TLA’s 2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

We’re thrilled that the Texas Topaz Nonfiction List includes TWO Macmillan titles this year!

ONE IN A MILLENNIAL: ON FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS, FANGIRLS, AND FITTING IN by Kate Kennedy | 9781250285126

“A nostalgic look at what it was like growing up as a millennial girl in the 1990s and as a young woman in the early 2000s . . . Millennial patrons will love this title, but so will pop culture followers and fans of nostalgia and humor.”—Library Journal

“A perceptive personal meditation on the late 1990s and early 2000s pop culture that shaped her childhood . . . Kennedy provides memoir by way of cultural commentary, cleverly using her hybrid approach to highlight the ways in which trends and media popular during one’s formative years profoundly influence one’s identity. Told with wit and candor, this will strike a chord with Gen Yers.”—Publishers Weekly

RED DEAD’S HISTORY: A VIDEO GAME, AN OBSESSION, AND AMERICA’S VIOLENT PAST by Tore C. Olsson | 9781250287700

“This distinctive history book, both substantial and thoughtful, should dive off the shelves.”—Library Journal, starred review

“Informative and enjoyable . . . Olsson has much to say about connecting the past to the present in ways that are novel and fun.”—Kirkus Reviews