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

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

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

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

7. BACHELOR NATION by Amy Kaufman. An insider look at the Bachelor franchise and its effect on society.

8. 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.

9. UNMASKED by Andrew Lloyd Webber. A memoir by the musical theater composer and impresario, whose works include The Phantom

of the Opera, Cats and Evita.

10. THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY by Michio Kaku. The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.