Nonfiction

1. Hillbilly Elegy: By J.D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt.

2. A Colony in a Nation: By Chris Hayes. The MSNBC host discusses race relations with a focus on the differences in policing in the white nation and its black colony.

3. Trump’s War: By Michael Savage. The radio host discusses the challenges President Donald Trump faces as he strives to fulfill his promises.

4. Killing the Rising Sun: By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II.

5. Portraits of Courage: By George W. Bush. Paintings with brief biographies of members of the military who have served since 9/11. By the former president.

6. Sapiens: By Yuval Noah Harari. How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

7. The Magnolia Story: By Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino. The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.”

8. The Stranger in the Woods: By Michael Finkel. The story of a hermit who lived by stealing food in the Maine woods for 27 years until caught in 2013.

9. The Book of Joy: By the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering.

10. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: By Alyssa Mastromonaco with Lauren Oyler. A memoir by an aide to Barack Obama for 10 years, starting in her 20s.