Paperback Nonfiction

by Yuval Noah Harari (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780062316110); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: * "A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human."

by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau, ISBN: 9780399588198); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 24 "Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed."

by David Sedaris (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316392426); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 10 "Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best."

by Ben Macintyre (Broadway Books, ISBN: 9781101904213); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 2 "Macintyre tells the incredible true story of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War."

by Beth Macy (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316551304); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 2 "Macy's masterful book takes readers into the epicenter of America's 20-plus year struggle with opioid addiction."

by Jen Sincero (Running Press, ISBN: 9780762447695); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: * "Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of."

by Michael Pollan (Penguin, ISBN: 9780735224155); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 13 "Pollan investigates the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences."

by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press, ISBN: 9780807047415); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 34 "DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality."

by Phil Knight (Scribner, ISBN: 9781501135927); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: * "Nike founder Knight shares the inside story of one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands."

by Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Press, ISBN: 9781633694361); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: * "Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance."