A poignant and powerful memoir by Laurie Halse Anderson, delivered through free-verse poetry. A heart-wrenching and hopeful testimony of Anderson's own experiences with sexual assault, the book becomes a clarion call to survivors to break their silence and shout their stories.

Delves into the rich emotional lives of animals, offering compelling arguments for their depth and complexity. De Waal constructs the book around an emotional event involving Mama, a dying 59-year-old chimpanzee matriarch in a Netherlands zoo, who shared a touching goodbye with a human she'd known for many years. This event serves as the foundation for De Waal's exploration of the emotional complexity in animals.

Munroe explores everyday tasks and offers the most scientifically complex (and hilariously impractical) ways to accomplish them. From simple actions like throwing a pool party to larger undertakings such as moving a house, Munroe takes seemingly ordinary problems and delivers extraordinary, scientifically rigorous, and outright absurd solutions.

Bill Bryson embarks on a fascinating journey into the human body, exploring its miraculous workings with his usual blend of humour, eloquence, and wide-ranging curiosity. Bryson treats the human body as if it were uncharted territory, filled with complex landscapes and stunning vistas that are as wonderful to explore as they are crucial to our survival and well-being.

An eye-opening exploration into the systemic discrimination of women due to the gender data gap. Criado Perez exposes how, in a world largely designed by and for men, women are systematically ignored. She delves into multiple domains – from medicine to technology, economics to public policy, and transportation to the urban environment – and illustrates how the lack of gender-specific data can lead to policies, laws, and designs that are less effective and can even endanger women.

A unique exploration into the topic of death, with questions posed by children and answered with equal measures of scientific rigor, cultural context, and respectful humor by Caitlin Doughty. The book consists of various questions, ranging from amusing and strange queries like the titular question "Will my cat eat my eyeballs?" to thoughtful contemplations like "Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?".

An engrossing biography of Virginia Hall, a formidable American spy who played a critical role in World War II. Despite losing a leg in a hunting accident, Hall refused to be limited by her physical condition. Instead, she joined the British Special Operations Executive and later the American Office of Strategic Services, serving as a spy in occupied France.

An exploration into the harrowing real-life accounts of the survivors of the infamous Tennessee Children's Home Society. This non-fiction work is the sequel to Wingate's best-selling novel, "Before We Were Yours," which drew attention to the atrocities committed by the Tennessee Children's Home Society under the leadership of Georgia Tann.

Explores the ethno-nationalist conflict known as the Troubles, which took place in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to the late 1990s. Keefe masterfully blends true crime, political history, and personal narrative to bring the reader into the heart of the conflict.