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Last refreshed 2026-02-27. We keep tuning this list as new titles land and reader interest shifts.

1. Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
Joel Salatin
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
2. Saudi America
Ms. Bethany McLean, Bethany McLean
Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World
3. The E-Myth Contractor
Michael E. Gerber
The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
4. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook
Jim Kalbach, Michael Schrage
The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs
5. The User's Journey
Donna Lichaw
The User's Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love
6. Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
7. Reinventing the Chicken Coop
Kevin McElroy, Matthew Wolpe
Reinventing the Chicken Coop: 14 Original Designs with Step-by-Step Building Instructions
8. Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
A Nonfiction pick for readers exploring Silent Spring.
9. The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
10. Living the Airstream Life
Karen Flett
Living the Airstream Life: Hardcover – September 19, 2017
11. Johnstown Flood
David McCullough
A History pick for readers exploring Johnstown Flood.
12. The Great Bridge
David McCullough
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
13. The Homeowner's Energy Handbook
Paul Scheckel
The Homeowner's Energy Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid
14. The Great Texas Wind Rush
Kate Galbraith, Asher Price
The Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power
15. Cadillac Desert
Marc Reisner
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
16. The One-Straw Revolution
Masanobu Fukuoka
The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming
17. Lights Out
Ted Koppel
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
18. The Grid
Gretchen Bakke
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
19. Open Concept Apartments
Francesc Zamora, Francesc Zamora Mola
Open Concept Apartments: Hardcover – Illustrated, July 3, 2018
20. The Backyard Homestead
Carleen Madigan
The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
21. Where the Water Goes
David Owen
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
22. Connected
Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives -- How Your Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do
23. Value Proposition Design
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
24. The Big Rich
Bryan Burrough
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes

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