Nonfiction

1. FIRE AND FURY by Michael Wolff. A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.

2. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara. The late true-crime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as the Golden State Killer.

3. SKIN IN THE GAME by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. An argument for taking on risk.

4. EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

5. OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

6. ENLIGHTENMENT NOW by Steven Pinker. A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.

7. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.

8. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann. The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians.

9. THE LAST BLACK UNICORN by Tiffany Haddish. The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.

10. BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah. A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of The Daily Show.