This week, Nonfiction November is hosted by Frances at Volatile Rune. The theme is a book that reflects a journey for its author, for the reader, or both.  ‘Journey’ is described as a physical journey, an emotional, psychological or spiritual journey or a combination of these – essentially, a book that leaves its author and/or reader in a different place at the end from the start point.

I read lots of memoir, and the ‘journey’ is usually the point of memoir. Is it cheating to pick a few? I’ve read four memoirs and two other nonfiction books this year that easily fit this theme (and I’ve really enjoyed them all).

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke

The Place of Tides by James Rebanks

An Ocean and a Day by Hannah Richell

Strangers by Belle Burden

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

If you want a good cry, reach for the Clarke or Richell. The book that is screaming out to be made into a film – the Elmhirst. If you want a book that is visually evocative, read the Rebanks memoir. For something completely engrossing, the Burden.