The West Des Moines Public Library Staff is sharing their favorite nonfiction picks from the year below! You can put the books on hold by clicking the titles, or you can stop by the display in front of the Accounts and Checkout Desk and see them in-person.
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Title: A face for Picasso: Coming of age with Crouzon Syndrome
Author: Ariel Henley
Recommended By: Courtney
Title: The Anxious Generation
Author: Jonathan Haidt
Recommended By: Jenna
Title: Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space
Author: Adam Higginbotham
Recommended By: Shirley
Title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Author: Siddarth Kara
Recommended By: Andrea
Title: Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Author: Erik Larson
Recommended By: Maggie
Title: Here After
Author: Amy Lin
Recommended By: Andrea
Title: I Love Everybody, and Other Atrocious Lies
Author: Laurie Notaro
Recommended By: Christine
Title: Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
Author: Julia Wertz
Why I loved it: Most of the graphic novels that Julia writes and illustrates tell the story of her – this one is when she decided to go sober – to save her life and start to create the one she really wanted.
Recommended by: Traci
Title: Invisible Women - Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Author: Caroline Criado Perez
Recommended by: Suchitra
Title: King: A Life
Author: Jonathan Eig
Recommended By: Andrea
Title: The Many Lives of Mama Love
Author: Lara Love Hardin
Recommended By: Andrea
Title: Rebel Girl
Author: Kathleen Hanna
Why I loved it: I am such a fan of Kathleen Hanna and the music she makes. Her life story is interesting, engaging, and inspiring. She’s dealt with a lot in her life, but her joyfulness and creativity have never wavered.
Recommended by: Traci
Title: The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
Author: James Patterson & Matt Eversmann
Recommended by: Suchitra
Title: Star for Jesus (And Other Jobs I Quit)
Author: Kimberly Stuart
Why I loved it: Funny book about the secret to living a life full of meaning is found in the Giver of endless grace.
Recommended By: Alana
Title: Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere
Author: Maria Bamford
Why I loved it: (If you liked Jenny Lawson’s Furiously Happy)
Recommended By: Courtney
Title: The kingdom, the power, and the glory : American evangelicals in an age of extremism
Author: Tim Alberta
Recommended by: Jenna
Author: Hampton Sides
Recommended by: Andrea
Title: When Women Ran Fifth Avenue
Author: Judie Satow
Recommended by: Suchitra