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Nonfiction Picks for Book Groups

This is a selection of nonfiction book groups that library and/or local book groups have read. They may be found in the Nonfiction Book Group collection on the second floor of the library.

Princeton Public Library

25 items

  • The Devil's Chessboard

    Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government

    Talbot, David, 1951-
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Harper, [2015] — History 327.127 Tal
  • Book, 2022Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022] — Literature 821.1 Tur
  • The Warmth of Other Suns

    the Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    Wilkerson, Isabel,
    Book, 2010New York : Random House, 2010. — History 304.809 Wil
  • Chip War

    the Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

    Miller, Chris,
    Book, 2022New York : Scribner, 2022. — Business & Career 338.476 Mil
  • Between Two Kingdoms

    a Memoir of a Life Interrupted

    Jaouad, Suleika,
    Book, 2021New York : Random House, 2021. — Biography B Jao
  • The Chancellor

    the Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

    Marton, Kati,
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — Biography B Mer
  • We Don't Know Ourselves

    a Personal History of Modern Ireland

    O'Toole, Fintan, 1958-
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2022. — History 941.708 OTo
  • Celebrity Nation

    How America Evolved Into a Culture of Fans and Followers

    Jones, Landon Y., 1943-
    Book, 2023Boston : Beacon Press, [2023] — History 305.52 Jon
  • Book, 2009New York : Anchor Books, 2009. — History 930 Her
  • Musicophilia

    Tales of Music and the Brain

    Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015,
    Book, 2008New York : Vintage Books, 2008. — Performing Arts 781.11 Sac
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — History 959.905 Res
  • Book, 2023New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — Arts 700.103 Ded
  • When We Were the Kennedys

    a Memoir From Mexico, Maine

    Wood, Monica,
    Book, 2012Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. — Biography B Woo
  • Picasso's War

    How Modern Art Came to America

    Eakin, Hugh,
    Book, 2022New York : Crown, [2022] — Arts 709.2 Eak
  • The Spy and the Traitor

    the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

    Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
    Book, 2018New York : Crown Publishing Group, [2018] — History 327.127 Mac
  • Newsroom Confidential

    Lessons (and Worries) From An Ink-stained Life

    Sullivan, Margaret, 1957-
    Book, 2022New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. — History 070.92 Sul
  • People Love Dead Jews

    Reports From a Haunted Present

    Horn, Dara, 1977-
    Book, 2021New York : W. W. Norton and Company, [2021] — History 909.049 Hor
  • The Color of Law

    a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

    Rothstein, Richard,
    Book, 2017New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017] — History 305.8 Rot
  • First Principles

    What America's Founders Learned From the Greeks and Romans, and How That Shaped Our Country

    Ricks, Thomas E.,
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — History 320.509 Ric
  • Packing the Court

    the Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court

    Burns, James MacGregor,
    Book, 2009New York : Penguin Press, 2009. — History 347.732 BUR