Non-fiction: what's included here?
Here you'll find lists of books which are factual, not made-up. Yet many of them can provide as much reading pleasure as a novel.
Booklists
- A Year in the Life
- ALA Notable Books of 2008 - Non-Fiction
- American Library Association Notable Books 2007
- Armchair travelling
- Biographies - January 2008
- Biographies - May 2008
- Biographies - September 2008
- Biographies August 2008
- Biographies-New October 2007
- Booklist Editor's Choice - Adult Books 2008
- Culinary Memoirs
- First nations authors
- For the Love of Gardening...
- If You Like James Herriot
- Irish History
- Library Journal's Best Science Books of 2004
- Maritime Adventures
- Medical Memoirs
- Medical Nonfiction that Reads Like Fiction
- Microhistories: Extraordinary Books about Ordinary Things
- Modern Middle Eastern History
- New York Times Notable Books of 2008 - Non Fiction
- The American Civil War
- The Crusades
- They Changed the World...
- True stories of great adventure
- War, Military law, and International Law
- Writers' Lives
Looking for other suggestions about what to read? This Windsor Public Library resources may help:
This book will also offer ideas:
- The real story: a guide to nonfiction reading interests, by Sarah Statz Cords, 2006
Still looking for ideas? Try these recommended websites:
Please send your reading questions or comments to readingconnection@windsorpubliclibrary.com