Hardcover Nonfiction

by Erik Larson (Crown, ISBN: 9780385348713); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 4 "Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read."

by Glennon Doyle (The Dial Press, ISBN: 9781984801258); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 2 "In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us."

by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316478526); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 28 "Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong."

by Tara Westover (Random House, ISBN: 9780399590504); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: * "Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018."

by Rebecca Solnit (Viking, ISBN: 9780593083338); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 2 "Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. A March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read."

by Kobe Bryant (MCD, ISBN: 9780374201234); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 4 "Kobe Bryant's personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game."

by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne, ISBN: 9780062976581); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 12 "Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings."

by Jessica Simpson (Dey Street Books, ISBN: 9780062899965); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 7 "Guided by the journals she has kept since age fifteen, Jessica Simpson reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles."

by Michelle Obama (Crown, ISBN: 9781524763138); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: * "Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same."

by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385539302); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 23 "Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody."