| Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson | Tourmaline | Activism, Biography, Nonfiction | Black, Fashion, Transgender |
| Hollywood’s Eve | Anolik, Lili | Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction | Film industry, Investigative journalism, Los Angeles, West Hollywood |
| All That the Rain Promises and More… : A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms | Arora, David | Guide, Nonfiction | |
| Cronies | Babbs, Ken | Biography, History, Nonfiction, Satire | Acid test, Anti-war, Grateful Dead, Hells Angels |
| Swallowed by the Cold | Beach, Jensen | Nonfiction, Stories | Baltic Sea, Cycling, Drowning, Marriage |
| Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts | Bell, Matt | Guidance, Nonfiction | Reference, Writing |
| So Awkward | Bradford, Ryan | Essays, Nonfiction | |
| You Can’t Cath Death | Brautigan, Ianthe | Memoir, Nonfiction | Father-daughter, Santa Rosa |
| Molly | Butler, Blake | Autobiography, Memoir, Mental health, Nonfiction | Grief, Suicide |
| The Art of Happiness | Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler | Buddhism, Guidance, Nonfiction, Spirituality | |
| This Must Be The Place | Doyle, Sean H | Memoir, Nonfiction | Punk rock |
| Big Magic | Gilbert, Elizabeth | Creativity, Guidance, Nonfiction | Writing |
| Working Girl: On Selling Sex and Art | Giovannitti, Sophia | Art, Critical Theory, Feminism, Nonfiction, Sex work | New York |
| A Life of Flannery O’Connor | Gooch, Brad | Biography, Nonfiction | |
| Conquest of the Useless | Herzog, Werner | Cinema, Memoir, Nonfiction | Film industry |
| Making Our Future | Hilliard, Emily | Appalachia, Critical Theory, Folklore, Nonfiction | West Virginia |
| The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld | Hocking, Justin | Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports | Anxiety, New York, Robbery |
| After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path | Kornfield, Jack | Guidance, Meditation, Nonfiction, Spirituality | Death, Loss, Relationships |
| In the Dream House | Machado, Carmen Maria | Horror, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Nonfiction | Abuse, Feminism, Queer |
| We Are the Luckiest | McKowen, Laura | Addiction, Memoir, Mental health, Nonfiction | AA, Sobriety |
| Zen and the Birds of Appetite | Merton, Thomas | Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality | Buddhism, Zen |
| The Seven Storey Mountain | Merton, Thomas | Autobiography, Nonfiction, Spirituality | Guidance |
| Model Citizen | Mohr, Joshua | Memoir, Mental health, Nonfiction, Sobriety | Fentanyl, Heart condition |
| The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality | Montel, Amanda | Guidance, Memoir, Nonfiction | |
| Think on These Things | Murti, Krishna | Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality | Meditation |
| The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky | Nijinsky, Romola | Diary, Mental health, Nonfiction | |
| Picasso: A Biography | O'Brian, Patrick | Biography, Nonfiction | Artist, Carnal pleasures, Mediterranean, Solitude |
| Flannery O’Connor Mystery and Manners | O’Connor, Flannery | Critical Theory, Essays, Nonfiction | |
| Excavation | Ortiz, Wendy C. | Addiction, Memoir, Mental health, Nonfiction | Alcoholism, Private school, Writing |
| Hollywood Notebook | Ortiz, Wendy C. | Biography, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Nonfiction, Prose | Death, Early-aughts, Grief, Hollywood |
| Start Where You Are (guidance) | Pema, Chodron | Buddhism, Guidance, Nonfiction, Self-help, Spirituality | |
| Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper | Pepper, Art and Laurie | Autobiography, Music, Nonfiction | Jazz |
| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance | Pirsig, Robert M. | Meditation, Memoir, Nonfiction | Fatherhood, Friendship, Inquiry |
| The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughter-house Five | Roston, Tom | Biography, History, Nonfiction | PTSD, Storytelling |
| Jell-O Girls | Rowbottom, Allie | Biography, Feminism, Motherhood, Nonfiction | Business, Family history |
| Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls | Sedaris, David | Essays, Humor, Nonfiction, Satire, Travelogue | |
| Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life | Sklenicka, Carol | Biography, Nonfiction | Middle America, Writer |
| Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal talks on Zen miditation and practice | Suzuki, Shunryu | Guidance, Nonfiction | |
| On Civil Disobedience and Non-Violence | Tolstoy, Leo | Activism, Critical Theory, Humor, Nonfiction, Philosophy | Self-deprecating |
| The Way of Life | Tzu, Lao | Guidance, Nonfiction, Poetry, Taoism | |
| A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again | Wallace, David Foster | Essays, Nonfiction | Cruiseliner, David Lynch, State fair, Tennis |
| Consider the Lobster and Other Essay | Wallace, David Foster | Essays, Nonfiction, Philosophy | Franz Kafka, John McCain, Maine lobster festival, Starlets |
| The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are | Watts, Allan | Humanism, Metaphysics, Nonfiction, Philosophy | Personal transformation |
| yeah. no. totally. | Wells, Lisa | Essays, Nonfiction | Nicaragua, OR, Portland |
| From Ritual to Romance | Weston, Jessie L. | Anthropology, Critical Theory, Folklore, Mythology, Nonfiction | Mysticism |
| Autobiography of a Yogi | Yogananda, Paramahansa | Autobiography, Eastern philosophy, Nonfiction | India, Yogi |
