ATLAS OBSCURA
By Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton
Publisher: Workman • ISBN: 9780761169086
A richly documented ultimate explorer's guide to more than 700 hidden marvels, events and curiosities around the world.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES
By Brandon Stanton
Publisher: St. Martin's • ISBN: 9781250058904
More photographs, this time accompanied by interviews, from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING
By Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor • ISBN: 9780804172714
An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK
By Brandon Stanton
Publisher: St. Martin's • ISBN: 9781250038821
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary. Originally published in 2013.
SULLY
By Chesley B Sullenberger III with Jeffrey Zaslow
Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins • ISBN: 9780062561206
A memoir by the pilot who made an emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009. Originally published as “Highest Duty” in 2009. The basis for the 2016 movie.
DESTINATIONS OF A LIFETIME
By the staff of National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Society • ISBN: 9781426215643
A photographic tour of 225 global destinations.
SPEAKING AMERICAN
By Josh Katz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • ISBN: 9780544703391
The creator of the New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country.
WILD
By Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Knopf • ISBN: 9780307476074
An account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. Originally published in 2012 and a 2014 movie.
LION
By Saroo Brierley
Publisher: NAL • ISBN: 9780399584695
The author was lost on a train in India at age 5, then adopted by a couple in Australia; he searched for and found his birth family as an adult. Originally published in 2014 as “A Long Way Home” and the basis for the 2016 movie.
NONSTOP METROPOLIS
By Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Publisher: University of California • ISBN: 9780520285958
Essays and 26 imaginative maps celebrate New York City.