Hardcover Nonfiction

by Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins (Hay House LLC, ISBN: 9781401971366); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 17 "If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands."

by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781668023488); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 5 "A once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life."

by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.) (Scribner, ISBN: 9781668072240); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 22 "A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024."

by John Green (Crash Course Books, ISBN: 9780525426059); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 5 "John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease."

by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250391230); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 6 "An explosive memoir charting one woman's career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them."

by Omar El Akkad (Knopf, ISBN: 9780593804148); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 8 "From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by John Green (Crash Course Books, ISBN: 9780525556572); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 5 "John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease."

by Michael Lewis (Ed.) (Riverhead Books, ISBN: 9798217047802); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 5 "Who works for the government and what do they do? A timely and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. Contributors include Michael Lewis, Dave Eggers, Casey Cep, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell, and John Lanchester."

by Melinda French Gates (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250378651); Weeks on List: 1 "In a rare window into some of her life's pivotal moments, Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions."

by Chloe Dalton (Pantheon, ISBN: 9780593701843); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 7 "A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick."