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Most Popular Adult Nonfiction of 2021

As measured by checkouts and hold requests, these nonfiction books for adults were the most in demand at Chicago Public Library in 2021, ranked from #1 to #25.

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  • Caste

    the Origins of Our Discontents

    Wilkerson, Isabel,
    Book, 2020New York : Random House, [2020] — HT725.U6W55 2020
  • Book, 2020New York : Crown, [2020] — E908.A3 2020
  • Paperback, 2021New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. — ML420.Z3913A3 2021
  • Book, 2018New York : Random House, [2018] — CT3262.I2W47 2018
  • Book, 2020New York : The Dial Press, [2020] — CT275.M469125A3 2020
  • The Warmth of Other Suns

    the Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    Wilkerson, Isabel
    Paperback, 2011New York : Vintage Books, 2011. — E185.6.W685 2011
  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    Gottlieb, Lori,
    Book, 2019Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. — RC480.8.G68 2019
  • Sapiens

    a Brief History of Humankind

    Harari, Yuval N.,
    Paperback, 2015New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] — CB113.H4H3713 2015
  • Empire of Pain

    the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
    Paperback, 2021Doubleday : New York, [2021] — HD9666.95.S23K44 2021
  • Talking to Strangers

    What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

    Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
    Paperback, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — HM1106.G58 2019
  • Paperback, 2015New York : Picador/Henry Holt and Company, 2015. — QE721.2.E97K65 2015
  • Paperback, 2000New York : Penguin Books, 2000. — BD438.G74 2000
  • Atomic Habits

    Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

    Clear, James,
    Book, 2018New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] — BF335.C525 2018
  • The Code Breaker

    Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    Isaacson, Walter,
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — QH440.I83 2021