*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - April Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated April 17, 2025
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Children of radium : a buried inheritance
Dunthorne, Joe
Paper Book
*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick* In the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this "profound...comic...[and] unconventional" (The New York Times) family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the...
Dear writer : pep talks & practical advice for the creative life
Smith, Maggie
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing with a practical guide perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Drawing from...
I am Maria : my reflections and poems on heartbreak, healing, and finding your way home
Shriver, Maria
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver's hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days. I Am Maria...
Searches : selfhood in the digital age
Vara, Vauhini
Paper Book
From the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and connection A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, Esquire,...

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