Thanks to You, 6 Books I’m Adding to My TBR List
{Nonfiction November Week 5}

This is the final week of Nonfiction November 2024 when we share at Deb’s what we’re adding to our to-read list after seeing the books that others have recommended all month at the weekly linkups. I’ve accumulated a long list of books I want to read.

Books I Haven’t Read (Have you?)

Here are 6 (of the many) books I’m adding to my list and what each blogger said that convinced me. A few of these I’ve been meaning to read anyway, so this will hopefully be the push I need to move these titles higher on my list for 2025 reading.

1. Tell Me a Story
The Life Shaping Power of Our Stories
by Daniel Taylor

From Mary Daniels Brown @ Notes in the Margin: “This book dramatically changed my life by introducing me to the concept of life stories and their effect on how we see ourselves, the world, and our place in the world. . . . And, probably most importantly, Taylor’s book taught me how broken or unhealthy stories can be rewritten and healed.”

2. Survivor
Auschwitz, the Death March and my Fight for Freedom
by Sam Pivnik

From The Intrepid Angeleno: “This memoir is very well written and I could not put it down. I read it in one day. It’s a good refresher on the steps that Hitler took to put his plan into action so that we can be aware of similar steps being launched in today’s world.”

3. Thinking in Bets
Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts
by Annie Duke

From Harry @ Unsolicited Feedback: “I won’t be presumptuous and say that everyone should read Annie Duke’s Thinking in Bets, or that it’ll make the world a better place. But if you do read it, you’ll improve your ability to make decisions and that’ll probably lead to improvements in your life.”

4. Disability Visibility
First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Alice Wong

From Rebekah @ She Seeks Nonfiction: “[This book] has stuck with me all year. Her opening paragraph will grab you and not let you go till somehow you’ve just finished the entire book. For how much this book impacted me, it was relatively easy to get through. . . . Changing the title of this post [from “Eye Openers”] to “Mind Openers” isn’t a huge thing, but it shows you how books like these can help more folks adjust the way they think about some of the most marginalized people.”

5. That Librarian
The Fight Against Book Banning in America
by Amanda Jones

From Heather @ Based on a True Story: “The past few years have been eye opening for her. She was a person who was very much in a white conservative Christian bubble except for LGBTQ issues. She’s not an outsider to the people who are attacking her. She’s one of them and they turned on her. . . .The book goes over the emotional and physical toll being on the receiving end of this type of cyberbullying takes on a person.”

6. Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult
A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
by Maria Bamford

From Silver Button Books: “After my cult obsession in 2023, I obviously had to read this one. I didn’t even know it was a memoir which is how I know the title got me. Don’t listen to this audiobook while driving, it is dangerously funny.”

If these books turn out to be as good as I hope, I’ll be sharing more about them with you in 2025!

Have you read any of these 6 books? What book would you recommend? Share in the comments.

• Nonfiction November 2024
  Week 1
  My Must-Read Nonfiction Recommendations: Books that Deepen Connections
• Week 2
  4 Inspiring Nonfiction Books for Readers, Writers, and Talkers
• Week 3
  The Power of Pairing Fiction and Nonfiction Books
• Week 4
  A Wake-Up Call We Better Not Ignore

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