Thanks Sarah for hosting this check in of fiction and nonfiction pairings – I love this idea and my TBR list is growing! I’m cheating as I haven’t quite read all of these but…
Flappers: 6 Women of a Dangerous Generation was a fantastic nonfiction read [thanks again Eva for pointing me to it!!]. I could easily go down the rabbit hole reading more about all of them but I am most dying to read this fiction.. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda is totally fascinating. I need to read her own work as well as some fiction about her life.
The Underground Girls of Kabul exposed me to a whole style of life I’d never thought of. I really still need to read The Pearl that Broke Its Shell for a fictionalized version of this life in Afghanistan.
Last here’s three phenomenal books to fill you with feminist rage and empowerment both. All of these books made me cry. All should make you want to stand up and do something! All the Rage by Courtney Summers, Dietland by Sarai Walker and Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West. Lindy West is my new nonfiction obsession! Honorable mention hare is also the amazing Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Read them all!
Gun In Act One 
OMG AMANDA! These PAIRINGS. Exquisite. Well done. You win.
Well thanks! I was afraid it was mostly incoherent rambling of OMG read all the books – even though I haven’t read them yet 🙂
PS Z: A Novel was SO GOOD. And The Pearl That Broke Its Shell made me cry a lot.
Ok that means I’ll have to get to Z first. I wanted to pick it for book club – but chose the Book of Unknown Americans First. I can’t cry anymore right now so the Pearl might have to wait for next year.
Definitely go for Z. Great read, so absorbing, really brings Zelda to life on her own terms.
Oh but the Book of Unknown Americans is so good (you will totally cry though).
I’ll hole up after Christmas with that one then and cry. I’m even going to go big and buy a copy!
Great pairings there
Flappers sounds good!
Couldn’t agree more..Excited!
How fun. I know very little about Flappers, so those would be entertaining reads.
Ooh, what great suggestions! I thought the Underground Girls of Kabul was fantastic and I’ve had the Pearl that Broke Its Shell on my shelves for ages, so I really should pick it up. And both Shrill and Diet are books I’ve heard such good things about, I know I need to pick them up too.