Staff Picks 2024 (Non Fiction)

Updated December 20, 2023
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I'm glad my mom died
McCurdy, Jennette
Paper Book
* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating...
A heart that works
Delaney, Rob
Paper Book
In this memoir of loss, acclaimed writer and comedian Rob Delaney grapples with the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose for those left behind. When you're a parent and your child gets hurt or sick, you not only try to help them get...
Quit : the power of knowing when to walk away
Duke, Annie
Paper Book
'Brilliant and entertaining' Daniel Kahneman| 'Quit what you are doing right now and read this' Richard Thaler| 'Engrossing, important, and grounded in science' Katy Milkman What if the secret to success is not just hard work, but knowing when to change track?<...
Finding Chika : a little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family
Albom, Mitch
Paper Book
Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife, Janine operate.Chika's...
Smoke gets in your eyes : and other lessons from the crematory
Doughty, Caitlin.
Paper Book
Caste : the origins of our discontents
Wilkerson, Isabel
Ebook
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of...
The girls in the wild fig tree : how I fought to save myself, my sister, and thousands of girls worldwide
Leng'ete, Nice
Paper Book
'A real hero looks like Nice Leng'ete . . . [An] elegant and inspiring memoir' New York Times Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in Kenya. In 1998, when Nice was six, her parents fell sick and died, and Nice and her sister Soila were taken in by their father's...
The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I
Fitzharris, Lindsey
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From...
Four thousand weeks : time management for mortals
Burkeman, Oliver
Ebook
**The instant Sunday Times bestseller** What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts? Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to...
The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after
Wamariya, Clemantine
Paper Book
____________________ 'Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms.' New York Times A riveting tale of dislocation, survival, and the...
The 57 bus
Slater, Dashka
Audiobook
The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true...
Crying in H Mart : a memoir
Zauner, Michelle
Paper Book
'That book f**king destroyed me,' - Olivia Rodrigo 'Michelle Zauner explores what it means to cook your feelings... she uses the lens of food and cooking to explore her Korean identity after she loses her mother to cancer.' Jungkook of BTS From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching,...
Unmasking autism : discovering the new faces of neurodiversity
Price, Devon
Paper Book
OVER 25,000 COPIES SOLD AROUND THE WORLD 'Outstanding.'' -Fern Brady, author of Strong Female Character 'Reading this felt like being at home - I didn't realise how much I masked. What an incredible book that I know will be re-read many...

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