroom Confidential and Like, Comment, Subscribe. In addition, Matthew Perry's and Michelle Obama's books. Love NFN! #NonfictionNovember

[@abbywonder3825]

For Record my brain automatically went to medical nonfiction. Mainly the books focusing on how women are often ignored or overlooked with medical issues. I can’t believe I didn’t even think about music lol

[@DisneyWitch22]

So when I saw the word Record, I immediately thought of Queen Elizabeth II cause she broke record by having the longest reign of the British Monarch.

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hi 👋 👋

[@jessesmith105]

I used to like Farrow until he felt he could determine what books were published, no longer a fan.

[@TRXFreekshow]

pfff, so longwinded. You bore me out, so I quit watching before you mention 1 book title...

[@abookolive]

Interesting! Based on this comment, I would absolutely suggest "Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again" by Johann Hari or even "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie for Nonfiction November!

[@cherylstevens9665]

Unbelievable. Is this a bot? Love, your response and thanks for the refs.

[@RachelB.BookReferences]

Lol!

[@francescathomas3502]

The youtube book and the Lottie dod books both look good - have added those to my TBR - I plan to read the following books for NFN Secret - The Presidents Book of Secrets by David Priess - Subtitle - The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents, This was printed before Trump so it sadly does not include the CIA having to give Trump, pictures every day because he cannot read anything more than the 6th grade!! Record - Chasing History by Carl Bernstein - OR - Caught in the Revolution by Helen Rapaport (A record of the Russian Revolution) - or I might reread All the Presidents Men... Element - I might try The Vanishing Spoon again, but the first time I tried, I found it boring - or I could try and read read The Bastard Brigade - also by Sam Kean - the subtitle says this - The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb - and Atomic can also refer to atomic elements, right? Border - Border can mean edge or outline and to me that means drawing or art - so I plan to read one of many books i have about Leonardo da Vinci - my most favourite artist in history!! His notebooks are full of line drawings - I just dont know which book to read yet!!