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Congratulations @Redwritinghood winner of the #5555giveaway!! I love that so many wonderful Littens entered and shared their favorite nonfiction books. My TBR has grown by leaps and bounds!! Thanks to everyone for making this such a great community! ❤️❤️❤️

@Redwritinghood contact me at meglwsn at gmail dot com to pick up your prize! 🎉🎉🎉🎉📚

I wish there was a "highest pick" rating to give. I love this book by Susan David: it's been my most frequently recommended book lately. If you're human, you probably have felt an emotion or two in your life. What you do with your thoughts and feelings matter: not only to you personally but also those around you. This book is like the owner's manual for how to live the life you want to live . High praise!.
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One of my favorites. So good on audio! #5555giveaway
Thanks for the giveaway @Booksandcooks

Helter Skelter was the first non-fiction book that I thoroughly enjoyed, and kick-started my love of true crime (the books, not the action). I also just really love Mr. Bugliosi and have a lot of respect for him as a person. #5555Giveaway

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You are amazing! @Booksandcooks

I love reading nonfiction from time to time, especially when I'm on a train - it just makes me look so nerdy.

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#5555giveaway My favorite nonfiction has to be historical. I studied music history, and most of the music history faculty at Ohio State were medievalists. I knew a lot about the music of the Middle Ages, but not enough general history. I decided to correct that after I retired. Susan Wise Bauer was great for the timeline and political history, but this was the best for cultural history and readability.

Last repost! Winner will be announced tonight!

Saturday, I hit a really cool number of followers, plus I just love this community, obvs. 😎😎 So, I'm going to do a #5555giveaway! To enter, post about your favorite nonfiction book, tag me, and use the hashtag #5555giveaway.

Prize: $25 gift card to Book Outlet. Open to anyone who can get shipments from them. Winner will be chosen randomly after 6 PM ET on Monday May 15. Good luck!!! 🎉🎉🎉📚

@Booksandcooks thank you for doing the #5555giveaway! Since I read a lot of non-fiction, I have so many I like. Because today is Mother's Day, Founding Mothers, about the women who supported and advised their men as America worked for independence, came to mind. I still have yet to read Ladies of Liberty by the same author, about women (some are in both books) who helped early America become what it was.

Rachel Carson is an incredible writer. This is a natural history of the sea shore, but it reads like poetry - she really loved exploring the world around her. And it's packed full of line drawings of creatures and sea shells and seaweed. Bizarrely, it makes for wonderful bedtime reading. (And yes, I will read Silent Spring - one day!)
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So I just posted a review about this yesterday, but because it's my new favorite nonfiction book, here I am with it again. It's the contemplative and meaningful sketchbook-like memoir about bird watching and all the little things that make life worth living that I didn't know I needed. I recommend it to anyone, especially if you're facing loss. #5555giveaway