Here is a quick look at the most noteworthy nonfiction titles being released in December. Visit our catalog for a more extensive list.
TOP PICKS:
“The Undoing Project” by Michael Lewis
Perennial best-seller Lewis takes an in-depth look at the partnership between Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, two Nobel Prize winning psychologists, whose work transformed our understanding of human thinking and decision making. Kahneman wrote the highly popular “Thinking, Fast and Slow.”
“The Case Against Sugar” by Gary Taubes
This book presents an indictment of sugar as the tobacco of our time. Taubes, author of “Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It,” examines the history of sugar, the powerful lobbies that back it and the toll its overuse is taking on our health.
“Books for Living” by Will Schwalbe
The best-selling author of “The End of Your Life Book Club” returns with a wonderful celebration of reading, provided by examining and recommending a wide variety of books that speak to the challenges of living in the modern world.
BEST OF THE REST:
- “Against Empathy” by Paul Bloom
- “George Lucas” by Brian Jay Jones
- “The Glass Universe” by Dava Sobel
- “Jump” by Steve Harvey
- “Making Life Easy” by Christiane Northrup
- “Tools of Titans” by Tim Ferriss
- “The Whole30 Cookbook” by Melissa Hartwig
