Staff Favorites of 2018: Adult Nonfiction

As the year comes to a close, library staff members and volunteers reflect on the best books they've read in 2018. A complete list of titles in all genres from Staff Favorites of 2018 is available in the library's online catalog.

Here are our favorites from the Adult Nonfiction section:

• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval N. Harari
  Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  
• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  Recommended by Andrea DelValle
  
• Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts by Brene Brown
  Recommended by Lorraine Lane
  
• Dear Ijeawele, or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  Recommended by Rebecca Atkins
  
• Educated by Tara Westover
  Recommended by Amy Weiler, Andrea DelValle, and Trina Schlecht
  
• Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions that Matter the Most by Steven Johnson
  Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  
• From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein
  Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
  Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  
• Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
  Recommended by Julie Boyd
  
• The Soul of America by Jon Meacham
  Recommended by Stephen Kight
  
• The Way of the Wise: Simple Truths for Living Well by Kevin Leman
  Recommended by Lorraine Lane
  
• When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  Recommended by Brittany Kirk

To view a complete list of titles in all genres from Staff Favorites of 2018, visit the library's online catalog.