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No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
Kate Bowler

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Hatching Twitter
Nick Bilton

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

The Innovator's Solution
Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Accelerate
John P. Kotter

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Rebel Ideas
Matthew Syed

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Elements of Marie Curie
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
David Harvey

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Tyrant
Stephen Greenblatt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Dark Ecology
Timothy Morton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Emergence
Steven Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

America for Americans
Erika Lee

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Punished for Dreaming
Bettina L. Love

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Linda R. Hirshman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

The Happiness Files
Arthur C. Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Angels: God's Secret Agents
Billy Graham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1975

Genes, Girls and Gamow
James D. Watson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Theory of Constraints
Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Ain't Nobody's Fool
Martha Ackmann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Power
Jeffrey Pfeffer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Guy You Loved to Hate
Spencer Pratt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Marketing 4.0
Philip Kotler, Iwan Setiawan, Hermawan Kartajaya

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Yearbook
Seth Rogen

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

How Brands Grow
Byron Sharp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Joyride
Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
Pankaj Mishra

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Best of Us
Joyce Maynard

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
Carole Radziwill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2005

Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies From a Life at Disney
Lee Cockerell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
Rachel DeLoache Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Breakthrough!
Jim Murphy

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2015

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Tom Bissell, Greg Sestero

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
Nan Silver, John M. Gottman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

The Planets
Dava Sobel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
William Bridges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Machine Learning
Tom M Mitchell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

Tulsa 1921
Randy Krehbiel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Heal Your Hurting Mind
Craig Groeschel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
Andrew Morton

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

Next
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Promise of Heaven
David Jeremiah

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

I Hate Youdont Leave Me
Jerold J. Kreisman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

The Politics of Education
Paulo Freire

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1985

Good Writing
Neal Allen

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable… About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Without Consent
Sarah Weinman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Comics and Sequential Art
Will Eisner

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

Isis
Fawaz A. Gerges

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - a Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
Michelle Burford, Michelle Knight

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
Tony Attwood

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
Hu Anyan, Transl. Jack Hargreaves

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

The Creation
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

The Destruction of the European Jews
Raul Hilberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1881

Peak
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Mission
Tim Weiner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Setting the Table
Danny Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Gaia
James Lovelock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1979

Smart Women Finish Rich
David Bach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Atlas of AI
Kate Crawford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

William Shakespeare
Terry Eagleton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1986

The Inevitable
Kevin Kelly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Bad Company
Megan Greenwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Out of Print
George Brock

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
Gad Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Stir It Up
Rinku Sen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Postcolonial Melancholia
Paul Gilroy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

How to Be an Adult in Relationships
David Richo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

The Soul of Money
Lynne Twist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Rise
Lindsey Vonn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
Robert Waldinger, Marc Schulz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Stephen Jay Gould

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Sidereus Nuncius
Galileo Galilei

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1610

The Populist Explosion
John Judis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Goals
Zig Ziglar

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences
Nancy Duarte

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2010

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Adrienne Maree Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Connie
Connie Chung

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

A Map of Future Ruins
Lauren Markham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
Beth Macy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

On Writing
Eudora Welty

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Uptown Girl
Christie Brinkley

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2025

Becoming a Writer
Dorothea Brande

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1934

Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Truth About Employee Engagement
Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook
Melani Sanders

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Escape
Carolyn Jessop

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Public Opinion
Walter Lippmann

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1922

Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You--At Work and in Life
Spencer Johnson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Getting the Love You Want
Harville Hendrix, Helen Lakelly Hunt

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002

Find Your Why
Simon Sinek, Peter Docker, David Mead

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Over My Dead Body
Greg Melville

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
Beth Allison Barr

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1983

The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
Brian Tracy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1988

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
Rachel Held Evans

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008