New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated January 9, 2026
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The book of home how-to : complete photo guide to home repair & improvement
Paper Book
All the do-it-yourself information you need for your home repairs. BLACK+DECKER The Book of Home How-To is easy to search through, even easier to use. The editors at Cool Springs Press know a thing or two about DIY home improvement and maintenance; we've been writing about it...
The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Bacon, John U.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smithsonian * 10 Best History Books of 2025 Bookpage * Best Books of 2025 "A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classic. Readers of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, Erik Larsen's Dead Wake, and Nathaniel...
Good things : recipes and rituals to share with people you love
Nosrat, Samin
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat--and one of America's most beloved chefs and teachers--125 meticulously tested, flavor-forward, soul-nourishing recipes that bring joy and a sense of communion A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE...
Is a river alive?
Macfarlane, Robert
A New York Times Bestseller A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller Finalist for the 2025 Banff Mountain Book Competition in Environmental Literature Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Joyride : a memoir
Orlean, Susan
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
Elmhirst, Sophie
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY NPR, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, AND MORE "This is nonfiction that...
Murderland : crime and bloodlust in the time of serial killers
Fraser, Caroline
A National Bestseller * A Washington Post Notable Book * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York Post, LitHub, Kirkus...
Nice girls don't win : how I burned it all down to claim my power
Shallow, Parvati
"A bible for badass women."--SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR "Gripping and liberating."--ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again "Survivor legend and gay icon, Parvati Shallow has won my heart all over again....
No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Harris, Gardiner
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America's oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies--from an award-winning investigative journalist "A damning portrait."--Associated Press "A page-turning...
Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
One day, everyone will have always been against this
El Akkad, Omar
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * PALESTINE BOOK AWARD WINNER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM * From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful...
Paper girl : a memoir of home and family in a fractured America
Macy, Beth
An Instant National Bestseller * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award * One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair "There couldn't be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential ....
Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history
Campbell, Olivia
There is no place for us : working and homeless in America
Goldstone, Brian
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Through the "revelatory and gut-wrenching" (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling...
Things in nature merely grow
Li, Yiyun
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Short-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Long-listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award One...

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