The Non-fiction November prompt for this week (book pairings) is always one of my favorite ones because I can explore both fiction books I’ve read and what non-fiction books pair well or vice-versa. I have 2 recommendations for if you liked this, you might like this non-fiction option to learn more.

Heroine – Mindy McGinnis and Dopesick – Beth Macy

So I actually read Heroine a couple years ago, but as I was listening to Dopesick right before Non-Fiction November kicked off, I knew that I wanted to pair the two of them together for this week’s feature. Heroine pairs well with Dopesick because it’s the story of someone who finds themselves addicted to the painkillers prescribed to help after a car accident. I thought McGinnis did a great job of developing the character and paralleling many of the themes that were echo’d in Dopesick. I don’t know if McGinnis read Dopesick while she was writing Heroine, but they felt like they worked well together.

New York 2140 – Kim Stanley Robinson and The Water Will Come – Jeff Goodell

So I feel like I’m kind of cheating here because I’m actually halfway through New York 2140 right now – but I’ve had this desire to read more about Climate Change over the past few months and this is a good science-fiction to get you started. The Water Will Come is the non-fiction I’m pairing it with because it directly addresses the threats from rising sea levels around the world and how various countries are attempting to deal with these rising levels, how they are developing barriers to try and prevent the continual flooding. I’m currently enrolled in a graduate program for National Security and a recent assignment involved doing an infographic on a threat to National Security. I chose to do rising sea levels, due in part to what I had listened to in New York 2140 already, as well as my affiliation with the Navy. It was honestly scary to read some of the climate modelings that has been done, related to sea levels and the potential cost associated with reinforcing buildings/building new ones etc.

What About You – what fiction books have you read this year that would pair with non-fiction? What books should I add to my (ever-growing) to-be-read pile?