New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated December 12, 2025
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ADHD explained : your toolkit to understanding and thriving
Hallowell, Edward M.
Paper Book
A NYT best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly diagnosed generation understand ADHD With a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are only just beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few...
Age of Extraction
Wu, Tim.
Paper Book
The Art of Chairmaking: A Guide to Making Beautiful Chairs
Mosseri, Jason
Paper Book
The Art of Chairmaking is the definitive guide to making Windsor chairs, with essential information on tools, materials and techniques. Windsor chairs, where the legs are mortised into the seat and don't form the backrest, are known for the striking elegance and comfort. This...
Art Work: On the Creative Life
Mann, Sally.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Erudite, frank, and funny" - Amor Towles "This book will make you brave" - Margaret Renkl The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author...
The beats : a graphic history
Piskor, Ed.
Paper Book
InThe Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat movement itself. Told by the comic legend Harvey Pekar, his frequent artistic collaborator Ed Piskor, and a range of artists and writers, including the feminist comic...
Book nooks : inspired ideas for cozy reading corners and stylish book displays
Dina, Vanessa
Paper Book
Home is where the books are.This inspiring home decor book is brimming with photos of cozy places to read and creative ways to display books at home. For stylish bookworms and bookish stylists, this covetable home décor book merges the literary appeal of Jane Mount's bestsellingBibliophile with...
The buried city : unearthing the real Pompeii
Zuchtriegel, Gabriel
Paper Book
By heart : recipes to hold near and dear
Catalano, Hailee
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano "Ms. Catalano has a laser-eyed clarity on flavor and a knack for deploying a short list of ingredients to great...
Dead And Alive: ; Essays
Smith, Zadie.
Paper Book
In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent years. She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola, Kara Walker and Celia Paul. She invites...
Eat Yourself Healthy: Food to Change Your Life
Oliver, Jamie.
Paper Book
This Christmas, gift Jamie's joyful recipes for a healthier, happier life - packed with flavour and feel-good food! Jamie's health journey will be all about more not less: more taste, more joy, more energy, more sleep, more of the things that we all want . . . <...
Every valley : the desperate lives and troubled times that made Handel's Messiah
King, Charles
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel's Messiah.
How to hug a porcupine : easy ways to love the difficult people in your life
Ebook
AS SEEN ON TIKTOK: Discover 101 easy communication strategies for dealing with difficult people--at home, at work, and in your community! Learn to calm the quills of difficult parents, children, colleagues, and even strangers. Most of us know someone who always seems...
The Idaho four : an American tragedy
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! "A vivid portrait...a sensitive tribute...a paean to youth, community, and the tenacity of local law enforcement." --New York Times  "A mesmerizing read and a great detective...
Indignity : a life reimagined
Ypi, Lea
Paper Book
Israel on the Brink: And the Eight Revolutions That Could Lead to Decolonization and Coexistence
Pappe, Ilan
Paper Book
A renowned Israeli-British historian argues Israel is fracturing, and considers the issues that must be centered for a peaceful future for Palestinians and Jews alike In this timely book, historian Ilan Pappé argues that with the 2022 election of the most right-wing government in...
It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
Meltzer, Marisa
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2025: Town & Country * Harper's Bazaar * W Magazine * Bustle * LitHub * Women's Wear Daily The first comprehensive biography of Jane Birkin-...
March. Book two
Lewis, John
Paper Book
Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation to join the struggle. Now,...
Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which...
Poppy Cooks: The Potato Book: 101 Recipes From The Potato Queen
O'Toole, Poppy.
Paper Book
- THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER - 'Not simply a social media sensation but, heartwarmingly, the actual, real thing... She is the High Priestess of The Potato.' - Nigella Lawson 'My jaw dropped when I opened this book - all I want to cook and eat...
Recognizing the stranger : on Palestine and narrative
Hammad, Isabella
Paper Book
"Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing." --Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine From the award-winning author of...
Sally's Baking 101 : foolproof recipes from easy to advanced
McKenney, Sally
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The ultimate baking book for home cooks of all skill levels with 101 sweet and savory, foolproof recipes plus helpful tips for best results--from the creator of the beloved website Sally's Baking Addiction. "Sally has a gift for creating...
Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Roman, Alison.
Paper Book
That's a great question, I'd love to tell you
Myers, Elyse
Ebook
The traitors circle : the rebels against the Nazis and the spy who betrayed them
Freedland, Jonathan
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ESCAPE ARTIST A THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Magnificent . . . Important and impressive' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Astonishing<...
Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland
Ross, Peter
Paper Book
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025, SCOTSMAN BOOKS OF 2025, COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* 'Packed with anecdote and colour, it's a surprisingly touching portrait of the countries' - Financial Times, Best Books of 2025 ...
Winter: The Story of a Season
McDermid, Val.
Paper Book

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