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• A House Between Earth and the Moon: A Novelby Rebecca Scherm
• American Murderer: The Parasite That Haunted the Southby Gail Jarrow
• Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliationby Maud Newton
• Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virusby David Quammen
• The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our Worldby Max Fisher
• How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillainby Ryan North
• The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illnessby Meghan O’Rourke
• Lessons in Chemistry: A Novelby Bonnie Garmus
• Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Undergroundby Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson
• Little Monarchsby Jonathan Case
• Love on the Brainby Ali Hazelwood
• Mickey7: A Novelby Edward Ashton
• Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our Worldby Gaia Vince
• Origin: A Genetic History of the Americasby Jennifer Raff
• The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forwardby Daniel Pink
• Singer Distance: A Novelby Ethan Chatagnier
• Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Usby Rachel Aviv
• The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earthby Ben Rawlence
• Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Timeby Natalie Hodges
• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Traumaby Stephanie Foo
• What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questionsby Randall Munroe