#NonFicNov 2022 Week 1

Week 1: (Oct 31-Nov 4) – Your Year in Nonfiction: Take a look back at your year of nonfiction and reflect on the following questions – What was your favorite nonfiction read of the year? Do you have a particular topic you’ve been attracted to more this year? What nonfiction book have you recommended the most? What are you hoping to get out of participating in Nonfiction November? (Katie @ Doing Dewey)

• TOP 5  non-fiction book 

1. How the Word Is Passed – Clint Smith (336 pg). ….excellent!! 2021  REVIEW
2. Red Zone – P. Hartcher –  …very interesting  REVIEW
3. The Road to Unfreedom – T. Snyder  …very interesting  – REVIEW
4. The Little Devil in America –398 pg H. Abdurraqib ….excellent!! 2021 REVIEW
5. Empire of Pain – P. R. Keefe….excellent!!  – REVIEW

1. A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson (travelogue) – REVIEW
2. A Cultural History of Causality – S. Kern- REVIEW
   
3. The Dawn of the Belle Epoque – M. McAuliffe – REVIEW
   
4. The Crossroads of Should and Must – E. Luna – REVIEW
5. John Adams – David McCullough  biography – REVIEW
6. All That She Carried – T. Miles (NF) – REVIEW
7. Unbound – Tarana Burke (memoir) – REVIEW
8. Thomas Becket – J. Guy (NF) biography – REVIEW
9. Theatre & Ireland – L. Pilkingkton – REVIEW
10. Patrick Kavanagh – Antoinette Quinn biography – REVIEW
11. The Best of Frank O’Connor – F. O’Connor (essays) – REVIEW
12. Cézanne: Puissant et solitaire – M. Hoog – REVIEW
13. Le maniérisme –  P.  Falguières  – REVIEW
14. Bring the War Home – K. Belew – REVIEW
15. Writing Deep Scenes – M. Alderson – REVIEW
16. Caravaggio – José Frèches – REVIEW
17. Les délassiés – T. Porcher – REVIEW
18. Le fagot de ma mémoire – S. Diagne – REVIEW
19. The Road to Unfreedom – T. Snyder – REVIEW
20. The Age of the Strongman – G. Rachman – REVIEW
21. La guerre des idées – E. Bastié – REVIEW
22. Shadow Strike: Inside Israel’s Secret Mission – Y. Katz – REVIEW
23. Flyboy in the Buttermilk – Greg Tate – REVIEW
24. Stony the Road (NF) – H.L. Gates jr. – REVIEW
25. All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep – A. Henry – REVIEW
26. Hooked: Art and Attachment – Rita Felski – REVIEW
27. When Harlem Was In Vogue – D. Lewis – REVIEW
28. Until Justice Be Done – K. Masur – REVIEW
29. Stages of Struggle: Modern Playwrights – J. DiGaetani – REVIEW
30. Unfollow Me – J. Busby – REVIEW
31. Why We Did It – Tim Miller – REVIEW
32. Invisible Storm – Jason Kander – REVIEW
33. Le Dieu de Dostoïevski – Marguerite Souchon – REVIEW
34. Thank You For Your Servitude – M. Leibovich – REVIEW
35. Red Zone – P. Hartcher – REVIEW
36. Out of Africa – I. Dinesin (memoir)
37. Tunnel 29 – H. Merman – REVIEW
38. Freezing Order  (2022)- B. Browder (memoir) – REVIEW
39. The Periodic Table – Primo Levi  (memoir) – REVIEW
40. The Man Who Could Move Clouds  (memoir) – Ingrid Rojas Contreras – REVIEW
41. Plot and Structure – J.S. Bell (240 pg )   2004 REVIEW
42. The Figure of the Detective – C. Brownson   (216 pg) 2014  REVIEW 
43. Bloods – Wallace Terry (320 pg) 1984 (NF)  REVIEW
44. Pushout  – M.W. Morris ((303 pg) 2018 (NF)  REVIEW
45. How the Word Is Passed – Clint Smith (336 pg) 2021 (NF)  REVIEW
46. The Little Devil in America -398 pg) H. Abdurraqib (300 pg) (essays) 2021 REVIEW
47. Empire of Pain – P. R. Keefe (NF)  ….excellent!!  – REVIEW
48. The 1619 Project: The New American Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (590 pg) REVIEW

Divided in genres:

Literature:

1. Writing Deep Scenes – M. Alderson – REVIEW
2. Plot and Structure – J.S. Bell (240 pg )   2004 REVIEW
3. The Figure of the Detective – C. Brownson   (216 pg) 2014  REVIEW 
4. A Cultural History of Causality – S. Kern- REVIEW
5. When Harlem Was In Vogue – D. Lewis – REVIEW
6. Stages of Struggle: Modern Playwrights – J. DiGaetani – REVIEW
7. Theatre & Ireland – L. Pilkingkton – REVIEW
8. Hooked: Art and Attachment – Rita Felski – REVIEW
9. The Dawn of the Belle Epoque – M. McAuliffe – REVIEW

Memoir:

1. Out of Africa – I. Dinesin (memoir)
2. Tunnel 29 – H. Merman – REVIEW
3. Freezing Order  (2022)- B. Browder (memoir) – REVIEW
4. The Periodic Table – Primo Levi  (memoir) – REVIEW
5. The Man Who Could Move Clouds  (memoir) – Ingrid Rojas Contreras – REVIEW
6. Bloods – Wallace Terry (320 pg) 1984 (NF)  REVIEW
7. Invisible Storm – Jason Kander – REVIEW
8. The Crossroads of Should and Must – E. Luna – REVIEW
9. Unfollow Me – J. Busby – REVIEW
10. Unbound – Tarana Burke (memoir) – REVIEW
11. Why We Did It – Tim Miller – REVIEW
12. Thank You For Your Servitude – M. Leibovich – REVIEW
13. All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep – A. Henry – REVIEW
14. A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson  – REVIEW (travelogue)

Essays:

1. Flyboy in the Buttermilk – Greg Tate – REVIEW
2. The Best of Frank O’Connor – F. O’Connor (essays) – REVIEW
3. The Little Devil in America -398 pg) H. Abdurraqib (300 pg) (essays) 2021 REVIEW

Biography:

1. John Adams – David McCullough  biography – REVIEW
2. Thomas Becket – J. Guy (NF) biography – REVIEW
3. Cézanne: Puissant et solitaire – M. Hoog – REVIEW
4. Caravaggio – José Frèches – REVIEW
5. Patrick Kavanagh – Antoinette Quinn biography – REVIEW

History:

1. The 1619 Project: The New American Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (590 pg) REVIEW
2. Shadow Strike: Inside Israel’s Secret Mission – Y. Katz – REVIEW
3. How the Word Is Passed – Clint Smith (336 pg) 2021 (NF)  REVIEW
4. Empire of Pain – P. R. Keefe (NF)  ….excellent!!  – REVIEW
5. Pushout  – M.W. Morris (303 pg) 2018 (NF)  REVIEW
6. The Road to Unfreedom – T. Snyder – REVIEW
7. Red Zone – P. Hartcher – REVIEW
8. Until Justice Be Done – K. Masur – REVIEW
9. Stony the Road (NF) – H.L. Gates jr. – REVIEW
10. Bring the War Home – K. Belew – REVIEW
11. All That She Carried – T. Miles (NF) – REVIEW
12. The Age of the Strongman – G. Rachman – REVIEW

French:

1. Le Dieu de Dostoïevski – Marguerite Souchon – REVIEW
2. Le maniérisme –  P.  Falguières  – REVIEW
3. Les délassiés – T. Porcher – REVIEW
4. Le fagot de ma mémoire – S. Diagne – REVIEW
5. La guerre des idées – E. Bastié – REVIEW