Here me out, non-fiction can be tricky to rate bc a memoir/autobiography is someone’s real life story. A book on world events, it’s educational, how can I minimize the value of being informed on things that have taken place over the course of history. These are things that people lived through. And ofc there are the other niche topics.
I feel like I would be doing a great disservice to rate a non-fic book by how easy it was to follow along, or how interesting it was when it’s something sensitive like history or someone’s life.
How do you guys rate your non-fiction books?
As you mention, I think it depends on the type of fiction book. For example, if it’s a book written on a subject like economics or history, I would rate the book based on the integrity of the research (if I’m able to) and how well the author(s) manage to distill complex topics to a wider audience and build a narrative.