New Titles, December 2025

Updated December 4, 2025
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Indian country : a novel
Rao, Shobha
Paper Book
In this fearless novel from the award-winning author of Girls Burn Brighter, a couple from India-so different from generations of white colonialists who came before them-move to Montana, only to discover how brutal and unforgiving hubris can be. "Rao's prose is so...
Positive obsession : the life and times of Octavia E. Butler
Morris, Susana M.
Paper Book
A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.  As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a...
Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over Tiktok
Baker-White, Emily
Paper Book
Every Screen on the Planet is the first major book on one of the most dramatic business stories of our time. Touching on politics, finance, data, and technology, the struggle over TikTok has enormous implications for our information landscape and the technological cold war between the United...
Soldiers and kings : survival and hope in the world of human smuggling
De León, Jason
Paper Book
Political instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labour all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers - or coyotes, or...
The laws of connection : the scientific secrets of building a strong social network
Robson, David (Science journalist)
Paper Book
This groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought, showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives. Social connection is as essential for our health and happiness as a balanced diet and regular...
Making numbers count : the art and science of communicating numbers
Heath, Chip
Paper Book
A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data--from bestselling business author Chip Heath. How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds is...thirty-two years....
Literary theory for robots : how computers learned to write
Tenen, Dennis
Paper Book
Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare?
Still life with bones : genocide, forensics, and what remains
Hagerty, Alexa
Paper Book
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual,...
2020 : one city, seven people, and the year everything changed
Klinenberg, Eric
Paper Book
A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg "A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told...
Racebook : a personal history of the Internet
Onyebuchi, Tochi
Paper Book
From the author of Hugo and NAACP Image Award finalist Riot Baby, an original memoir in essays that interrogates how identities are shaped and informed in online spaces and how the relationship between race and the Internet has changed in his three decades online When Tochi...
American patriots : a short history of dissent
Young, Ralph
Paper Book
2025 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title A concise history that proves that dissent is patriotic The history of America is a history of dissent. Protests against the British Parliament's taxation policies led to the American Revolution and the creation...
Empire of AI : dreams and nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Hao, Karen
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book * An Instant New York Times Bestseller * One of Smithsonian's Top 10 Science Books of the Year "A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI, Hao is...

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