NONFICTION NOVEMBER 📚 11 must-read nonfiction books + a beginner's guide to nonfiction (2025)

Hi everyone! I'm Olivia—let's talk books! Here are 11 of my favorite nonfiction books that I think everyone needs to read! If you're a seasoned nonfiction reader you might have read some (or all!) of these already, but if you're new to the genre then here's a great place to start. Thank you all for watching!

ABOUT ME
I'm an avid reader and reviewer who primarily reads literary fiction, contemporary fiction, and nonfiction. I also love literary awards and read 100 books a year.

BOOKS MENTIONED
📖 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
📖 I AM, I AM, I AM by Maggie O'Farrell (thank you Vintage for the gifted copy!)
📖 Know My Name by Chanel Miller
📖 Devotions by Mary Oliver
📖 The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
📖 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
📖 Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
📖 Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
📖 A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
📖 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
📖 There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib

LINKS
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