“Home Ec for Everyone” and “Shop Class for Everyone,” both by Sharon and David Bowers, illustrated by Sophia Nicolay, 2021, Workman Publishing, $14.95 each

“Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America’s Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt” by Daniel Barbarisi, 2021, Knopf, 349 pages, $28

“Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville’s Famous Conjoined Twins” by Sarah Miller, 2021, Schwartz & Wade Books, 310 pages, $17.99

“The Secret History of Home Economics” by Danielle Dreilinger, 2021, Norton, 348 pages, $27.95

“Freedom” by Sebastian Junger, 2021, Simon & Schuster, 147 pages, $25.99

“On Juneteenth” by Annette Gordon-Reed, 2021, Liveright, 149 pages, $15.95

This is the kind of book that, once you start it, makes the hours disappear. It's an emotional one that'll make you skip dinner and lock the door so you can just read.

“The Final Revival of Opal & Nev” by Dawnie Walton, 2021, 37Ink, 361 pages, $27

“Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power” by Tamara Winfrey Harris, 2021, Barrett-Koehler Publishers, 185 pages, $16.95

“Buses Are A Comin’” by Charles Person with Richard Rooker, 2021, St. Martin’s Press, 304 pages, $26.99

Be prepared to be turned every which way with this book. Be set to let "The Son of Mr. Suleman" eat up your weekend. Just be ready because missing it would be a sin.

Before you get to an introspection-level, though, "Jackpot" is so darn entertaining, filled with stories of folks who unintentionally struck it rich in ways they never expected. Reading their stories feels almost like a workbook for potential winners: Do you do this or that? Buy a plane or change careers? Build another house? Where? Who cares?

“We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” by Natalie Baszile, 2021, Amistad, 368 pages, $29.99

“Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players” by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles, foreword by Hank Aaron, 2021, Gallery Books, 272 pages, $27

“The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson, 2021, Hanover Square Press, 496 pages, $27.99

“This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism” by Don Lemon, 2021, Little, Brown, 224 pages, $28

“The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship” by Deborah Willis, 2021, New York University Press, 256 pages, $35

“The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World” by Virginia Postrel, 2020, Basic Books, 305 pages, $30

“Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong” by Georgina Lawton, 2021, Harper Perennial, 304 pages, $17.99; and