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The World: A Brief Introduction
Richard N. Haass

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Unwell Women
Elinor Cleghorn

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Happiness
Richard Layard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The $100 Startup
Chris Guillebeau

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Destiny of Souls
Michael Newton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken Jr.

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1989

Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Kim John Payne, Lisa M. Ross

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Billion Dollar Loser
Reeves Wiedeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation
Rosemary Sullivan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
Jack Trout, Al Ries

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993

Decision Points
George W. Bush

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood
Lisa Damour

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Democracy in Chains
Nancy Maclean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

How Not to Be Wrong
Jordan Ellenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
Abby Wambach

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Who We Are and How We Got Here
David Reich

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Heroes
Stephen Fry

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Laws of Simplicity
John Maeda

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear
Jinger Duggar Vuolo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

Tell Me Everything
Minka Kelly

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Chronology of Water
Lidia Yuknavitch

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Shift
Theresa Brown

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self
Nicole LePera

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Surprised by Oxford
Carolyn Weber

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Read Your Mind
Oz Pearlman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The Science of Getting Rich
Wallace D. Wattles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1910

The Magic
Rhonda Byrne

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

On Natural Selection
Charles Darwin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1859

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
Robin S. Sharma

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Klaus Schwab

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Desmond Cole

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

It Worked for Me
Colin Powell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

I Am Not a Robot
Joanna Stern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Injustice
Carol Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Reality Is Not What It Seems
Carlo Rovelli

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Phases
Brandy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
Rebecca Donner

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Get Good With Money
Tiffany Aliche

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

New Sales. Simplified
Mike Weinberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

She Comes First: The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman
Ian Kerner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

How to Change
Katy Milkman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Looking Back
Lois Lowry

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949

Left on Tenth
Delia Ephron

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Discipline Is Destiny
Ryan Holiday

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
Alice Wong

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

On Witness and Respair
Jesmyn Ward

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

The Sisters
Mary S. Lovell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2001

All the Devils Are Here
Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

The Opposite of Spoiled
Ron Lieber

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Pale-Faced Lie
David Crow

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

How Not to Be a Boy
Robert Webb

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

Weathering
Arline T. Geronimus

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Conscious Uncoupling
Katherine Woodward Thomas

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Inferno
Catherine Cho

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

A Revolution of Common Sense
Scott Jennings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Walk Through Walls
Marina Abramović

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Working
Studs Terkel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1974

Lost
Rachel Hartigan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
Michelle Icard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Black Dahlia
William J. Mann

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Code
Lawrence Lessig

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Leaving Home
Mark Haddon

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

As You Wish
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Max Fisher

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Return of the King
Thomas Aiello

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Pagan Threat
Lucas Miles

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Meditation
Osho

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

Concrete Botany
Joey Santore

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Kasher in the Rye
Moshe Kasher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1960

Still Life With Bones
Alexa Hagerty

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

1177 B.C.
Eric H. Cline

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

The Mixed Marriage Project
Dorothy Roberts

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The State of Affairs
Esther Perel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
John “Chick” Donohue, J. T. Molloy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Box
Marc Levinson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2006

Worthy
Jada Pinkett Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

When Trees Testify
Beronda L. Montgomery

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

The First-Time Manager
Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik, Jim Mccormick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1978

How to Be a Good Creature
Sy Montgomery

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Financial Feminist
Tori Dunlap

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Rememberings
Sinead O'Connor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Prophecy
Carissa Véliz

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Permission to Feel
Marc Brackett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Ace
Angela Chen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

A Heart That Works
Rob Delaney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Daniel Yergin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Brat
Andrew McCarthy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

Professional Troublemaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Shape
Jordan Ellenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Invisible Gorilla
Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010