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

1. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
Suzanne Heywood
Wavewalker: Breaking Free: Hardcover – April 13, 2023
2. Free to Learn
Peter Gray, Peter O. Gray
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
3. Working
Studs Terkel
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
4. The Four-Hour School Day
Durenda Wilson
The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life
5. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, Emily Paige Ballou
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity
6. Lies Across America
James W. Loewen
Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong
7. The Power of Language
Viorica Marian
The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
8. Strange Bedfellows
Ina Park
Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs
9. "Prisons Make Us Safer"
Victoria Law
"Prisons Make Us Safer": And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration
10. Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me
Wilfred Reilly
Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula
11. Dream Town
Laura Meckler
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
12. Long Live Latin
Nicola Gardini
Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language
13. Radical Inclusion
David Moinina Sengeh
Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
14. The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools
Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, Judy H. Mullet
The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools: Teaching Responsibility; Creating Caring Climates
15. The Art of Tinkering
Karen Wilkinson, Mike Petrich
The Art of Tinkering: Meet 150+ Makers Working at the Intersection of Art, Science & Technology
16. Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh
Carol A. Berry, Sue Mosteller CSJ
Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh: A Portrait of the Compassionate Life
17. Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition
Steven D. Levitt
Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
18. Beautiful Boy (tie-In)
David Sheff
Beautiful Boy (tie-In): A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
19. People's History of Computing in the United States
Joy Lisi Rankin
People's History of Computing in the United States: Hardcover – Illustrated, October 8, 2018
20. Burdened
Ryann Liebenthal
Burdened: Student Debt and the Making of an American Crisis
21. The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
22. I Will Teach You to Be Rich
Ramit Sethi
I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
23. Lies My Teacher Told Me
James W. Loewen
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
24. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

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