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?
depends on the type on non fic and also the writer’s purpose for writing, i think. for biographies, i’d rate it based on how easy it is to read and my own personal interest. for self help, philosophy, history etc. i base it more on the informational stuff. so what and how they use research, how well they elaborate their points, and i also like to think about how well i can connect/apply that info to my own life