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Nonfiction November was started by Olive from abookolive and it’s become a staple in my reading. I love nonfiction, I try and read it throughout the year but sometimes it doesn’t always work out that way—this challenge is a great way to make a little time for that.

I don’t have the same amount of time to read that I used to, so this year I’ve taken it easier and I’ve just picked out two books to read. So let’s get into them.

Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack

This is one of the older nonfiction books still on my TBR—I purchased it in 2021, right in the height of the lockdowns we had in Melbourne when I was buying a lot of books (but also reading a lot). But it’s also probably one of the shortest. I couldn’t tell you why I haven’t read it yet as ‘women in art’ is literally my favourite topic to read about, but here it is, I guess. This is just over 300 pages and so I think it’ll be a reasonably quick and easy read. After my reading in October, I’m just sort of focusing on trying to read anything I can off my shelves—this one seems like a good one to try.

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

I don’t know that I’ll have enough time to finish this one in November, but I want to start it anyway. I bought this one this year but I want to specifically start in November because I’m getting to see Mary Beard talk this month. I can’t tell you how excited I am for that—I consider SPQR to be one of the best books I’ve ever read and I think Mary Beard is just fantastic. I know I’ll want to read something of hers after hearing her talk so I’ve got this one lined up and ready to go. I should hopefully finish one of my current reads just before getting to see her, so I’ll be able to start this immediately.

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So that’s it—those are my plans for Nonfiction November! Are you enjoying in? Have you read either of these? What’s your favourite nonfiction? Let me know in the comments!