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  1. 1Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human SmugglingJason De León · 2024 · 2 honors
  2. 2The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James CookHampton Sides · 2024 · 2 honors
  3. 3A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical MysteryLawrence Ingrassia · 2024 · 1 honor
  4. 4A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and BelongingLauren Markham · 2024 · 1 honor
  5. 5A Very Private School: A MemoirCharles Spencer · 2024 · 1 honor
  6. 6A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis StevensonCamille Peri · 2024 · 1 honor
  7. 7Accordion Eulogies: A Memoir of Music, Migration, and MexicoNoé Álvarez · 2024 · 1 honor
  8. 8Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American DiasporaKhushbu Shah · 2024 · 1 honor
  9. 9Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing UpAbigail Shrier · 2024 · 1 honor
  10. 10Big Vegan Flavor: Techniques and 150 Recipes to Master Vegan CookingNisha Vora · 2024 · 1 honor
  11. 11Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and BelongingEugene Rodriguez · 2024 · 1 honor
  12. 12Blood Test: A ComedyCharles Baxter · 2024 · 1 honor
  13. 13Burn Book: A Tech Love StoryKara Swisher · 2024 · 1 honor
  14. 14By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native LandRebecca Nagle · 2024 · 1 honor
  15. 15Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the UnthinkableSarah Gerard · 2024 · 1 honor
  16. 16Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese FoodMichelle T. King · 2024 · 1 honor
  17. 17Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American ChurchEliza Griswold · 2024 · 1 honor
  18. 18Cloistered: My Years as a NunCatherine Coldstream · 2024 · 1 honor
  19. 19Consent: A MemoirJill Ciment · 2024 · 1 honor
  20. 20Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TVEmily Nussbaum · 2024 · 1 honor
  21. 21Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese CookbookNini Nguyen with Sarah Zorn · 2024 · 1 honor
  22. 22Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for AmericaPaola Ramos · 2024 · 1 honor
  23. 23Delicious Tonight: Foolproof Recipes for 150+ Easy DinnersNagi Maehashi · 2024 · 1 honor
  24. 24Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and ImaginationSadie Dingfelder · 2024 · 1 honor
  25. 25Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved MeGlory Edim · 2024 · 1 honor
  26. 26Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to SeeBianca Bosker · 2024 · 1 honor
  27. 27Getting to Know Death: A MeditationGail Godwin · 2024 · 1 honor
  28. 28Great ExpectationsVinson Cunningham · 2024 · 1 honor
  29. 29Greekish: Everyday Recipes with Greek RootsGeorgina Hayden · 2024 · 1 honor
  30. 30Grief Is for PeopleSloane Crosley · 2024 · 1 honor
  31. 31Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying HealthySharon Malone M.D. · 2024 · 1 honor
  32. 32Here After: A MemoirAmy Lin · 2024 · 1 honor
  33. 33Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety NetJessica Calarco · 2024 · 1 honor
  34. 34Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to WatchEmily C. Hughes · 2024 · 1 honor
  35. 35How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted HitlerPeter Pomerantsev · 2024 · 1 honor
  36. 36If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and FuryGeraldine DeRuiter · 2024 · 1 honor
  37. 37In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face With the Idea of an AfterlifeSebastian Junger · 2024 · 1 honor
  38. 38Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into RealityRenée DiResta · 2024 · 1 honor
  39. 39Justine Cooks: A CookbookJustine Doiron · 2024 · 1 honor
  40. 40Knife: Meditations After an Attempted MurderSalman Rushdie · 2024 · 1 honor
  41. 41Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White HouseJared Cohen · 2024 · 1 honor
  42. 42Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking: Vegan Recipes, Tips, and TechniquesJoe Yonan · 2024 · 1 honor
  43. 43Milk Street 365: The All-Purpose Cookbook for Every Day of the YearChristopher Kimball · 2024 · 1 honor
  44. 44Milk Street Bakes: A Baking Book with 200 Sweet and Savory RecipesChristopher Kimball · 2024 · 1 honor
  45. 45Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden GeniusCarrie Courogen · 2024 · 1 honor
  46. 46My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued MeCaleb Carr · 2024 · 1 honor
  47. 47My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and FutureAlice Randall · 2024 · 1 honor
  48. 48New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the WestDavid E. Sanger · 2024 · 1 honor
  49. 49No One Gets to Fall Apart: A MemoirSarah LaBrie · 2024 · 1 honor
  50. 50Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable PlanetHannah Ritchie · 2024 · 1 honor
  51. 51Nuclear War: A ScenarioAnnie Jacobsen · 2024 · 1 honor
  52. 52Ottolenghi Comfort: A CookbookYotam Ottolenghi with Helen Goh · 2024 · 1 honor
  53. 53Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday RecipesCarolina Gelen · 2024 · 1 honor
  54. 54Patriot: A MemoirAlexei Navalny · 2024 · 1 honor
  55. 55Phantom Orbit: A ThrillerDavid Ignatius · 2024 · 1 honor
  56. 56PigletLottie Hazell · 2024 · 1 honor
  57. 57Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard EntertainmentJason Schreier · 2024 · 1 honor
  58. 58PlaygroundRichard Powers · 2024 · 1 honor
  59. 59Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist PunkKathleen Hanna · 2024 · 1 honor
  60. 60Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American MotherhoodGretchen Sisson · 2024 · 1 honor
  61. 61Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of BreadBarry W. Enderwick · 2024 · 1 honor
  62. 62Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without BurnoutCal Newport · 2024 · 1 honor
  63. 63Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden HistoriesAmitav Ghosh · 2024 · 1 honor
  64. 64Sociopath: A MemoirPatric Gagne · 2024 · 1 honor
  65. 65Sprout & Co Saladology: Fresh Ideas for Delicious SaladsTheo Kirwan · 2024 · 1 honor
  66. 66Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of ConnectionCharles Duhigg · 2024 · 1 honor
  67. 67Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in WaterVicki Valosik · 2024 · 1 honor
  68. 68Thank You Please Come Again: How Gas Stations Feed & Fuel the American SouthKate Medley · 2024 · 1 honor
  69. 69The Backyard Bird ChroniclesAmy Tan · 2024 · 1 honor
  70. 70The Burning Earth: A HistorySunil Amrith · 2024 · 1 honor
  71. 71The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing SportJoshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg · 2024 · 1 honor
  72. 72The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family MemoirGriffin Dunne · 2024 · 1 honor
  73. 73The Kamogawa Food DetectivesHisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood · 2024 · 1 honor
  74. 74The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural HistoryManjula Martin · 2024 · 1 honor
  75. 75The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and FelonyAnnabelle Tometich · 2024 · 1 honor
  76. 76The Manicurist's Daughter: A MemoirSusan Lieu · 2024 · 1 honor
  77. 77The MesmeristCaroline Woods · 2024 · 1 honor
  78. 78The MessageTa-Nehisi Coates · 2024 · 1 honor
  79. 79The Mountains Are HighAlec Ash · 2024 · 1 honor
  80. 80The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest DemocracyRahul Bhatia · 2024 · 1 honor
  81. 81The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern SportsMichael Waters · 2024 · 1 honor
  82. 82The SalviSoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve ThemKarla Tatiana Vasquez · 2024 · 1 honor
  83. 83The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American MonsterJohn O'Connor · 2024 · 1 honor
  84. 84The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr ZelenskySimon Shuster · 2024 · 1 honor
  85. 85The Spamalot DiariesEric Idle · 2024 · 1 honor
  86. 86The Stardust GrailYume Kitasei · 2024 · 1 honor
  87. 87The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking HistoryKaren Valby · 2024 · 1 honor
  88. 88The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of ZionismMarjorie N. Feld · 2024 · 1 honor
  89. 89The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of AngelsPamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans · 2024 · 1 honor
  90. 90The Work of Art: How Something Comes from NothingAdam Moss · 2024 · 1 honor
  91. 91There's Always This Year: On Basketball and AscensionHanif Abdurraqib · 2024 · 1 honor
  92. 92Traveling: On the Path of Joni MitchellAnn Powers · 2024 · 1 honor
  93. 93Unshrinking: How to Face FatphobiaKate Manne · 2024 · 1 honor
  94. 94Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and JusticeDavid S. Tatel · 2024 · 1 honor
  95. 95WarBob Woodward · 2024 · 1 honor
  96. 96What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless PossibilitiesJulia Turshen · 2024 · 1 honor
  97. 97What Have We Here?: Portraits of a LifeBilly Dee Williams · 2024 · 1 honor
  98. 98When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women WritersAmerica's Test Kitchen · 2024 · 1 honor
  99. 99Whiskey Tender: A MemoirDeborah Jackson Taffa · 2024 · 1 honor
  100. 100Who's Afraid of Gender?Judith Butler · 2024 · 1 honor