With #NonfictionNovember on the horizon, I thought it would be fun to look at some of my favorite nonfiction books of all time (and some from my TBR), which you can use for inspiration if you need something to read this November or beyond. I tried to keep a mix of history, memoir, narrative nonfiction, graphic memoir, and more so you have lots to choose from. Let me know If you agree and what you think are the best nonfiction books of all time.

Further viewing 🎥:
Independent Bookstore Tour Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRECTz6oQNc&t=1s
New York Times Best Books of 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLHo9RlbDiQ&t=7s
My Favorite Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaU_wYufBMQ&t=227s

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America, Candacy Taylor: https://bookshop.org/books/overground-railroad-the-green-book-and-the-roots-of-black-travel-in-america-9781419738173/9781419738173
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, Hallie Rubenhold: https://bookshop.org/books/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper/9780358299615
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, Robert Kolker: https://bookshop.org/books/hidden-valley-road-inside-the-mind-of-an-american-family/9780525562641
Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover: https://bookshop.org/books/educated-a-memoir-9781987146127/9780399590504
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel: https://bookshop.org/books/fun-home-a-family-tragicomic/9780618871711
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, Thi Bui: https://bookshop.org/books/the-best-we-could-do-an-illustrated-memoir-a22e0089-9bfd-4830-b75b-24611d299234/9781419718786
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness, Sy Montgomery: https://bookshop.org/books/the-soul-of-an-octopus-a-surprising-exploration-into-the-wonder-of-consciousness-9781451697711/9781451697728
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Timothy Egan: https://bookshop.org/books/the-worst-hard-time-the-untold-story-of-those-who-survived-the-great-american-dust-bowl-9780618773473/9780618773473
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, Anthony Bourdain: https://bookshop.org/books/kitchen-confidential-adventures-in-the-culinary-underbelly-9780060899226/9780060899226
Persepolis 1 and 2, Marjane Satrapi: https://bookshop.org/books/the-complete-persepolis/9780375714832
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, Mark Harris: https://bookshop.org/books/pictures-at-a-revolution-five-movies-and-the-birth-of-the-new-hollywood-9798200137749/9780143115038
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, George M. Johnson: https://bookshop.org/books/all-boys-aren-t-blue-a-memoir-manifesto/9780374312718
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond: https://bookshop.org/books/evicted-poverty-and-profit-in-the-american-city/9780553447453
Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell: https://bookshop.org/books/assassination-vacation/9780743260046
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War, Tony Horwitz: https://bookshop.org/books/confederates-in-the-attic-dispatches-from-the-unfinished-civil-war/9780679758334

From my TBR:
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson: https://bookshop.org/books/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251/9780593230251
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson: https://bookshop.org/books/the-warmth-of-other-suns-the-epic-story-of-america-s-great-migration-9780679763888/9780679763888
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner: https://bookshop.org/books/crying-in-h-mart-a-memoir/9780525657743
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim DeFede: https://bookshop.org/books/the-day-the-world-came-to-town-9-11-in-gander-newfoundland/9780060559717
Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait, Nick Davis: https://bookshop.org/books/competing-with-idiots-herman-and-joe-mankiewicz-a-dual-portrait/9781400041831
The Devil’s Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco, Julia Salamon: https://bookshop.org/books/the-devil-s-candy-the-anatomy-of-a-hollywood-fiasco/9780306811234
The Book of Eels, Patrick Svensson: https://bookshop.org/books/the-book-of-eels/9780062968821
After the Eclipse, Sarah Perry: https://bookshop.org/books/after-the-eclipse/9781328511911
Logical Family: A Memoir, Armistead Maupin: https://bookshop.org/books/logical-family-a-memoir-9781509461028/9780062391254
The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America, Eric Cervini: https://bookshop.org/books/the-deviant-s-war-the-homosexual-vs-the-united-states-of-america/9781250798503