Nonfiction I actually liked | Drinking By My Shelf

[@joyface]

My sister is a city council member (in the US) and implemented a program in her city called Changing Lives Through Literature, which is an alternative sentencing program that has non-violent offenders basically join an intense book club instead of going to prison. Obviously I’d rather abolish the prison system, but at least their recidivism rate is much lower and they’re getting enrichment instead of…nothing. Thought of that when you were talking about Dear Reader!

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

Wow sounds amazing!

[@april4507]

Well, my TBR just grew! These sound great!

[@booksandbargains]

YES Dear Reader is SUCH a good book! And Just eat it has honestly changed my life, I dont always get it right but I go back to it again and again and again

[@jess2424ica]

Based on the Maud West book, I think Conan Doyle for the Defense may be up your alley. It’s like Sherlock Holmes meets Making a Murderer. My other go-tos are Radium Girls, Say Nothing, Denial, and Hunger.

[@saragouveiaa]

From what I've read, I think maybe you'd enjoy In the Dream House (memoir about an abusive queer relationship) and The Undocumented Americans (part memoir, part exploration of this group of people). Recently I've also read Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and loved it, but I'm not sure it would be something that you would want to read while in therapy yourself. It's not a difficult read at all and I found it very insightful, but if I was in therapy I would probably start analysing my therapist's work instead of focusing on my side of the equation.

[@rozreallyreads]

seconding in the dream house!

[@Saphmis]

I’ve seen Maud West on your shelves for the last year and have had it on my tbr since!! Also Persepolis is so so so good!!!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Dear reader is brilliant and worthy of it being a favourite as well. I agree with everything you said about it. Persepolis is one of my favourite graphic novels and I learned so much while reading it, and also related to her a lot when it came to her experience living internationally. And I have maus on my tbr wishlist and really want to try that one.

[@deeslittlecorner217]

I've really been into non fiction lately. So this is very helpfull

[@BookChats]

Since you like Graphic Memoir you should definitely try The Best We Could Do which is a similar to Maus in that the daughter of Vietnamese refugees is writing about the effect the war had on her parents (she was a child when they left Vietnam) And it's not a light topic by any means but you should consider reading No Visible Bruises: what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us. It is fairly US centric but I think applies more widely too. Do read the updated paperback or ebook, there's an afterward the author added after the book tour for the hardcover that is really meaningful. Edited to add because I almost forgot: Red Comet! It's a real chonker but I think you might enjoy this extremely detailed Sylvia Plath biography

[@BohoBookworm]

I actually do enjoy non fiction now and then but very few and far between. Books like Education was just incredible.

[@sophiecarbone4977]

This was so great! A lot of these I still haven’t read but they sound so good!

[@kaylarghh]

Thanks for sharing!! One that I will always recommend to everyone is Holding The Man by Timothy Conigrave. It's a memoir of a gay man living in Australia during the AIDS epidemic. Heart-wrenching but so fucking beautiful. There's also a movie which is great.

[@nataliabmachado]

I just finished the first half (up until she leaves for Europe) of Persepolis today and I never thought a comic book would made me cry

[@ryanvale6066]

My favourite non-fiction is probably Trans Like Me by C.N. Lester! I highly recommend it to learn a bit more about the trans community and trans history

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

The two best nonfiction books I’ve read/ listened to so far this month Hidden Valley Road Empire of Pain Currently listening to The Body Keeps the Score The NoonDay Demon A Swim in a Pond in the Rain 🍀👋☘️📖🫖☕️📚👓📕

[@axolotlismybeautystandard]

Great list, I’ve added most of it to my tbr. And you made me reread Eating Animals ❤️ Foer’s book also made me quit meat. I were looking for motivation for going vegetarian for long time and this was the voice that finally made that really big impact on me and motivated me. I think that reason why this book speaks so strong is this how amazingly emphatic, open and sincere the author is.

[@jademartino7275]

Where can I get the personalized edition of how Stella learned to talk? 🤣

[@CheyeW13]

Oh I'm reading Persepolis right now, cool

[@shaunaXX]

My friend got me maus for my birthday last year and this is making me really want to actually pick it up sooner! I read Persepolis over the summer and it was so interesting. I would fully recommend braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer specifically the audiobook. I read it for a class this semester and I adored it

[@keelinover5584]

I really recommend Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski. It's about women's sexual health and it's incredible. It's not trans-inclusive, but the author addresses it in a way to show that it's not transphobic, there just isn't enough research to fully comment on it.

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

Looking like you have added to my tbr list so thank you 😊 please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your Australia fan John

[@NatalieBrookes90]

“Argonauts by Maggie Smith” made me giggle Loved this video, I’m trying to read more non-fiction so this added a whole pile to my tbr! I would recommend All the Young Men - Ruth Coker Burks, I read that recently and really enjoyed it (thought I’m never sure that enjoyed is the right word!) x

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

HAHAH whoops

[@suzannebarton2132]

Loved As You Wish and got to meet Cary else’s a few years ago and he seemed as nice as you think he is.

[@sachasimmons5944]

Have you listened to Red (Taylor’s Version) yet? Thoughts? Feelings? Increased hatred for Jake Gyllenhaal?

[@whalechoo]

omg i wanna read the love letters so bad nowwww

[@lauracorsi3309]

I liked this video, but was hoping it was going to be the board game update on your reading goals. How are your goals coming now that we are getting close to the end?

[@em_dose_art_6222]

I have ether 98 or 99 books 😅 atm

[@narflet]

Yes, you can say graphic novel, especially for Maus which is very creative nonfiction, but graphic nonfiction or graphic memoir are the specific terms. Your comment does touch on a lexical gap; a full length work of fiction is a novel but a book of nonfiction doesn’t have a name!