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  1. 1Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsRachel Aviv · 2022 · 2 honors
  2. 2Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our NationLinda Villarosa · 2022 · 2 honors
  3. 3(Serious) New Cook: Recipes, Tips, and TechniquesLeah Su Quiroga and Cammie Kim Lin · 2022 · 1 honor
  4. 4A Good Day to Bake: Simple Baking Recipes for Every MoodBenjamina Ebuehi · 2022 · 1 honor
  5. 5A House Between Earth and the Moon: A NovelRebecca Scherm · 2022 · 1 honor
  6. 6Acceptance: A MemoirEmi Nietfeld · 2022 · 1 honor
  7. 7Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American CapitalismGlory M. Liu · 2022 · 1 honor
  8. 8Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular CareerKeith Phipps · 2022 · 1 honor
  9. 9America Made Me a Black Man: A MemoirBoyah J. Farah · 2022 · 1 honor
  10. 10An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard BaskervilleReza Aslan · 2022 · 1 honor
  11. 11Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a ReconciliationMaud Newton · 2022 · 1 honor
  12. 12Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble BirdJacques Pépin · 2022 · 1 honor
  13. 13Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' RevolutionR.F. Kuang · 2022 · 1 honor
  14. 14Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished RevolutionNona Willis Aronowitz · 2022 · 1 honor
  15. 15Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945Richard Overy · 2022 · 1 honor
  16. 16Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly VirusDavid Quammen · 2022 · 1 honor
  17. 17By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal ExecutionersMargaret A. Burnham · 2022 · 1 honor
  18. 18Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth CenturyDana Stevens · 2022 · 1 honor
  19. 19Chinese-Ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% DeliciousRosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu · 2022 · 1 honor
  20. 20Colu Cooks: Easy Fancy FoodColu Henry · 2022 · 1 honor
  21. 21Constructing a Nervous System: A MemoirMargo Jefferson · 2022 · 1 honor
  22. 22Dark Goals: How History’s Worst Tyrants Have Used and Abused the Game of SoccerLuciano Wernicke · 2022 · 1 honor
  23. 23Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the WorldPeter S. Goodman · 2022 · 1 honor
  24. 24Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never KnewLisa McNair · 2022 · 1 honor
  25. 25Delicious Gatherings: Recipes to Celebrate TogetherTara Teaspoon · 2022 · 1 honor
  26. 26Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a MysteryCasey Parks · 2022 · 1 honor
  27. 27Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: A MemoirSéamas O'Reilly · 2022 · 1 honor
  28. 28Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented RhythmDan Charnas · 2022 · 1 honor
  29. 29Essential Labor: Mothering as Social ChangeAngela Garbes · 2022 · 1 honor
  30. 30Fabulous Modern Cookies: Lessons in Better Baking for Next-Generation TreatsPaul Arguin and Chris Taylor · 2022 · 1 honor
  31. 31Faith, Hope and CarnageNick Cave and Seán O’Hagan · 2022 · 1 honor
  32. 32Fix Me a Plate: Traditional and New School Soul Food Recipes from Scotty Scott of Cook Drank EatScotty Scott · 2022 · 1 honor
  33. 33Fruit Punch: A MemoirKendra Allen · 2022 · 1 honor
  34. 34Glory: A NovelNoViolet Bulawayo · 2022 · 1 honor
  35. 35Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to BeBecky Kennedy · 2022 · 1 honor
  36. 36Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto IslandEmily Meggett · 2022 · 1 honor
  37. 37Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American FrontierSusan Jonusas · 2022 · 1 honor
  38. 38His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial JusticeRobert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa · 2022 · 1 honor
  39. 39How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and OrganizingKC Davis · 2022 · 1 honor
  40. 40How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring SupervillainRyan North · 2022 · 1 honor
  41. 41I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes From a Southern ChefVishwesh Bhatt · 2022 · 1 honor
  42. 42I'm Glad My Mom DiedJennette McCurdy · 2022 · 1 honor
  43. 43I'm Not Broken: A MemoirJesse Leon · 2022 · 1 honor
  44. 44Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban WorldMark Vanhoenacker · 2022 · 1 honor
  45. 45In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on TrialMona Chollet, translated by Sophie R. Lewis · 2022 · 1 honor
  46. 46In Love: A Memoir of Love and LossAmy Bloom · 2022 · 1 honor
  47. 47In Sensorium: Notes for My PeopleTanaïs · 2022 · 1 honor
  48. 48In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the PressKatherine Corcoran · 2022 · 1 honor
  49. 49It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBOFelix Gillette and John Koblin · 2022 · 1 honor
  50. 50Korean American: Food That Tastes Like HomeEric Kim · 2022 · 1 honor
  51. 51Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American JewMichael W. Twitty · 2022 · 1 honor
  52. 52Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save AmericaDahlia Lithwick · 2022 · 1 honor
  53. 53Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at WarDeborah Cohen · 2022 · 1 honor
  54. 54Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A MemoirDelia Ephron · 2022 · 1 honor
  55. 55Lessons From the Edge: A MemoirMarie Yovanovitch · 2022 · 1 honor
  56. 56Lessons in Chemistry: A NovelBonnie Garmus · 2022 · 1 honor
  57. 57Life's WorkDavid Milch · 2022 · 1 honor
  58. 58Lost & Found: A MemoirKathryn Schulz · 2022 · 1 honor
  59. 59Love on the BrainAli Hazelwood · 2022 · 1 honor
  60. 60Making Videogames: The Art of Creating Digital WorldsDuncan Harris and Alex Wiltshire · 2022 · 1 honor
  61. 61Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless StapleJorge Gaviria · 2022 · 1 honor
  62. 62Maybe We'll Make It: A MemoirMargo Price · 2022 · 1 honor
  63. 63Men in Blazers Present Gods of Soccer: The Pantheon of the 100 Greatest Soccer Players (According to Us)Roger Bennett, Michael Davies and Miranda Davis, illustrated by Nate Kitch · 2022 · 1 honor
  64. 64Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture From My Kitchen in MexicoRick Martínez · 2022 · 1 honor
  65. 65Mickey7: A NovelEdward Ashton · 2022 · 1 honor
  66. 66Milk Street: The World in a SkilletChristopher Kimball · 2022 · 1 honor
  67. 67Mother Ocean Father Nation: A NovelNishant Batsha · 2022 · 1 honor
  68. 68Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and AmbivalenceLynne Tillman · 2022 · 1 honor
  69. 69Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th CenturyJennifer Homans · 2022 · 1 honor
  70. 70Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My KidsScott Hershovitz · 2022 · 1 honor
  71. 71Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our WorldGaia Vince · 2022 · 1 honor
  72. 72Origin: A Genetic History of the AmericasJennifer Raff · 2022 · 1 honor
  73. 73Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good ThingsNoor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi · 2022 · 1 honor
  74. 74Persiana EverydaySabrina Ghayour · 2022 · 1 honor
  75. 75Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in TraditionSheil Shukla · 2022 · 1 honor
  76. 76Portrait of a Thief: A NovelGrace D. Li · 2022 · 1 honor
  77. 77Red Paint: An Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish PunkSasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe · 2022 · 1 honor
  78. 78River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the NileCandice Millard · 2022 · 1 honor
  79. 79Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made MeErin Keane · 2022 · 1 honor
  80. 80Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital RivalWalter Stahr · 2022 · 1 honor
  81. 81Scenes from My Life: A MemoirMichael K. Williams and Jon Sternfeld · 2022 · 1 honor
  82. 82Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him FreeSarah Weinman · 2022 · 1 honor
  83. 83Search: A NovelMichelle Huneven · 2022 · 1 honor
  84. 84Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in PopDanyel Smith · 2022 · 1 honor
  85. 85Singer Distance: A NovelEthan Chatagnier · 2022 · 1 honor
  86. 86Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A CookbookDeb Perelman · 2022 · 1 honor
  87. 87Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of FamilyErika Hayasaki · 2022 · 1 honor
  88. 88Stay True: A MemoirHua Hsu · 2022 · 1 honor
  89. 89The Art of Pantry Cooking: Meals for Family and FriendsRonda Carman · 2022 · 1 honor
  90. 90The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby ProblemJulie Phillips · 2022 · 1 honor
  91. 91The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our WorldMax Fisher · 2022 · 1 honor
  92. 92The Family Outing: A MemoirJessi Hempel · 2022 · 1 honor
  93. 93The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American DynastyNeal Thompson · 2022 · 1 honor
  94. 94The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American FamilyKerri K. Greenidge · 2022 · 1 honor
  95. 95The Immortal King RaoVauhini Vara · 2022 · 1 honor
  96. 96The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic IllnessMeghan O’Rourke · 2022 · 1 honor
  97. 97The Last DreamwalkerRita Woods · 2022 · 1 honor
  98. 98The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo JacksonJeff Pearlman · 2022 · 1 honor
  99. 99The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How 'Clotilda' Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary ReckoningBen Raines · 2022 · 1 honor
  100. 100The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein IIMark Horowitz (editor) · 2022 · 1 honor
  101. 101The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A MemoirIngrid Rojas Contreras · 2022 · 1 honor
  102. 102The Monsters We DefyLeslye Penelope · 2022 · 1 honor
  103. 103The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern IndiaMansi Choksi · 2022 · 1 honor
  104. 104The Nineties: A BookChuck Klosterman · 2022 · 1 honor
  105. 105The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New FutureSebastian Mallaby · 2022 · 1 honor
  106. 106The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us ForwardDaniel Pink · 2022 · 1 honor
  107. 107The Revolutionary: Samuel AdamsStacy Schiff · 2022 · 1 honor
  108. 108The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on EarthBen Rawlence · 2022 · 1 honor
  109. 109The Wok: Recipes and TechniquesJ. Kenji López-Alt · 2022 · 1 honor
  110. 110The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A CookbookBill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung and Sarah Leung · 2022 · 1 honor
  111. 111The World's Worst AssistantSona Movsesian · 2022 · 1 honor
  112. 112Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary DirectorsBeowulf Boritt · 2022 · 1 honor
  113. 113Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New OrleansMason Hereford with JJ Goode · 2022 · 1 honor
  114. 114Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of TimeNatalie Hodges · 2022 · 1 honor
  115. 115Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of LusakaChris Lockhart and Daniel Mulilo Chama · 2022 · 1 honor
  116. 116We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for BoysErin Kimmerle · 2022 · 1 honor
  117. 117What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex TraumaStephanie Foo · 2022 · 1 honor
  118. 118You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really AreBrandon Kyle Goodman · 2022 · 1 honor