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Patients Come Second
Paul Spiegelman, Britt Berrett

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil Macgregor

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

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Iain McGilchrist

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

Suicidal Empathy
Gad Saad

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
Robert K. Ressler, Tom Shachtman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

Good Girls
Hadley Freeman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Color of Money
Mehrsa Baradaran

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Rise of the Warrior Cop
Radley Balko

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2013

The Art of Strategy
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry Nalebuff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1991

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
Morgan Housel

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Song Machine
John Seabrook

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises
Ray Dalio

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

You Are Not a Gadget
Jaron Lanier

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

A Universe From Nothing
Lawrence M. Krauss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo Galilei

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1632

Underland
Robert Macfarlane

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Transgender History
Susan Stryker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

The Language Police
Diane Ravitch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Presentation Zen
Garr Reynolds

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management
Kevin Kruse

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

A Wicked War
Amy S. Greenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Papillon
Henri Charrière

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1969

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Invisible Heart
Nancy Folbre

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

We Carry Their Bones
Erin Kimmerle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

I Can't Make This Up
Kevin Hart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Margareta Magnusson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Platform Revolution
Geoffrey G. Parker

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
David Sedaris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994

Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1793

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
jean-sasson

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1993

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

The Holiness of God
R.C. Sproul

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
Cait Flanders

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Corrections in Ink
Keri Blakinger

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Mythologies
Roland Barthes

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1957

Rewire Your Anxious Brain
Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

The 12 Week Year
Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

On Our Best Behavior
Elise Loehnen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Lords of Easy Money
Christopher Leonard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

End of Days
Chris Jennings

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Sabrina Imbler

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

How to Be the Love You Seek: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships
Nicole LePera

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

Burn Book
Kara Swisher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2024

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
Serhii Plokhy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Unfinished
Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2021

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
Patrik Svensson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Girlhood
Melissa Febos

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Together Is Better
Simon Sinek

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Loonshots
Safi Bahcall

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Empress of the Nile
Lynne Olson

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Rage Becomes Her
Soraya Chemaly

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Good and Mad
Rebecca Traister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Florence Given

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014

Divergent Mind
Jenara Nerenberg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Polio: An American Story
David M. Oshinsky

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
Mark Bowden

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2001

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
William Dalrymple

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

The Power of Letting Go
John Purkiss

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Unfollow
Megan Phelps-Roper

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

Kings and Pawns
Howard Bryant

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Code Name: Lise
Larry Loftis

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2019

Eat the Buddha
Barbara Demick

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Frog
Anne Fadiman

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

Present Over Perfect
Shauna Niequist

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2016

The Wilder Way
Eva Zu Beck

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Essential Scrum
Kenneth S. Rubin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Brave the Wild River
Melissa L. Sevigny

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

Eleven Rings
Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey From Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life With No Regret
Jedidiah Jenkins

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being
Martin E. P. Seligman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Six
Loren Grush

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2023

The Qualified Sales Leader
John Mcmahon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Uncultured
Daniella Mestyanek Young

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1998

Peopleware
Tom Demarco, Timothy Lister

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1987

The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
Mariana Mazzucato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Story of Mankind
Hendrik Willem van Loon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1921

Love & Whiskey
Fawn Weaver

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

Expert Witness
Ann Wolbert Burgess

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle
Joanne Huist Smith

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2014

When Harlem Was in Vogue
David Levering Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1981

Wildflower
Drew Barrymore

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

A Woman in the Polar Night
Christiane Ritter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1938

How Not to Diet
Michael Greger

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

What It Takes
Stephen A. Schwarzman

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Sarah Vowell

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2002

The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
Deborah Levy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018

The Nordic Theory of Everything
Anu Partanen

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

Visit Sunny Chernobyl
Andrew Blackwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices That Make Great Teams Great (jon Gordon)
Jon Gordon

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Insanity of God
Nik Ripken, Gregg Lewis

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart
Tim Butcher

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond
Deepak Malhotra, Max H. Bazerman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2007

Plato at the Googleplex
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014