Like last year there are four categories, but this year's categories are a bit different and a bit more open to interpretation.
New
This could mean you read something about a topic that is new to you, you read a recently published book or you read a book you've recently bought.
I've decided to go with Lucy Jones's Foxes Unearthed for this challenge. I bought it very recently and I believe it was published this year, but the main reason I picked it is because I've yet to read a non-fiction book about wildlife. This book sounds super interesting and I'm really looking forward to reading it.
Fascinating
Essentially the complete opposite of the New category. Fascinating is a chance for you to read a book about a topic you're already interested in or already know a lot about.
For me that's history books, so I'll be reading Fiona Maddocks' Hildegard of Bingen. I've always been interested in Hildegard so I'm looking forward to this biography and to learning a bit more about Medieval history.
Controversial
This is a category for books which can be deemed controversial, but aren't necessarily controversial. I guess to me controversial simply means a book about a topic that gets people talking, or at least gets them thinking.
For this challenge I'll be reading Mona Eltahawy's Headscarves and Hymens, which I've owned for a while now and still haven't read. Whether I agree with everything Eltahawy has to say here or not, I think this'll still be an interesting, eye-opening and important book to read.
This category is for books which you deem to be important to read, a book you think you must read.
I'm also challenging myself with Native American November this month, so my book for this category is Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian. This is a book which discusses the history of North America's indigenous people, as well as the way Native Americans and First Nation Canadians are still being treated now. I think it's going to be heartbreaking, but so important to read.
Those are the four books I really want to get through this month, but I also have some other non-fiction books that I'd like to get to this month if I can:
For this challenge I'll be reading Mona Eltahawy's Headscarves and Hymens, which I've owned for a while now and still haven't read. Whether I agree with everything Eltahawy has to say here or not, I think this'll still be an interesting, eye-opening and important book to read.
Important
This category is for books which you deem to be important to read, a book you think you must read.
I'm also challenging myself with Native American November this month, so my book for this category is Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian. This is a book which discusses the history of North America's indigenous people, as well as the way Native Americans and First Nation Canadians are still being treated now. I think it's going to be heartbreaking, but so important to read.
Those are the four books I really want to get through this month, but I also have some other non-fiction books that I'd like to get to this month if I can:
by Margot Lee Shetterly
by Kameron Hurley
by Diana Wallace
by Azar Nafisi
by Kate Bolick
by Eluned Gramich
by Tim Smit
by Melaine Keene
by Jasmine Donahaye
by Bill Bryson
by Alison Weir
by Alison Weir
by Tracy Borman
by Tracy Borman
by Ruth Goodman
Have you read any of these, and if so are there any in particular you'd recommend? Are you taking part in Non-Fiction November this year?
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