Nonfiction

1. CALYPSO by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)

A collection of comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house dubbed the Sea Section.

2. EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Random House)

The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university.

3. THE SOUL OF AMERICA by Jon Meacham (Random House)

The present political climate is contextualized through the lens of difficult moments in American history.

4. HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press)

A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges.

5. INDIANAPOLIS by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic (Simon & Schuster)

A newly researched look into the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the story of the survivors and the fight to exonerate the court-martialed skipper.

6. ASTROPHYSICS

FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton)

7. BAD BLOOD by John Carreyrou (Knopf)

8. THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY by Malcolm Nance (Hachette)

9. BARRACOON by Zora Neale Hurston (Amistad)

10. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara (Harper)