Nonfiction

1. CALYPSO by David Sedaris. A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.

2. THE SOUL OF AMERICA by Jon Meacham. The present political climate is contextualized through the lens of difficult moments in American history.

3. EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university.

4. HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND by Michael Pollan. A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges. 5. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe. 6. THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY by Malcolm Nance. The former U.S. intelligence officer describes the tools and techniques used by Vladimir Putin to affect the 2016 election. 7. BAD BLOOD by John Carreyrou. The rise and fall of biotech startup Theranos. 8. BARRACOON by Zora Neale Hurston. A previously unpublished first-person account of a man who was enslaved 50 years after the slave trade was banned.

9. LINCOLN’S LAST TRIAL by Dan Abrams and David Fisher. The 1859 courtroom battle in which Abraham Lincoln defended the murderer of his protégé. 10. THE SUN DOES SHINE by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin. A wrongfully imprisoned man on death row becomes a beacon to his fellow inmates.