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  1. 1Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaJames Forman Jr. · 2017 · 2 honors
  2. 218 And Life On Skid RowSebastian Bach · 2017 · 1 honor
  3. 3Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World Of The BushmenJames Suzman · 2017 · 1 honor
  4. 4After Kathy Acker: A Literary BiographyChris Kraus · 2017 · 1 honor
  5. 5Age Of Anger: A History Of the PresentPankaj Mishra · 2017 · 1 honor
  6. 6Ali: A LifeJonathan Eig · 2017 · 1 honor
  7. 7American Fire: Love, Arson, And Life In A Vanishing LandMonica Hesse · 2017 · 1 honor
  8. 8An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business And How You Can Take It BackElisabeth Rosenthal · 2017 · 1 honor
  9. 9An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, And An EpicDaniel Mendelsohn · 2017 · 1 honor
  10. 10And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Stories From The Byways Of American Women And ReligionAdrian Shirk · 2017 · 1 honor
  11. 11Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: A NovelAlison Weir · 2017 · 1 honor
  12. 12Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition Of 1761-1767Thorkild Hansen, translated by James McFarlane and Kathleen McFarlane · 2017 · 1 honor
  13. 13At The Lightning FieldLaura Raicovich · 2017 · 1 honor
  14. 14Autonomous: A NovelAnnalee Newitz · 2017 · 1 honor
  15. 15AutumnKarl Ove Knausgaard · 2017 · 1 honor
  16. 16Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners To Cook On The FlyColu Henry · 2017 · 1 honor
  17. 17Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection Of Questions Asked, Answered, IllustratedShea Serrano, illustrated by Arturo Torres · 2017 · 1 honor
  18. 18Bellevue: Three Centuries Of Medicine And Mayhem At America's Most Storied HospitalDavid Oshinsky · 2017 · 1 honor
  19. 19Between Them: Remembering My ParentsRichard Ford · 2017 · 1 honor
  20. 20Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel To The End Of The WorldNell Stevens · 2017 · 1 honor
  21. 21Botox Nation: Changing The Face Of AmericaDana Berkowitz · 2017 · 1 honor
  22. 22BrimstoneCherie Priest · 2017 · 1 honor
  23. 23Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, And Fake NewsKevin Young · 2017 · 1 honor
  24. 24Chai, Chaat & Chutney: A Street Food Journey Through IndiaChetna Makan · 2017 · 1 honor
  25. 25Chemistry: A NovelWeike Wang · 2017 · 1 honor
  26. 26Chester B. Himes: A BiographyLawrence P. Jackson · 2017 · 1 honor
  27. 27Cinemaps: An Atlas Of 35 Great MoviesAndrew DeGraff, with essays by A.D. Jameson · 2017 · 1 honor
  28. 28Cook Japanese At HomeKimiko Barber · 2017 · 1 honor
  29. 29Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among The Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, And Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me To Live For TasteBianca Bosker · 2017 · 1 honor
  30. 30DadlandKeggie Carew · 2017 · 1 honor
  31. 31Dare Not Linger: The Presidential YearsNelson Mandela and Mandla Langa · 2017 · 1 honor
  32. 32Days Without End: A NovelSebastian Barry · 2017 · 1 honor
  33. 33Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You In Your LifeYiyun Li · 2017 · 1 honor
  34. 34Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen SuggestionsChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2017 · 1 honor
  35. 35Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, And The Storming Of The PresidencyJoshua Green · 2017 · 1 honor
  36. 36Dining In: Highly Cookable RecipesAlison Roman · 2017 · 1 honor
  37. 37Dinner In An Instant: 75 Modern Recipes For Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker And Instant PotMelissa Clark · 2017 · 1 honor
  38. 38Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well MattersHarold Evans · 2017 · 1 honor
  39. 39Draft No. 4: On The Writing ProcessJohn McPhee · 2017 · 1 honor
  40. 40Dreaming The Beatles: The Love Story Of One Band And The Whole WorldRob Sheffield · 2017 · 1 honor
  41. 41Easternization: Asia's Rise And America's Decline From Obama To Trump And BeyondGideon Rachman · 2017 · 1 honor
  42. 42Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew Desmond · 2017 · 1 honor
  43. 43Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political LifeRobert Dallek · 2017 · 1 honor
  44. 44From Here To Eternity: Traveling The World To Find The Good DeathCaitlin Doughty · 2017 · 1 honor
  45. 45Ghost Of The Innocent Man: A True Story Of Trial And RedemptionBenjamin Rachlin · 2017 · 1 honor
  46. 46Ghosts Of The Tsunami: Death And Life In Japan's Disaster ZoneRichard Lloyd Parry · 2017 · 1 honor
  47. 47Golden Hill: A Novel Of Old New YorkFrancis Spufford · 2017 · 1 honor
  48. 48Good Booty: Love And Sex, Black And White, Body And Soul In American MusicAnn Powers · 2017 · 1 honor
  49. 49Gorbachev: His Life And TimesWilliam Taubman · 2017 · 1 honor
  50. 50GrantRon Chernow · 2017 · 1 honor
  51. 51Greater Gotham: A History Of New York City From 1898 To 1919Mike Wallace · 2017 · 1 honor
  52. 52Hunger: A Memoir Of (My) BodyRoxane Gay · 2017 · 1 honor
  53. 53Inside Studio 54Mark Fleischman · 2017 · 1 honor
  54. 54Isadora: A NovelAmelia Gray · 2017 · 1 honor
  55. 55Istanbul And Beyond: Exploring The Diverse Cuisines Of TurkeyRobyn Eckhardt · 2017 · 1 honor
  56. 56Janesville: An American StoryAmy Goldstein · 2017 · 1 honor
  57. 57Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-RightAngela Nagle · 2017 · 1 honor
  58. 58Killers Of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders And The Birth Of The FBIDavid Grann · 2017 · 1 honor
  59. 59L'Appart: The Delights And Disasters Of Making My Paris HomeDavid Lebovitz · 2017 · 1 honor
  60. 60Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout HistoryTori Telfer · 2017 · 1 honor
  61. 61LinesSuzy Lee · 2017 · 1 honor
  62. 62Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey Of Ellen Johnson SirleafHelene Cooper · 2017 · 1 honor
  63. 63Meet Me In The Bathroom: Rebirth And Rock And Roll In New York City 2001-2011Lizzy Goodman · 2017 · 1 honor
  64. 64Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes On My DementiaGerda Saunders · 2017 · 1 honor
  65. 65Milk Street: The New Home CookingChristopher Kimball · 2017 · 1 honor
  66. 66Mozart's StarlingLyanda Lynn Haupt · 2017 · 1 honor
  67. 67My Life, My Love, My LegacyCoretta Scott King, as told to Barbara Reynolds · 2017 · 1 honor
  68. 68Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What The Numbers Reveal About The Classics, Bestsellers, And Our Own WritingBen Blatt · 2017 · 1 honor
  69. 69One, Two, Three, MoreHelen Levitt · 2017 · 1 honor
  70. 70Otis Redding: An Unfinished LifeJonathan Gould · 2017 · 1 honor
  71. 71Prairie FiresCaroline Fraser · 2017 · 1 honor
  72. 72PriestdaddyPatricia Lockwood · 2017 · 1 honor
  73. 73Priestdaddy: A MemoirPatricia Lockwood · 2017 · 1 honor
  74. 74Richard Nixon: The LifeJohn A. Farrell · 2017 · 1 honor
  75. 75Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering The Elements Of Good CookingSamin Nosrat, illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton · 2017 · 1 honor
  76. 76Selection Day: A NovelAravind Adiga · 2017 · 1 honor
  77. 77Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed CampaignJonathan Allen and Amie Parnes · 2017 · 1 honor
  78. 78Sin Bravely: A Memoir Of Spiritual DisobedienceMaggie Rowe · 2017 · 1 honor
  79. 79Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant And Unfussy New FavoritesDeb Perelman · 2017 · 1 honor
  80. 80Sourdough: A NovelRobin Sloan · 2017 · 1 honor
  81. 81Stanton: Lincoln's War SecretaryWalter Stahr · 2017 · 1 honor
  82. 82Sweet: Desserts From London's OttolenghiYotam Ottolenghi · 2017 · 1 honor
  83. 83Tasting Georgia: A Food And Wine Journey In The CaucasusCarla Capalbo · 2017 · 1 honor
  84. 84Teeth: The Story Of Beauty, Inequality, And The Struggle For Oral Health In AmericaMary Otto · 2017 · 1 honor
  85. 85The Alice Network: A NovelKate Quinn · 2017 · 1 honor
  86. 86The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, And The Man Who Captured Lincoln's GhostPeter Manseau · 2017 · 1 honor
  87. 87The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom: America And China, 1776 To The PresentJohn Pomfret · 2017 · 1 honor
  88. 88The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman And The Scandal That Rocked ParisTom Sancton · 2017 · 1 honor
  89. 89The Blood Of Emmett TillTimothy B. Tyson · 2017 · 1 honor
  90. 90The Bright Hour: A Memoir Of Living And DyingNina Riggs · 2017 · 1 honor
  91. 91The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian MedicineLindsey Fitzharris · 2017 · 1 honor
  92. 92The Color Of Law: A Forgotten History Of How Our Government Segregated AmericaRichard Rothstein · 2017 · 1 honor
  93. 93The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest For The Perfect Dish To Mend A Broken HeartEmily Nunn · 2017 · 1 honor
  94. 94The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History In The Old SouthMichael W. Twitty · 2017 · 1 honor
  95. 95The Evolution of BeautyRichard O. Prum · 2017 · 1 honor
  96. 96The Family Imprint: A Daughter's Portrait Of Love And LossNancy Borowick · 2017 · 1 honor
  97. 97The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed RussiaMasha Gessen · 2017 · 1 honor
  98. 98The Gulf: The Making of An American SeaJack E. Davis · 2017 · 1 honor
  99. 99The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, And The Power Of SeeingDamion Searls · 2017 · 1 honor
  100. 100The New Analog: Listening And Reconnecting In A Digital WorldDamon Krukowski · 2017 · 1 honor
  101. 101The New Odyssey: The Story Of The Twenty-First Century Refugee CrisisPatrick Kingsley · 2017 · 1 honor
  102. 102The Palestinian TableReem Kassis · 2017 · 1 honor
  103. 103The Pho Cookbook: Easy To Adventurous Recipes For Vietnam's Favorite Soup And NoodlesAndrea Nguyen · 2017 · 1 honor
  104. 104The Potlikker Papers: A Food History Of The Modern SouthJohn T. Edge · 2017 · 1 honor
  105. 105The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma In Power And Out Of PrisonJacques Pauw · 2017 · 1 honor
  106. 106The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America's Shining WomenKate Moore · 2017 · 1 honor
  107. 107The Rules Do Not Apply: A MemoirAriel Levy · 2017 · 1 honor
  108. 108The Sarah BookScott McClanahan · 2017 · 1 honor
  109. 109The Scent Of Jasmine: Coming Of Age In Jerusalem And DamascusAnan Ameri · 2017 · 1 honor
  110. 110The Secret Lives Of ColorKassia St. Clair · 2017 · 1 honor
  111. 111The Sioux Chef's Indigenous KitchenSean Sherman · 2017 · 1 honor
  112. 112The State Of Affairs: Rethinking InfidelityEsther Perel · 2017 · 1 honor
  113. 113The Storm Before The Storm: The Beginning Of The End Of The Roman RepublicMike Duncan · 2017 · 1 honor
  114. 114The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human HappinessPaula Poundstone · 2017 · 1 honor
  115. 115The Unwomanly Face Of War: An Oral History Of Women In World War IISvetlana Alexievich, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky · 2017 · 1 honor
  116. 116The Way Of The HareMarianne Taylor · 2017 · 1 honor
  117. 117The Wine Lover's Daughter: A MemoirAnne Fadiman · 2017 · 1 honor
  118. 118The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story Of Love, Spies, And The Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's EnemiesJason Fagone · 2017 · 1 honor
  119. 119The World Broke In Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, And The Year That Changed LiteratureBill Goldstein · 2017 · 1 honor
  120. 120The Year I Was Peter The Great: 1956 – Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in RussiaMarvin Kalb · 2017 · 1 honor
  121. 121This Is Just My Face: Try Not To StareGabourey Sidibe · 2017 · 1 honor
  122. 122Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise And Reign Of The Unruly WomanAnne Helen Petersen · 2017 · 1 honor
  123. 123We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That MatterCeleste Headlee · 2017 · 1 honor
  124. 124What HappenedHillary Rodham Clinton · 2017 · 1 honor
  125. 125What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women And The Food That Tells Their StoriesLaura Shapiro · 2017 · 1 honor
  126. 126Where The Water Goes: Life And Death Along The Colorado RiverDavid Owen · 2017 · 1 honor
  127. 127Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About RaceReni Eddo-Lodge · 2017 · 1 honor
  128. 128Why We Sleep: Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And DreamsMatthew Walker · 2017 · 1 honor
  129. 129World Without Mind: The Existential Threat Of Big TechFranklin Foer · 2017 · 1 honor
  130. 130You Don't Have To Say You Love Me: A MemoirSherman Alexie · 2017 · 1 honor