The host for week 5 of Nonfiction November is Deb of Readerbuzz and here is this week’s topic:
It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book!
Here are some of the books I’ve seen other bloggers mention during Nonfiction November that I would be interested in reading:
Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train by Monisha Rajesh
(Frances at Volatile Rune)
An account of the author’s travels by sleeper train.
Monsterland by Nicholas Jubber
(Shelleyrae at Book’d Out)
A book exploring myths and legends about monsters.
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen
(Heather at Based on a True Story)
A history of the humble notebook.
Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
(Margaret at BooksPlease)
A book exploring some of the world’s most abandoned places.
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
(Deb at Readerbuzz)
An account of raising an abandoned baby hare.
Fenwomen by Mary Chamberlain
(Kay at What? Me Read?)
A group of women look back at their lives in a village in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Essays by George Orwell
(Elle at Elle Thinks)
A collection of Orwell’s essays on a variety of subjects.
The Pattern in the Carpet by Margaret Drabble
(Margaret at BooksPlease)
A history of the jigsaw and Drabble’s own memories of completing jigsaws with her aunt as a child.
Take Courage by Samantha Ellis
(Cathy at What Cathy Read Next)
A look at the life and work of Anne Brontë.
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Have you read any of these? What have you added to your TBR during Nonfiction November?
She Reads Novels 
Moonlight Express sounds awesome. I would love to do a trip like that. I also love reading about them. 😀
Yes, I think Moonlight Express sounds like a fascinating book. I would love to go on a trip like that too!
So glad I made Orwell’s essays sound appealing to you! Can confirm that Cal Flyn’s Islands of Abandonment is also well worth reading.
I’ve enjoyed some of Orwell’s other nonfiction, so the essays definitely appeal to me! I’m glad you also liked the Cal Flyn book – it does sound interesting.
Ohhh, I like the sound of The Notebook.
(sounds far more interesting than the Sparks book of the same title XD)
Yes, The Notebook sounds fascinating. I haven’t read the Sparks book!
I have a copy of Rajesh’s previous book (unread naturally), adding ‘Monsterland’ to my Wish List, and ‘Islands of Abandonment’ is *very* good.
This month I’ve added 26 non-fiction to my Wish List.
I’m particularly intrigued by ‘Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life’ by Mark Dawidziak as I was a BIG fan of the show growing up.
I’m glad you thought Islands of Abandonment was good. Lots of people seem to have loved that one!
I almost put Raising Hare on my list. I hope you enjoy Fenwomen!
Yes, Raising Hare sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to reading Fenwomen!
Raising Hare is so interesting and well written.
It does sound good!
I have read Elizabeth Goudge’s “The Dean’s Watch” with an online bookclub in November and it is set in Ely and the fens so I am going to read Fenwomen. Living in Australia, I have no idea what that landscape is like but I did grow up in a small village/on a farm so have met women who had similar lives.
The Fens are a very flat, rural landscape. I have cousins who live there and it’s very different from where I live in the North East of England, so I’m particularly interested in reading Fenwomen. I love Elizabeth Goudge’s books but The Dean’s Watch is one I haven’t read yet!
A history of the jigsaw?! That niche topic would draw me like a bluebottle to a Venus flytrap! And by Drabble you say? *dribbles*
There can’t be many books about jigsaws – definitely a niche topic! The Drabble does sound interesting and definitely one I would like to read.
I added the Drabble along with you, and I loved Islands of Abandonment and The Midnight Express so hope you enjoy those, too!
I’m glad you loved Islands of Abandonment and Moonlight Express too – I definitely want to read both of those. I hope we both like the Drabble!
The author of Raising Hare kept a bit of distance between herself and the hare, and I liked that.
That’s good to know. I’m looking forward to reading it.
Monsterland is on my TBR too. I hope we both like it.
It sounds great!