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Adventure Stories
- Born to Run by Christopher McDougall 796.42 MCD
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 796.522 KRA
- The Wonder Crew by Susan Saint Sing 797.12 SAI
- Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox 797.21 COX
- Wild by Cheryl Strayed 813.6 STR
- In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides 910.4 SID
- Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King 916.4804 KIN
- The Endurance by Caroline Alexander 919.98 ALE
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder 921 FARMER
- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas J. Preston 972.85 PRE
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger 974.45 JUN
- Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado 982.6 PAR
Fuzzy Animal Stories
- The Cowboy and His Elephant by Malcolm MacPherson 599.61 MAC
- Dewey by Vicki Myron 636.8092 MYR
- Marley and Me by John Gorgan 636.7 GOR
- Merle’s Door by Ted Kerasote 636.7 KER
- A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen 636.8 BOW
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand 798.4 HIL
Food Stories
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver 641.0973 KIN
- My Life in France by Julia Child 641.5092 CHI
- Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl 641.5092 REI
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell 921 POW
History Fans
- Killing King by Stuart Wexler 323.092 WEX
- And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts 362.1 SHI
- In My Hands by Irene Opdyke 940.53 OPD TEEN
- Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley 940.54 BRA
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson 940.5451 KUR
- Mistress of the Vatican by Eleanor Herman 945.6 HER
- The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford 950.2 WEA
- Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller 968.91 FUL
- A Sovereign People by Carol Berkin 973.3 BER
- Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer 973.332 FIS
Science
- Packing for Mars by Mary Roach 523 ROA
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson 523 TYS
- The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean 546 KEA
- Genome by Matt Ridley 599.93 RID
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616.0277 SKl
- The Essential Engineer by Henry Petroski 620 PET
- Battery by Henry Schlesinger 621.31 SCH
Something for Everyone
- Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker 248 HAT
- Compassionate Soldier by Jerry Borrowman 355.0092 BOR
- Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Greely 362.1 GRE
- Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett 362.196 PAT
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 362.82 WAL
- Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman 365.43 KER
- The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 423 WIN
- Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss 428.2 TRU
- The Body by Bill Bryson 612 BRY
- Second Wind by Nathaniel Philbrick 797.1092 PHI
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown 797.12 BRO
- No Barriers by Erik Weihenmayer 797.122 WEI
- True Notebooks by Mark Salzman 808.042 SAL
- The Lover by Marguerite Duras 848 DUR
- The Pug Who Bit Napoleon by Mimi Matthews 909 MAT
- The Lost City of Z by David Grann 918.11 GRA
- Odd Girl Out by Laura E. James 920 JAM
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam 921 HIC
- The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per Andersson 921 KUMAR
- Nightingales by Gillian Gill 921 NIGHTINGALE
- Dead Wake by Erik Larson 940.45 LAR
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 940.54 HIL
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile 958.104 CRI
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger 974.45 JUN
- A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel 977.2 KIM