NON-FICTION

1.

Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

Wab Kinew. Short biographies of Indigenous historical figures.

2.

Waiting: An Anthology of Essays

Rona Altrows and Julie Sedivy. Waiting, the most human experience, saturates all our lives.

3.

The Reason You Walk

Wab Kinew. A moving father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist.

4.

On High

Neil Surkan. A poetry collection that searches for spirits in myriad places.

5.

Fear: Trump in the White House

Bob Woodward. A portrait of the U.S. president.

6.

Water Rites

Jim Ellis (editor). Essays reimagining water in the West.

7.

Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Human Memory

Hilde Ostby and Ylva Ostby. A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.

8.

I’m Afraid of Men

Vivek Shraya. A trans artist explores how masculinity continues to haunt her.

9.

Educated

Tara Westover. A memoir of a woman who did not set foot in a classroom until the age of 17.

10.

East and West

Laura Ritland. Roving poems drawn to defamiliarizing points of view.