I spent part of my winter break watching documentaries of the 3-5 episode variety about newsworthy events that have occurred, unconscionable crimes committed, or about people. I much prefer a documentary over a movie with a fictional premise. It would make sense that my love of documentaries is because I love nonfiction so I thought I would share a few recently-read nonfiction titles.

Two that focused on women in history. In particular, I’ve talked about How To Be A Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity by Jill Burke to several people including one of our cosmetology teachers at our high school.

An essay collection about the 2000s by Colette Shade which I had fun with in remembering this time, especially the term Y2K!

I love a good biography or autobiography or in the case of Mo Rocca’s newest, a collective biography. Both were fantastic audiobooks.

And last, a Youth Media Award winner. A book published in another country in a language other than English translated for an American audience featuring the homes of animals near and far. Intricately drawn with straightforward but lyrical text, I enjoyed Home by Simler.