Staff Picks - nonfiction
Staff members have included only their very favorite nonfiction titles in this list which has been updated to include nonfiction staff picks from 2021.  You'll find memoir, biography, history, how-to and social commentary here.





The Black Swan

by Nassim Taleb


The Boys in the Boat

by Daniel James Brown


The Country Under My Skin

by Gioconda Belli


Extreme Ownership

by Jocko Willink


The Girls Of Atomic City

by Denise Kiernan


Home Sweet Maison

by Danielle Postel-Vinay




I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

by Souad Mekhennet


The Intelligent Investor

by Benjamin Graham




Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil

by John Berendt


Nothing Daunted

by Dorothy Wickenden


Say Nothing A True Story Of Murder And Memory In Northern Ireland

by Patrick Radden Keefe


Science Fair Season

by Judy Dutton


Sous Chef: 24 hours on the line

by Michael Gibney


The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller


Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents

by Elizabeth Eaves






A Woman of No Importance

by A Woman Of No Importance Sonia Purnell