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A Rich Collection of Nonfiction Booklists on the Internet

Page history last edited by maureen@wordsworthy.com 15 years, 1 month ago
BOOKLISTS -- NARRATIVE NONFICTION
(REVISED AND UPDATED FEBRUARY, 2009)
 

ADVENTURE

Survival Stories (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

True Thrillers: Surviving the Elements (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/thriller.shtml

Taking on the World: More Real Women and Their Adventures (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/takingonworld.html

To the Limit--True Stories of Survival (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/tothelimit.html

Explore Your World (Harris County Public Library, Texas)

http://www.hcpl.net/booklists/explore.htm

Outdoor Adventure and Survival (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=169&Genre=Nonfiction

Survival Stories (Non-fiction) (Johnson County Library, Kansas)

http://www.jocolibrary.org/templates/JCL_Booklist.aspx?id=3408

Outdoor Adventures (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-microhistories.htm

True Grit: Tales of Modern-Day Adventure (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/adventuremodern.htm

Armchair Adventures #5 (Salt Lake City Public Library, Utah)

http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/good_reads.jsp?parent_id=270&page_id=444

Explorers and Adventurers (Westmount Public Library, Quebec)

http://www.westlib.org/pdf/biblio/2007_explorers.pdf

Mountain Adventures (Wilmette Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.wilmettelibrary.info/readersservices/bibliographies/staffbib.php?bib_title=Mountain%20Adventures&bib_title_id=284

Adventure (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

Survivor Stories: Non-fiction (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/bibliographies/survivornonfiction.asp

 

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MEMOIRS, AND BIOGRAPHY

Autobiographies That Read Like Fiction (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

Memoirs (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

Biographies & Memoirs (BookBrowse)

http://www.bookbrowse.com/browse/index.cfm?category_number=1

Biography Index (Boston Public Library)

http://www.bpl.org/research/adultbooklists/biographyindex.htm

Growing Up—Stories of My Childhood (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/growingup.html

A Woman’s Place Is. . . (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/wmnplace.html

Biographies (Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia)

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/Reading/Adult/Bios.htm

Fiction, Memoir & Culture of the Middle East (Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia)

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/Reading/Adult/mideast.htm

Biographies for Men (Fiction_L Booklists, Morton Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/bioformen.html

Biographies of Disabled People (Fiction_L Booklists, Morton Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/biodisabled.html

Favorite Biographies (Fiction_L Booklists, Morton Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/favbio.html

Memoirs for Discussion (Fiction_L Booklists, Morton Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/memoirs.html

Recommended Autobiographies (Fiction_L Booklists, Morton Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/Bio.html

Contemporary Memoirs (Harris County Public Library, Texas)

http://www.hcpl.net/booklists/contmem.htm

Extraordinary Lives (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=300&Genre=Nonfiction

Women’s Memoirs (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=205&Genre=Nonfiction

Biography and Autobiography (Library Book Lists (formerly Waterboro) [these are lists of lists])

http://librarybooklists.org/nonfiction/biography.htm

Thanks for the Memoirs (Madison Public Library, Wisconsin)

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/memoirs.html

Favorite Biographies and Autobiographies (Multnomah County Library, Oregon)

http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/biography.html

Memoir Stars (Overbooked. N.B. The Web site is changing after February 28, 2009)

http://www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/memoirs.html

Bio-Adversity (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/bioadversity.htm

The Actor’s Life: Autobiographies (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/actorautobiographies.htm

Childhood Memoirs (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri)

http://thelibrary.org/booklist/titles_jackets.cfm?catid=577

American Women in Biography and Nonfiction (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/americanwomen.htm

Defying the Odds: Memoirs That Inspire (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/defying.htm

Women of Distinction (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/distinction.htm

Biography (Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library, Kansas)

http://www.tscpl.org/books/section/biography/

Memoirs of Growing Up Strange (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/memoirsgrowingupstrange.htm

Oh, Grow Up! (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/growup.htm

Pulitzer Prize – Biography (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/pulitzerbio.htm

Memoirs (Wilmette Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.wilmettelibrary.info/readersservices/bibliographies/memoirs.php

Recent Biographies (Wilmette Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.wilmettelibrary.info/readersservices/bibliographies/staffbib.php?bib_title=Recent%20Biographies&bib_title_id=225

Biographies and Autobiographies (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

FOR FOODIES

Savory Memoirs (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/savory.shtml

Food for Thought (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/foodforthought.html

Culinary Memoirs (Harris County Public Library, Texas)

http://www.hcpl.net/booklists/culinarymemoirs.htm

Food for Thought (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=195&Genre=Nonfiction

Chocolate (Madison Public Library, Wisconsin)

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/chocolate.html

Culinary Books – Fiction and Nonfiction (Maryland Library Association)

http://www.mdlib.org/divisions/raig/booklists2.asp?list=47

Food in Nonfiction (Multnomah County Library, Oregon)

http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/foodnf.html

Food Memoirs (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-foodmemoirs.htm

Food Writing (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-foodwriting.htm

Food for Thought (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri)

http://thelibrary.org/booklist/titles_jackets.cfm?catid=556

Food (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

HUMOUR

Humorous Nonfiction (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

 

If You Like David Sedaris, You Might Enjoy. . .( Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/sedaris.shtml

If You Like David Sedaris, You Might Enjoy. . .( Multnomah County Library, Oregon)

http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/sedaris.html

Lighten Up! Part 1 (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/humor.htm

Lighten Up! Part 2 (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/humor2000.htm

Comic Relief (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/comicrelief.htm

Winners and Shortlists (The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor (The Stephen Leacock Association)

http://www.leacock.ca/WINNERS.htm

If You Like David Sedaris. . . (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/dsedaris.htm

Nutty Nonfiction (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/nuttynonfiction.htm

Humor (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

MICROHISTORIES

“The Pages of History Writ Small” (Business Week)

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2002/nf2002114_8500.htm

Micro-histories (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/microhistories.shtml

Who Knew? Biographies of Animals, Objects, and Ideas (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/whoknew.html

Microhistories (Harris County Public Library, Texas)

http://www.hcpl.net/booklists/microhistories.htm

The Unique. . . The Unusual. . . The Bizarre. . .  (Lake County Public Library, Indiana)

http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/unique.htm

Micro-Histories (Library Book Lists (formerly Waterboro) [these are lists of lists])

http://librarybooklists.org/nonfiction/microhistory.htm

Microhistories (Madison Public Library, Wisconsin)

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/microhistories.html

Surprising Histories: How Small Things Have Changed the World (Multnomah County Library, Oregon)

http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/surprising.html

Micro Histories (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-microhistories.htm

Zeroing In (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/zero.htm

 

NONFICTION THAT READS LIKE FICTION

Literary Nonfiction (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

 

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

 

Non-fiction for Fiction Lovers (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/nffictlovers.shtml

Get Real—Nonfiction for Fiction Lovers (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/getreal.html

Get Real 2—Nonfiction for Fiction Lovers (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/getreal2.html

Great Nonfiction Books for Book Discussions (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/greatnonfictiondiscussion.html

Nonfiction Staff Favorites – Part 1 (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/staffnonfiction.html

Nonfiction Staff Favorites – Part 2 (2008) (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/nonfictfaves.html

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction, Pt.1 (Fiction_L Booklists (Morton Grove Public Library)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/nonfic.html

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction, Pt.2 (Fiction_L Booklists (Morton Grove Public Library)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/nonfic2.html

Nonfiction Narratives (Lake County Public Library, Indiana(

http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/Narratives.htm

Non-Fiction That Reads Like Fiction (Library Book Lists (formerly Waterboro) [these are lists of lists])

http://librarybooklists.org/nonfiction/nonfictionlikefiction

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Madison Public Library, Wisconsin)

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/nonfictionreads.html

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction 2008 (Maryland Library Association)

http://www.mdlib.org/divisions/raig/booklists2.asp?list=52

“Nancy Pearl’s Nonfiction Recommendations” (Northbrook Library, Illinois)

http://www.northbrook.info/lib_nonfiction_recommended.php

True Stories for Fiction Fans (Northbrook Library, Illinois)

http://www.northbrook.info/lib_nonfiction_truestories.php

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Overbooked. N.B. The Web site is changing after February 28, 2009)

http://www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/nonfictionlikefiction.html

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Salina Public Library, Kansas)

http://www.salpublib.org/books/index.asp?page=if_genre#nonfiction

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Santa Monica Public Library, California)

http://www.smpl.org/reading/nonfiction.htm

Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/readlikefiction.htm

Non-Fiction That Reads Like Fiction (Wilmette Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.wilmettelibrary.info/readersservices/bibliographies/staffbib.php?bib_title=Non-Fiction%20That%20Reads%20Like%20Fiction&bib_title_id=234

Non-Fiction That Reads Like Fiction, Part II (Wilmette Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.wilmettelibrary.info/readersservices/bibliographies/nonfictiontwo.php

 

TRAVEL

Armchair Travel and Adventure (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

 

Travel & Adventure (BookBrowse)

http://www.bookbrowse.com/browse/index.cfm?category_number=36

Road Trip! Road Trip! Travels Through America (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/onroad.shtml

Women Travelers (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/women-travelers.shtml

Across America (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/acrossamerica.html

True Tales of Living Abroad (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/truetales.html

Travelogues (Fiction_L Booklists (Morton Grove Public Library)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/Travel.html

Travel Writing (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=168&Genre=Nonfiction

Tales for the Armchair Traveler (Madison Public Library, Wisconsin)

http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/booklists/armchairtraveler.html

Armchair Journeys (Multnomah County Library, Oregon)

http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/armchairjourneys.pdf

Travelers’ Tales (Northbrook Library, Illinois)

http://www.northbrook.info/lib_nonfiction_travel.php

Travel Tales (Overbooked. N.B. The Web site is changing after February 28, 2009)

http://www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/traveltales.html

Travel America (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-travelamerica.htm

World Travel (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

 http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-worldtravel.htm

Travelers’ Tales: Journeys, Treks & Adventures of a Lifetime (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/traveltales.htm

Travel Narratives (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/travnarr.htm

The View from Abroad: Travel Narratives (St. Charles Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/arl/booklists/view.htm

Travelogues About Living Abroad (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/travel_living_abroad.htm

World Travelers (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/worldtravelers.htm

Travel (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

TRUE CRIME

True Crime (Boone County Public Library, Kentucky)

http://www.bcpl.org/advisory/books/read_alikes/title.php

 

True Crime (BookBrowse)

http://www.bookbrowse.com/browse/index.cfm?category_number=133

Gruesome Truesome (Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, New York)

http://www.cphlibrary.org/advisory/bookmarks/gruesome.shtml

Murder and Mayhem (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/mrdrmayhem.html

Murder Most Foul (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/murdermostfoul.html

True Crime – Not Murder – Books (Fiction_L Booklists (Morton Grove Public Library)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/truecrime.html

True Crime Duos (Fiction_L Booklists (Morton Grove Public Library)

http://www.webrary.org/RS/flbklists/Duos.html

True Crime (Hennepin County Library, Minnesota)

http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/BooklistAction.cfm?list_num=955&Genre=Nonfiction

True Crime (Johnson County Library, Kansas)

http://www.jocolibrary.org/templates/JCL_Booklist.aspx?id=2856

True Crime Stars ((Overbooked. N.B. The Web site is changing after February 28, 2009)

http://www.overbooked.org/booklists/nf/truecrime.html

Lethal Ladies: True Stories of Women Who Kill (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/LethalLadies.htm

True Crime (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri)

http://thelibrary.org/booklist/titles_jackets.cfm?catid=389

If You Like Ann Rule. . . (Wake County Public Library, North Carolina)

http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/reading/lists/nonfiction/annrule.htm

True Crime (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

WAR

In Love and War (Downers Grove Public Library, Illinois)

http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/nonfictiongoodreads/greatnonfictiondiscussion.html

Civil War Stories (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-civilwar.htm

Modern War Stories (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-modernwarstories.htm

World War Two Stories (Palm Beach County Library, Florida)

http://www.pbclibrary.org/rl-worldwartwo.htm

Favorite Civil War Titles (Sachem Public Library, New York)

http://sachem.suffolk.lib.ny.us/advisor/cwbooks.htm

The American Civil War (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri)

http://thelibrary.org/booklist/titles_jackets.cfm?catid=430

The History of World War II (Springfield-Greene County Library, Missouri)

http://thelibrary.org/booklist/titles_jackets.cfm?catid=431

War (Several lists) (Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Missouri)

http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp

 

Maureen O'Connor

WordsWorthy

Connecting Books and Readers

maureen@wordsworthy.com

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