In this article, the author describes ten nonfiction books she recommends for adults: (1) "My Reading Life" (Pat Conroy); (2) "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" (Barbara Demick); (3) "Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refuge Boy" (Carlos Eire); (4) "The Perfect Shape + The Perfect Sauce = The Geometry of Pasta" (Jacob Kennedy); (5) "Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty" (Phoebe Hoban); (6) "Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void" (Mary Roach); (7) "Amore: The Story of Italian American Song" (Mark Rotella); (8) "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (Rebecca Skloot); (9) "Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian" (Avi Steinberg); and (10) "Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories" (Simon Winchester).