Quick Picks: Stranger Than Fiction

Although these days I love to read a great novel, many years of my reading life were focused on nonfiction – the true stuff, things that seemed utterly unbelievable but actually happened or existed, people who made an impact, or the history of strange things.  If you are looking for a quick read, you might consider browsing the nonfiction section.  We have many nonfiction books at the library that are filled with pictures and quick blurbs; you can pick and choose to read about what you find the most interesting.  What would you want to learn about?

Quick Picks: Nonfiction

• Can I See Your I.D.? True Stories of False Identities by Chris Barton
• Star Wars Character Encyclopedia by Simon Beecroft
• Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-Dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever by Julian Beever
• Street Art Book: 60 Artists in Their Own Words by Ric Blackshaw and Liz Farrelly
• Ask Me Everything: Facts, Stats, Lists, Records and More by Samone Bos, et al.

• How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg
• Warriors Versus Warriors: Ten Fighters, Five Battles, ONE WINNER by Catherine Brereton, Philip Steele, and Hannah Wilson
• How to Survive Anything by Rachel Buchholz
• Danger!: Open with Extreme Caution by Laura Buller
• The Disposable Skateboard Bible by Sean Cliver

• Stuff on my Mutt by Mario Garza
• Good Behavior: A Memoir by Nathan Henry
• Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo by Annice Jacoby
• When Parents Text, So Much Said...So Little Understood by Lauren Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli
• Hollywoof ! Celebrity Dogs Bite Back by Nasim Mawji, Chris Doherty, and Burt Jensen

• Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
• Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species by Joel Sartore
• X-treme X-ray: See the World Inside Out! by Nick Veasey
• Deadly Perils: And How to Avoid Them by Tracey Turner
• Paranormal Caught on Film by Melvyn Willin

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