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TOPAZ Nonfiction Reading List

The purpose of the Texas Topaz Reading List is to provide children, teens, and adults with recommended nonfiction titles that stimulate reading for pleasure and personal learning. It is intended for recreational reading and is not designed to support any particular curriculum.

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Fever In the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

eBook | eAudio

All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, and Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work

Hayley Campbell

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Jacques Pepin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird

Jacques Pepin

641.665 P894a 2022

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Brene Brown

158.1 B87717a 2021

Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of Savannah Bananas 

Jesse Cole

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America

Leila Philip

338.37297 P549b 2022

Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West

Katie Hickman

978.02 H6286b 2022

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

338.2748096751 K1811c 2023

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family

Rabia Chaudry

BIO CHAUDRY

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

Matthew Perry

BIO PERRY

Go Back to Where You Come From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American

Wajahat Ali

305.8914122073 A3981g 2022

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

Lamya H

306.7663092 H1111h 2023

How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals

Tom Mustill

591.59 M991h 2022

How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain

Ryan North

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Hysterical: A Memoir

Elissa Bassist

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks: A Cool History of a Hot Commodity

Amy Brady

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

152.1 R8961L 2023

My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings

Zosia Mamet

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait to Eugene Bullard

Ronald Wimberly

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

Greg Melville

393.10973 M531o 2022

Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir

Rick Louis & Lara Antal

BIO LOUIS

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People

Tracy Kidder

eBook

Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

Michael K. Williams

BIO WILLIAMS

Stay True: A Memoir 

Hua Hsu

979.461 H87374s 2022

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation

Erika Krouse

363.25953 K939t 2022

The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

Paulina Bren

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land

Sally Denton

364.152340972 D415c 2022

The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

Edward Humes

363.259523 H922f 2022

The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America

Saket Soni

ON ORDER

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Michelle Obama

BIO OBAMA

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

David K. Randall

560.92 R188m 2022

Uncle of the Year: & Other Debatable Triumphs

Andrew Rannells

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

Peggy Orenstein

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

Kevin Cook

299.93 C7711w 2023

We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship

Will Schwalbe

177.62 S3986w 2023

       

You Could Make This Place: A Memoir

Maggie Smith

306.893092 S6421y 2023

 

     
Cover image for Asian American histories of the United States Cover image for Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism Cover image for Bitch : on the female of the species Cover image for Broken horses : a memoir Cover image for Corrections in ink : a memoir

Asian American Histories of the United States

Catherine Ceniza Choy

973.0495 C5529a 2022

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

Elsa Sjunneson

362.41092 S6259b 2021

Bitch: On the Female of the Species

Lucy Cooke

591.56 C7721b 2022

Broken Horses: A Memoir

Brandi Carlile

BIO CARLILE

Corrections in Ink

Stephen Harrigan

BIO BLAKINGER

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Cover image for Deaf utopia : a memoir--and a love letter to a way of life Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle Cover image for Fly girl : a memoir

Crying in the Bathroom:  A Memoir

Erika L. Sánchez

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

eBook

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

Nyle DiMarco

BIO DIMARCO

Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle

Hopwood DePree

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Fly Girl: A Memoir

Ann Hood

BIO HOOD

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals Cover image for Fuzz : when nature breaks the law Cover image for Home made : a story of grief, groceries, showing up--and what we make when we make dinner Cover image for How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America Cover image for I'm glad my mom died

Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

Laura Zaleski

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach

591.5 R6281f 2021

Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up -- and What We Make When We Make Dinner

Liz Hauck

362.74 H8744h 2021

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

973.0496073 S6421h 2021

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

BIO MCCURDY

Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis Cover image for Sandy Hook : an American tragedy and the battle for truth Cover image for Seek you : a journey through American loneliness Cover image for She memes well Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis

Jeffrey H. Jackson

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth

Elizabeth Williamson

364.15234097469 W7291s 2022

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

Kristen Radtke

152.4 R131s 2021

She Memes Well: Essays

Quinta Brunson

814.6 B899s 2021

Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons

Ben Riggs

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Cover image for The 1619 project : a new origin story Cover image for The book of hope : a survival guide for trying times Cover image for The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race Cover image for The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I Cover image for The fishermen and the dragon : fear, greed, and a fight for justice on the gulf coast

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones

973 S6253s 2021

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Jane Goodall

128 G6468b 2021

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Walter Isaacson

576.5092 I738c 2021

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

Lindsey Fitzharris

BIO GILLIES

The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight

Kirk Wallace Johnson

322.4209764 J661f 2022

Cover image for The joy of sweat : the strange science of perspiration Cover image for The last days of the dinosaurs : an asteroid, extinction, and the beginning of our world Cover image for The other Dr. Gilmer : two men, a murder, and an unlikely fight for justice Cover image for The puzzler : one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life Cover image for The quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence

The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration

Sarah Everts

612.793 E935j 2021

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

576.84 B6271L 2022

The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

Benjamin Gilmer

364.3809756 G487o 2022

The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life

A.J. Jacobs

793.73 J171p 2022

The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence

Stephen Kurczy

975.487 K9683q 2021

Cover image for The smallest lights in the universe : a memoir Cover image for The Speckled Beauty : a dog and his people Cover image for The Trayvon generation The Vanished Collection Cover image for Trailed : one woman's quest to solve the Shenandoah murders

The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir

Sara Seager

523.4092 S4384s 2020

The Speckled Beauty:  A Dog and His People

Rick Bragg

636.70092 B8134s 2021

The Trayvon Generation

Elizabeth Alexander

305.896073 A374t 2022

The Vanished Collection

Pauline Baer de Perignon

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Trailed:  One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

364.1523097559 M6431t 2022

Cover image for Trejo : my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism      

Trejo:  My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

Danny Trejo

BIO TREJO

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey:  Crazy Stories about Racism

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

     
Cover image for Gabo y Mercedes : una despedida Cover image for A furious sky : the five-hundred-year history of America's hurricanes Cover image for A human algorithm : how artificial intelligence is redefining who we are Cover image for Bag man : the wild crimes, audacious cover-up & spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the White House

999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

Heather Dune Macadam

eBook

Gabo y Mercedes: una despedida

Rodrigo Garcia

SP 863.64 G215g 2021 (Spanish copy only)

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes

Eric Jay Dolin

551.5520973 D664f 2020

A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Who We Are by Flynn Coleman

Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, & Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House

Rachel Maddow & Michael Yarvitz

eBook

Cover image for Better, not bitter : living on purpose in the pursuit of racial justice Cover image for Between two kingdoms : a memoir of a life interrupted Cover image for Broken (in the best possible way) Cover image for Chasing the thrill : obsession, death, and glory in America's most extraordinary treasure hunt

Bee People and the Bugs They Love

Frank Mortimer

eBook

Better, Not Bitter:  Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

Yusef Salaam

BIO SALAAM

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

Suleika Jaouad

BIO JAOUAD

Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

Jenny Lawson

BIO LAWSON

Chasing the Thrill:  Obsession, Death, Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt

Daniel Barbarisi

796.140973 B229c 2021

Cover image for Crying in H Mart : a memoir Cover image for Dolly Parton : songteller, my life in lyrics Title details for Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe - Wait list Cover image for Forget the Alamo : the rise and fall of an American myth Cover image for Giannis : the improbable rise of an NBA MVP

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

Michelle Zauner

BIO ZAUNER

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton

OVERS 782.421642092 P274d 2020

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

929.20973 K261e 2021

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

Bryan Burrough

976.403 B9721f 2021

Giannis: The Improbably Rise of an NBA MVP

Mirin Fader

BIO ANTETOKOUNMPO

Cover image for ¡Hola Papi! : how to come out in a Walmart parking lot and other life lessons Cover image for How Stella learned to talk : the groundbreaking story of the world's first talking dog Cover image for Lady Bird Johnson : hiding in plain sight Cover image for Madhouse at the end of the Earth : the Belgica's journey into the dark Antarctic night

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out iin a Walmart parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

John Paul Brammer

306.766092 B8156h 2021

How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog

Christina Hunger

636.7 H9367h 2021

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

Cal Flyn

eBook

Lady Bird Johnson:  Hiding in Plain Sight

Julia Sweig

BIO JOHNSON

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Julian Sancton

919.8904 S212m 2021

Cover image for Me and Sister Bobbie : true tales of the family band Cover image for On Juneteenth Cover image for Out of many, one : portraits of America's immigrants

Me and Sister Bobbie:  True Tales of the Family Band

Willie Nelson

782.4216420922 N424m 2020

Oak Flat:  A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

Lauren Redniss

eBook

Of Bears and Ballots:  An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics

Heather Lende

979.82 L564o 2020

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

394.263 G6646j 2021

Out of Many, One:  Portraits of America's Immigrants

George W. Bush

757.6 B9781o 2021

Cover image for Remember : the science of memory and the art of forgetting Cover image for The anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet Cover image for The Bomber Mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War Cover image for The book collectors : a band of Syrian rebels and the stories that carried them through a war Cover image for The book of Rosy : a mother's story of separation at the border

Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting

Lisa Genova

153.12 G335r 2021

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

306 G7951a 2021

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Malcolm Gladwell

940.544973 G543b 2021

 

The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War

Delphine Minoui

956.9104231 M6668b 2020

The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border

Rosayra Pablo Cruz

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

Cover image for The burning blue : the untold story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger disaster Cover image for The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper Cover image for The ground breaking : an American city and its search for justice Cover image for The happiest man on Earth : the beautiful life of an Auschwitz survivor Cover image for The last kings of Shanghai : the rival Jewish dynasties that helped create modern China

The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

Kevin Cook

363.124 C7711b 2021

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold

364.152320820922 R895f 2019

The Ground Breaking:  An American City and Its Search for Justice

Scott Ellsworth

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

Eddie Jaku

BIO JAKU

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

Johnathan Kaufman

951.1320923924 K212L 2020

Cover image for The loneliest polar bear : a true story of survival and peril on the edge of a warming world Cover image for The queens of animation : the untold story of the women who transformed the world of Disney and made cinematic history Cover image for The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together

The Loneliest Polar Bear:  A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World

Kale Williams

599.78609771 W7211L 2021

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

Nathalia Holt

384.80979494 H7581q 2019

The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

Danielle Dreilinger

eAudio

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

Benjamin Lorr

eBook

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

305.800973 M4788s 2021

Cover image for The ugly cry : a memoir Cover image for The way I heard it Cover image for The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear Cover image for The yellow house Cover image for This is your mind on plants

The Ugly Cry: A Memoir

Danielle Henderson

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

The Way I Heard It

Mike Rowe

818.602 R8781w 2019

The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

Kate Moore

BIO PACKARD

The Yellow House: A Memoir

Sarah M. Broom

BIO BROOM

This is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

581.6 P7715i 2021

 

Cover image for This land is their land : the Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth colony, and the troubled history of Thanksgiving Cover image for Uncomfortable conversations with a black man Cover image for What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing Cover image for Wow, no thank you : essays

This Land is Their Land:  The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving

David J. Silverman

974.400497348 S5875t 2019

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Emmanuel Acho

305.800973 A179u 2020

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

Rebecca Hall

eBook

What Happened to You?:  Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Dr. Bruce D. Perry

616.8521 P4621w 2021

Wow, No Thank You:  Essays

Samantha Irby

814.6 I653w 2020

 

Cover image for You will get through this night        

You Will Get Through This Night:  A Practical Mental Health Guide

Daniel Howell

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

       
Cover image for The address book : what street addresses reveal about identity, race, wealth, and power Cover image for American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI Cover image for The best cook in the world tales from my momma's table Cover image for Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do Cover image for Big wonderful thing : a history of Texas

Address Book:  What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Deidre Mask

388.1 M3975a 2020

American Sherlock:  Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

Kate Winkler Dawson

eBook

The Best Cook in the World:  Tales from My Momma's Table

Rick Bragg

BCD 641.5975 B8134b 2018

Biased:  Uncovering the Hidden Prejuice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

Jennifer L. Eberhardt

eBook

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas

Stephen Harrigan

976.4 H297b 2019

Cover image for Breath : the new science of a lost art Cover image for Caste : the origins of our discontents Cover image for The collected schizophrenias : essays Cover image for Dear girls : intimate tales, untold secrets & advice for living your best life Cover image for Disability visibility : first-person stories from the twenty-first century

Breath:  The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

613.192 N468b 2020

Caste:  The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

305.5122 W681c 2020

The Collected Schizophrenias

Esmé Weijun Wang

616.898 W2461c 2019

Dear Girls:  Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life

Ali Wong

BIO WONG

Disability Visibility:  First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Alice Wong

305.9080922 D6111d 2020

Cover image for Finding meaning : the sixth stage of grief Cover image for Fire in Paradise : an American tragedy Cover image for The golden thread : how fabric changed history Cover image for Grace will lead us home : the Charleston Church Massacre and the hard, inspiring journey to forgiveness Cover image for Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family

Finding Meaning:  The Sixth Stage of Grief

David Kessler

155.937 K425f 2019

Fire in Paradise:  An American Tragedy

Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano

363.3790979432 G2971f 2020

The Golden Thread:  How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair

677 S77447g 2019

Grace Will Lead Us Home:  The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

Jennifer Berry Hawes

364.1523409757915 H391g 2019

Hidden Vally Road:  Inside the Mind of an American Family

Robert Kolker

616.8980092 K813h 2020

Cover image for How we fight for our lives : a memoir Cover image for In the dream house : a memoir Cover image for Know my name : a memoir Cover image for The last stargazers : the enduring story of astronomy's vanishing explorers Cover image for The less people know about us : a mystery of betrayal, family secrets, and stolen identity

How We Fight For Our Lives

Saeed Jones

BIO JONES

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

BIO MACHADO

Know My Name:  A Memoir

Chanel Miller

362.883092 M6471k 2019

The Last Stargazers:  The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers

Emily Levesque

520 L662L 2020

The Less People Know About Us:  A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

Axton Betz-Hamilton

364.1633 B5659L 2019

Cover image for The Lincoln conspiracy : the secret plot to kill America's 16th president--and why it failed Cover image for The lost family : how DNA testing is upending who we are Cover image for Memorial Drive : a daughter's memoir Cover image for Mobituaries : great lives worth reliving Cover image for Once a girl, always a boy : a family memoir of a transgender journey

The Lincoln Conspiracy:  The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President --And Why It Failed

Brad Meltzer

973.7092 M5288L 2020

The Lost Family:  How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are

Libby Copeland

929.1072 C7824L 2020

Memorial Drive:  A Daughter's Memoir

Natasha Trethewey

BIO TRETHEWEY

Mobituaries:  Great Lives Worth Reliving

Mo Rocca

920.02 R671m 2019

Once a Girl, Always a Boy:  A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey

Jo Ivester

BIO IVESTER

Cover image for The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris Cover image for Rough magic : riding the world's loneliest horse race Cover image for The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz Cover image for The ungrateful refugee : what immigrants never tell you

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America

Candacy Taylor

Not Available at Helen Hall Library

The Pandemic Century:  One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris

Mark Honigsbaum

614.490904 H773p 2019

Rough Magic:  Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Lara Prior-Palmer

798.4092 P958r 2019

 

The Splendid and The Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

BIO CHURCHILL

The Ungrateful Refugee

Dina Nayeri

362.87 N331u 2019

Cover image for The women with silver wings : the inspiring true story of the women Airforce service pilots of World War II        

The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

Katherine Sharp Landdeck

940.54497309252 L2539w 2020

       

Becoming
Michelle Obama

BIO OBAMA

Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History and of the Outbreaks to Come 

Richard Preston

614.588 P937c 2020

Diamond Doris: the True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief

Doris Payne

364.162873927092 P3461d 2019

 

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America

Beth Macy

362.2930973 M1778d 2018

Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America 

Vegas Tenold

Not available at HHL

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Casey Cep

eBook | eAudio

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

Not available at HHL

Hunger: a Memoir of My Body

Roxane Gay

306.4613 G2851h 2017

Inheritance: a Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Dani Shapiro

eBook | eAudio

Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century

Lorene Cary

Not available at HHL

Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves

Frans De Waal

599.88515 W1118m 2019

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

616.8914092 G686m 2019

Midnight in Chernobyl: the Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

363.1799094777 H635m 2019

No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

Rachel Louse Snyder

eBook

Notes From a Young Black Chef

Kwame Onwuachi

BIO ONWUACHI

Rising Out of Hatred: the Awakening of a Former White Nationalist 

Eli Saslow

eBook

Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir

Ruth Reichl

BIO REICHL

Say Nothing: a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Paton Keefe

364.1523092 K261s 2019

Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

Henry Louis Gates Jr

eBook

Texas Flood: the Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Alan Paul

BIO VAUGHAN

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Priya Parker

302.1 P2381a 2018

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

364.1628598 J661f 2018

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1800 to the Present

David Treuer

970.00497 T811h 2019

The Lady From the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Last Legacy of Milicent Patrick

Mallory O'Meara

777.7092 O55L 2019

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

027.479494 O715L 2018

The Moment of Lift: How Encouraging Women Changes the World

Melinda Gates

BCD 305.42 G2591m 2019

The Only Plane in the Sky: an Oral History of 9/11

Garrett M. Graff

973.931 G7366o 2019

The Queen: the Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

Josh Levin

BIO TAYLOR

 

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

814.6 M8781s 2019

We Fed an Island: the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time

Jose Andres

eBook

     

Where the Lost Dogs Go: a Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion

Susannah Charleson

636.7 C4773w 2019

Whitewash: the Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

Carey Gillam

eBook

Why to Kill a Mockingbird Matters: What Harper Lee's Book and the Iconic American Film Mean to Us Today

Tom Santopietro

813.54 S2372w 2018

   

Ali: a Life

Jonathan Eig

eBook

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures

America Ferrerra

920.073 A51213a 2018

American Wolf: a True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

Nate Blakeslee

599.773097 B637a 2017

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

John Carreyrou

364.163 C315b 2020

Barracoon: the Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

306.362092 H9669b 2019

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny 

Michael Wallis

978.02 W2141b 2017

Blood in the Water: the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy

Heather Ann Thompson

365.974793 T4681b 2016

Broad Band: the Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

Clarie L. Evans

004.0922 E9242b 2018

Buttermilk Graffiti: a Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot 
Cuisine 

Edward Lee

Not available at HHL

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: a True Story of Injustice in the American South

Radley Balko

614.109762 B1869c 2018

The Captain Class: a New Theory on Leadership

Sam Walker

796.077 W1772c 2017

Educated: a Memoir

Tara Westover

BIO WESTOVER

Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Research for Life Beyond Our Solar System

Michael Summers

523.24 S9557e 2017

Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud

Jack Ewing

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A First-Class Catastrophe: the Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History

Diana B. Henriques

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The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Country Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

305.800973 R847c 2018

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

eAudio

Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

Richard Lloyd Parry

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The Gift of Our Wounds: a Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate

Arno Michaelis

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The Cooking Gene

Michael W. Twitty

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The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America

Ethan Michaeli

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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: a Story of War and What Comes After

Clemantine Wamariya

YA-BIO WAMARIYA

God Save Texas: a Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State

Lawrence Wright

320.9764 W9471g 2018

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

James Comey

eAudio

I Am I Am I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death

Maggie O'Farrell

BIO O'FARRELL

Designing Your Life: How To Build a Well - Lived Joyful Life

Bill Burnett

650.1 B9643d 2016

In a Different Key: the Story of Autism

John Donvan

616.85882 D688i 2016

The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease

Niki Kapsamelis

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The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family’s Search for the American Dream

Bryan Mealer

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Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

570.92 J253L 2016

Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War

Lynne Olson

eBook

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border

Francisco Cantu

eBook | eAudio

The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

Finn Murphy

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Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame 

Michael Kodas

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Never Caught: the Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

eBook

No One Tells You This: a Memoir

Glynnis MacNicol

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The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy

Anna Clark

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The Potlikker Papers: a Food History of the Modern South

John T. Edge

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The Radium Girls: the Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

eBook | eAudio

Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

Michael Benson

791.4372 B4742s 2018

Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

Richard Munson

BIO TESLA

Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

Michael Bennett

eBook

Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey From Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim

Sebeeha Rehman

BIO REHMAN

Thursday Night Lights: the Story of Black High School Football in Texas

Michael Hurd

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Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

Sarah McBride

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Women & Power: a Manifesto

Mary Beard

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

523.01 T994a 2017

Barbarian Days: a Surfing Life

William Finnegan

BIO FINNEGAN

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler

eBook | eAudio

The Book Thieves: the Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance

Anders Rydell

eBook

The Bright Hour: a Memoir of Living and Dying

Nina Riggs

BIO RIGGS

A Burglar's Guide to the City

Geoff Manaugh

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Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Ngozi Adichie

649.133 A235d 2017

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh

BIO MARSH

The End of the Perfect 10: the Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score- From Nadia to Now

Dydra Meyers

796.4409 M6136e 2016

Everybody Behaves Badly: the True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises

Lesley M.M. Blume

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The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency

Chris Wipple

eBook | eAudio

The Gulf: the Making of an American Sea

Jack E. Davis

909.0916364 D2611g 2017

Hidden Figures: the American Dream and the Untold Story of Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly

510.92520973 L4813h 2016

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World

Peter Wohlleben

eBook | eAudio

I Contain the Multitudes: the Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Ed Yong

579.17 Y55i 2016

I'm Judging You: the Do-Better Manual

Luvvie Ajayi

eAudio

In Vino Duplicitas: the Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire 

Peter Hellman

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

976.6004975254 G759k 2017

Life Everlasting: the Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science 

Sara Gray

Not available at HHL

The Lost City of the Monkey God: a True Story

Douglas J. Preston

972.85 P937L 2017

The Marriage Bureau: the True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London

Penrose Halson

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The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Boardgame

Mary Pilon

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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

Sheryl Sandberg

155.937092 S2137o 2017

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Adam Grant

eBook | eAudio

Pit Bull: the Battle Over an American Icon

Bronwen  Dickey

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Pumpkinflowers: a Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War

Matti Friedman

Not available at HHL

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

289.9 G9644r 2017

Spaceman: an Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Mike Massimino

629.450092 M417s 2016

Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World

Aja Raden

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Victoria the Queen: an Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Rules an Empire

Julia Baird

BIO VICTORIA

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Wendy Pearlman

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When Breath Becomes Air 

Paul Kalanithi

BIO KALANITHI

Word By Word: the 
Secret Life of Dictionaries 

Kory Stamper

eBook

Year of the Dunk: a Modest Defiance of Gravity

Asher Price

Not available at HHL

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: a Memoir

Sherman Alexie

818.5409 A384y 2017

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