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Mean Genes
Jay Phelan, Terry Burnham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Love of Country: A Journey through the Hebrides
Madeleine Bunting

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

The New New Thing
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

DisneyWar
James B. Stewart

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Life Itself
Francis Crick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

The Art of the Personal Essay
Phillip Lopate

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1994

Where is the Mango Princess?
Cathy Crimmins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Israel on the Appomattox
Melvin Patrick Ely

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

The Art of the Wasted Day
Patricia Hampl

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Melting Pot
Maria Kaneva-Johnson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Basketball (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

No Turning Point
Theodore Corbett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

A Remarkable Woman
Anne Edwards

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1979

How Reading Changed My Life
Anna Quindlen

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1998

Climate Change
A. Barrie Pittock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

A Summer Life
Gary Soto

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1990

Age of Anger
Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Truth and Beauty
Ann Patchett

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Over the Edge of the World
Laurence Bergreen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

For the Time Being
Annie Dillard

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1999

This Was Our Valley
Shirlee Matheson, Earl K. Pollon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1950

The Country in the City
Richard A. Walker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

And It Don't Stop
Raquel Cepeda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Wilbur and Orville
Fred Howard

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1987

She Said What?
Maria Braden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Before Stonewall
Andrea Weiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Mountain of Gold
Betty Lee Sung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

About a Mountain
John D'Agata

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Darwin on Man
Howard E. Gruber, Paul H. Barrett

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1974

The Wild Boy of Aveyron
Harlan Lane

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1976

The Challenger Launch Decision
Diane Vaughan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1996

Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Oh, Beautiful
John Paul Godges

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Shakespeare's Wife
Germaine Greer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

God's Secretaries
Adam Nicolson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2003

A Childhood
Harry Crews

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1978

Dancing with Cuba
Alma Guillermoprieto

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2004

From Heaven Lake
Vikram Seth

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Carter Family
David Lasky, Frank M. Young

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2007

Oscar
Reva Marin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2021

Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Ben Montgomery

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2014

Double Cross
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

Notes from No Man's Land
Eula Biss

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Crisis in the Red Zone
Richard Preston

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Chord
Rick Barot

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Hitler's Furies
Wendy Lower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Be Recorder
Carmen Giménez Smith

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

How We Fight for Our Lives
Saeed Jones

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2012

My Time Among the Whites
Jennine Capó Crucet

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

Renia's Diary
Renia Spiegel

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1944

One of Us
Åsne Seierstad

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

The Catcher Was a Spy
Nicholas Dawidoff

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1994

The Origins of Political Order
Francis Fukuyama

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Lives Other Than My Own
Emmanuel Carrère

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2009

Always Unreliable: Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, and May Week Was in June
Clive James

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1979

Mosaic
Diane Armstrong

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Little Weirds
Jenny Slate

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2019

American Notes
Charles Dickens

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1842

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
Maggie O'Farrell

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
James McBride

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Negotiating With the Dead: A Writer on Writing
Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Tara Brach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Small Wonder
Barbara Kingsolver

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2002

The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
Stephen Kinzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)
Hal Elrod

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
Gino Wickman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
Dawn Staley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
E. Jean Carroll

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns
John C. Bogle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
William Braxton Irvine

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution
Amy Coney Barrett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"
Héctor Tobar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money & Achieving Financial Independence
Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1995

Shot Ready
Stephen Curry

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture
A. J. Wolfe

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing Copy That Sells
Robert Bly

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
Rachel Hollis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Awaken The Giant Within
Anthony Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

You Are A Badass At Making Money
Jen Sincero

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
Kamal Ravikant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
Shawn Achor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Tiago Forte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No
Alex Hormozi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
Steven Pressfield

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
Eric Berne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1964

Literary Theory: An Introduction
Terry Eagleton

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1983

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
T. Harv Eker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Stephen R. Covey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004