Nonfiction

1. RUSSIAN ROULETTE by Michael Isikoff and David Corn. Details of the 2016 presidential election, with an emphasis on Russia’s possible involvement.

2. SECRET EMPIRES by Peter Schweizer. The author of Clinton Cash describes what some politicians might do to enrich themselves while in office.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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. IN THE SHADOW OF STATUES by Mitch Landrieu. A memoir by the mayor who called for the removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans.