Nonfiction

1. RUSSIAN ROULETTE by Michael Isikoff and David Corn (Twelve)

Details of the 2016 presidential election, with an emphasis on Russia’s possible involvement.

2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME by Stephen Hawking (Bantam)

The British cosmologist reviews efforts to create a unified theory of the universe; first published in 1988.

3. EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Random House)

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university. 4. I’LL BE GONE

IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara (Harper)

The late true-crime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as “the Golden State Killer.” 5. FIRE AND FURY by Michael Wolff (Holt)

A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.

6. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY

by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton)

7. ENLIGHTENMENT NOW

by Steven Pinker (Viking)

8. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

by David Grann (Doubleday)

9. OBAMA

by Pete Souza (Little, Brown)

10. THE LAST BLACK UNICORN

by Tiffany Haddish (Gallery)