The Nonfiction Files 9: Nonfiction November Book Generator

So apparently a lot of the online book peeps like to call November “Nonfiction November.” I wouldn’t know a thing about that since I’m a nonfiction all year kind of gal, myself. That being said, if you’re looking for nonfiction book recs to read this month, you’re in the right place.

Welcome to my Nonfiction Book Generator!

Shout out to for inspiring this spinoff of “The Game”.

Here’s how it works, I asked folks to present me with a bit of pop culture (book/movie/tv show/song etc.) or a mood and I used that to find them the perfect nonfiction recommendation. As you’ll see, some of the pairings are extremely literal while others are a more vibe-based coupling.

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Here is how last year’s generator turned out.

If you still need even more nonfiction recommendations, might I suggest some previous installments of The Nonfiction Files like this matrix of the 2025 nonfiction I read through the first half of the year.

And this guide of how to pick nonfiction you’ll like.

And if you still need more, stick around, because my best of and most anticipated lists are coming soon (‘tis the season), and they promise to feature a whole bunch of nonfiction bangers. Shall we proceed to the generator? We shall.

• Housewives Drama - Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Woman Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert

• Lily Allen’s New Album - We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of] by Hannah Pittard

• Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet - Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

• Isn’t about something terrible - We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain1

• Yearning - Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kirsten Radtke2

• Daddy issues - Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite by John Glatt

• The feeling when you recognize a sample within a new song for the first time - Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith3

• Kayla Nicole’s clapback going over hwyt people’s heads - White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation by Lauren Michele Jackson4

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