NARRATIVE NONFICTION
Ackerman, Diane. A Natural History of the Senses.
Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.
Armstrong, Karen. The Great Transformation: The Beginning of our Religious Traditions.
Ball, Edward. Slaves in the Family.
Bourdain, Anthony. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones.
Brown, Daniel. Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Brower, Kate Anderson. Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.
Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering American on the Appalachian Trail.
Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish Saved Civilization.
Conover, Ted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing.
Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America.
Feiler, Bruce. Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses.
Feinstein, John. A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour.
Fink, Sheri. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in Storm-Ravaged Hospital.
Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters Most in the End.
Gross, Michael. 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building.
Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend.
Isaacson, Walter. Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created a Digital Revolution.
Katz, Jon. Dog Days.
Koppel, Lily. Astronaut Wives Club. Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster.
Krauthammer, Charles. Things that Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics.
Kurlansky, Mark. Salt: A World History.
Kurson, Robert. Pirate Hunters: The Search for the Golden Fleece.
Leibovich, Mark. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus Plenty of Valet Parking! – In America’s Gilded Capital.
Levitt, Steven. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.
Macdonald, Helen. H is for Hawk.
Myron, Vicki. Dewey: A Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World.
Nazario, Sonia. Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother.
Orlean, Susan. Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession.
Pollan, Michael. Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
Roach, Mary. Stiff: the curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Reichl, Ruth. My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved my Life.
Skloot, Rebecca. Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Sykes, Bryan. Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science that Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry.
Swanson, James. Manhunt: Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer.
Tirella, Joseph. Tomorrow-land: the 1964-65 World's Fair and the Transformation of America.
Ward, James. The Perfection of the Paper Clip, Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental genius, and stationery Obsession.
West, Cornel. Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.