Staff Picks: Nonfiction (DDL Winter Reading 24-25)

Updated January 5, 2025
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Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
Clear, James
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 25 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of...
The barn : the murder of Emmett Till and the cradle of American racism
Thompson, Wright
Paper Book
Emmett Till's murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from where it happened, Wright Thompson knew nothing of it until he left Mississippi. This is no...
The body keeps the score : mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." --Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher...
Challenger: ; A True Story Of Heroism And Disaster On The Edge Of Space
Higginbotham, Adam.
Paper Book
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research - riveting history that reads like a thriller<...
The demon of unrest : a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War
Larson, Erik
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times). ...
The Friday afternoon club : a family memoir
Dunne, Griffin
Paper Book
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan.
Frostbite : how refrigeration changed our food, our planet, and ourselves
Twilley, Nicola
Paper Book
Winner of the James Beard Award for Literary Writing "Engrossing...hard to put down." - The New York Times Book Review "Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of science, history, and literary verve . . . as a fellow nonfiction writer, I bow down....
Grief is for people
Crosley, Sloane
Paper Book
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.
Knife : meditations after an attempted murder
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie 'A story of hatred defeated by love' Guardian 'Absolutely stunning...the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful'...
Meditations for mortals : four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts
Burkeman, Oliver
Paper Book
**AS SEEN ON ITV'S THIS MORNING** 'Full of wisdom and comfort ... a really important book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, author of Ultra-Processed People How can we embrace our non-negotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there's always too much...
Men have called her crazy : a memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie
Paper Book
A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the lives of women.
Nexus: ; a brief history of information networks from the stone age to ai
Harari, yuval Noah.
Paper Book
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens Stories brought us together. Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies. The internet...
Nuclear war : a scenario
Jacobsen, Annie
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat exploration of what would happen in the event of nuclear war, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. *Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non...
The other Olympians : a true story of gender, fascism and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs...
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Navalny, Alexei.
Paper Book
** WINNER OF THE OVERALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AND BEST NARRATIVE NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 ** 'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS 'The greatest political figure of his generation' OBSERVER 'Part memoir,...
Revenge of the tipping point: ; overstories, superspreaders and the rise of social engineering
Gladwell, Malcolm.
Paper Book
The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world....
Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout
Newport, Cal
Paper Book
A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller "Brilliant and timely" -- Oliver Burkeman ~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~ From the New York Times bestselling...
Smoke and ashes : opium's hidden histories
Ghosh, Amitav
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, and The Millions Ghosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family―the climax of a yearslong project. When Amitav Ghosh began...
Supercommunicators : The Power of Conversation and the Hidden Language of Connection
Duhigg, Charles
Paper Book
From the author of the global bestseller, The Power of Habit 'This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. It's also a revealing look at how to be understood.' - ADAM GRANT If you want to improve your communication skills at work...
Travelling : on the path of Joni Mitchell
Powers, Ann
Paper Book
An Independent Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024 "A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian "A powerful portrait of Joni Mitchell" Irish Independent "Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to...
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Grann, David
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager...
What I ate in one year : (and related thoughts)
Tucci, Stanley
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 Discover the mouthwatering follow-up to Stanley Tucci's bestselling memoir, Taste 'Sharing food is one of the purest human...
The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook
Sides, Hampton
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "thrilling and superbly crafted" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....
Woman, life, freedom
Satrapi, Marjane
Paper Book
Winner, ALA ALEX Award An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic storytelling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran. Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis,...

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