Yesterday I shared my favourite novels that I read in 2020 so today it’s time to share my favourite non-fiction books that I read last year. I didn’t read as much non-fiction in 2020 as I normally do but then I didn’t read as much in general either.
Anyway, in no particular order, here are my favourite non-fiction books read in 2020!
Wham, George Michael and Me by Andrew Ridgeley
Truth, Lies and O-Rings by Allan J. McDonald
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
Gone Fishing by Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garratt M. Graff
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper
A Year of Living Simply by Kate Humble
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink
In Black and White by Alexandra Wilson
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Let’s Do It by Jasper Rees
So there we have it, my top non-fiction reads of last year! I didn’t read as much non-fiction as I normally do but of the ones I read there were some incredible books.
What was you favourite non-fiction book that you read last year? I’d love to know! 🙂
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Lovely selection Hayley! xx
Thank you 🙂 xx
They all look great. I am intrigued by ‘In black and white. I didn’t read any non-fiction novels in 2020 but I hope to squeeze 1 or 2 into my TBR this year.
Happy New Year, Hayley.
In Black and White is a really interesting book about a young black woman training to become a barrister, I definitely recommend it. I hope you manage to read some non-fiction this year. I didn’t read as much as I would have liked to in 2020 so I have quite a lot on my TBR to choose from this year.
Happy new year to you too! 🙂 x
I adored Notes to Self as well! Happy New Year Hayley x
It’s such a brilliant read, isn’t it? I’m so pleased that you loved it too. Happy new year to you too x
I really admire the way you’ve made time for non-fiction as well as fiction in your reading, Hayley. I sometimes don’t read nearly as much non-fiction as I ought to. Your choices are great, too, with a wide range.
I didn’t read as much non-fiction in 2020 as I normally do but of the books I did read there were a lot of excellent ones. I Hope to read more this year once this pesky reading slump is properly gone. Thank you 🙂 x
I just finished In Black and White this morning – really enjoyed it!
It’s such a good book, isn’t it? I’m pleased you enjoyed it too.
I’ve got the Andrew Ridgeley book, can’t wait to read it. You should read the Bananarama memoir x
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Ooh I must get the Bananarama memoir, it sounds like such a good read. x
I’ve got the Andrew Ridgeley book, really need to read it!! Have you got the Bananarama memoir? X
It’s a really good read, I loved it. I. just got the Bananarama memoir for my birthday this week and I plan on reading it next, I can’t wait. x
my favourite non-fiction I read last year was Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
I’ve heard good things about that one, I’ll add it to my wish list. I’m pleased you enjoyed it so much. 🙂
My goal had been to read 12 nonfiction in 2020, but only got in 9. I hope to try for 12 this year and I will be checking out some of the ones you have listed here Hayley. It looks like there are some great choices here.
I hope you manage to read more nonfiction this year, I enjoyed all the books in this post and hope to read more nonfiction this year too.
I am going to try to read at least this year. One a month, but January is almost over.
Some great ones there and some on my TBR (Black and British and In Black and White). I was chuffed to see the Andrew Ridgeley in there and funny to think of you reading something I’d been involved in! Happy non-fic reading for 2021!
I didn’t know you were involved with the Andrew Ridgeley book! I really enjoyed it, it was such a lovely read and made for a great start to my reading year in 2020. Black and British is an excellent read, I learnt so much from it. Thank you, I hope to read a lot more non-fiction this year.
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