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Stillness Speaks
Eckhart Tolle

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

Charmides
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 391

Strength to Love
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

John Brown
W. E. B. Du Bois

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1909

Living to Tell the Tale
Gabriel García Márquez

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2002

Cancel Me If You Can
Dave Portnoy

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Cal Newport

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Vanishing Treasures
Katherine Rundell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

Panic
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2008

When the Forest Breathes
Suzanne Simard

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Landlines
Raynor Winn

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
Richard Carlson

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 1997

God's Smuggler
John Sherrill, Brother Andrew, Elizabeth Sherrill

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1964

Stitches
Anne Lamott

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2013

Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

Developing the Leader Within You
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Critique of Judgment
Immanuel Kant

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1790

Ethics
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1955

Can't Stop Won't Stop
Jeff Chang

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Once Upon a Time
Elizabeth Beller

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2024

The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence From Anywhere in the Organization
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Biophilia
Edward O. Wilson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1984

Archimedes and the Door of Science
Jeanne Bendick

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1962

Women We Buried, Women We Burned
Rachel Louise Snyder

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023

On Freedom
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2021

Rules of Sociological Method
Émile Durkheim

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1895

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

American Midnight
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022

Essays of E.B. White
E. B. White

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1936

Jane
Maggie Nelson

Nonfiction | Memoir in Verse | Adult | Published in 2005

A Man Without a Country
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

The Least of Us
Sam Quinones

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1977

The Last Lion
William Manchester

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1983

Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2021

Doom
Niall Ferguson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

No Limits
John C. Maxwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Ann Voskamp

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Wiseguy
Nicholas Pileggi

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1985

Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
Fumio Sasaki

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
Kay Redfield Jamison

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1999

Going Further
Ted Cruz

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

The Nerd Reich
Gil Durán

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Industrial Society and Its Future
Theodore Kaczynski

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1995

Changing My Mind
Zadie Smith

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2009

Animal Liberation Now
Peter Singer

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2023

The Wreck of the Mentor
Eric Jay Dolin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Finest Hotel in Kabul
Lyse Doucet

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2025

Flannery Oconnor
Flannery O'Connor

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2012

The Five Temptations of a CEO
Patrick Lencioni

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Anonymous

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Intimations
Zadie Smith

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2020

The Art of Raising a Puppy
Monks Of New Skete

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

Magic Pill
Johann Hari

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

American Struggle
Jon Meacham

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

My Grandfather's Son
Clarence Thomas

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Paperbacks From Hell
Grady Hendrix

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2017

All That's Unseen
Emilee Hackney

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Rabbit
Patricia Williams

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2017

The Molecule of More
Daniel Z. Lieberman, Michael E. Long

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night
Julian Sancton

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2021

Istanbul: Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2003

What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Daron Acemoglu

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Catch the Devil
Pamela Colloff

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

What Happened Yesterday
Matt Sturniolo

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

Embers
Richard Wagamese

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

The Counterrevolution
Victor Davis Hanson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Plot Twist
Harlan Coben

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

How to Eat an Elephant
Sarah Longwell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Path to Power (the Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
Robert A. Caro

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1982

Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
Susan David

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2016

My Story
Chris Stewart, Elizabeth Smart

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2013

Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings
Jared Diamond

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2005

Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
N.T. Wright

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Drift
Rachel Maddow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Empowered
Marty Cagan

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Paul: A Biography
N. T. Wright

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
Emily Wilson

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2026

American Scoundrel
Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Dust to Dust
Jen Wilkin

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Art of Fighting
Priya Parker

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Four
Scott Galloway

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal
Ayn Rand

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1946

Feed Them Well
Jennifer Anderson

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1970

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Cory Doctorow

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Swan Song
Charles Spencer

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2026

Protocols
Andrew D. Huberman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Man Who Could Move Clouds
Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2022

Making Peace With What I Can't Control
Lysa TerKeurst

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 2022

The Sea Captain's Wife
Tilar J. Mazzeo

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2025

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Ijeoma Oluo

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

End Times Fascism
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

Never Say Die
Ke Huy Quan

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2026

The Steal
Alex Wagner

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2026

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
Sönke Ahrens

Nonfiction | Reference/Text Book | Adult | Published in 2017