Books to Look Forward to in 2015: Non-Fiction

For your convenience, we've compiled a list of the most highly anticipated reads of this year - some recently published, some to be published - from lists on Buzzfeed, the Seattle Times, Flavorwire, the Washington Post, BookPage, and The Millions which links directly to the library catalog! Is there a title you think we should add to the list?  Let us know in the comments!


The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips, Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings - J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski 

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

It's a Long Story My Life by Willie Nelson

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom by Blaine Harden

The Folded Clock: A Diary by Heidi Julavits

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam

All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found by Phillip Connors 

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II by Richard Reeves

Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick

Michelle Obama: A Life by by Peter B. Slevin

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy by Masha Gessen

All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West by David Gessner

B & Me: A True Story of Literary Arousal by J. C. Hallman 

Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough     

Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer

Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands 

God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican by Gerald Posner

Wright Brothers by David McCullough

Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being by Christiane Northrup, M.D  

Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London by Mohsin Hamid 

The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game by Mary Pilon


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