Paperback Nonfiction

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Author:Bessel van der Kolk

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Author:Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

BORN A CRIME
Author:Trevor Noah

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

EDUCATED
Author:Tara Westover

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

ALL ABOUT LOVE
Author:bell hooks

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS
Author:Michael Pollan

A look at arbitrary beliefs surrounding opium, caffeine and mescaline, which are derived from plants.

JUST MERCY
Author:Bryan Stevenson

A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Author:Erik Larson

A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.

OUTLIERS
Author:Malcolm Gladwell

Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.

THE GLASS CASTLE
Author:Jeannette Walls

The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.