New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated January 9, 2026
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The age of diagnosis : sickness, health and why medicine has gone too far
O'Sullivan, Suzanne
Paper Book
The book of home how-to : complete photo guide to home repair + improvement
Paper Book
Keep your home in tip-top shape and up to code with this comprehensive 500+-page reference with full-color, step-by-step photographic instruction for thousands of repair and maintenance jobs. The most complete book on the market for homeowners, BLACK+DECKER The Book of...
Don't leave me here : Saskia's true story of secrets, kidnap and abuse
Hartley, Maggie
Paper Book
A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain's most-loved foster carer What possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That's what Maggie asks herself when she's asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia. Saskia has been the...
Family of spies : a World War II story of Nazi espionage, betrayal, and the secret history behind Pearl Harbor
Kuehn, Christine
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER "An amazing and gripping tale, full of suspenseful twists and cinematic details" ―New York Times Book Review A propulsive, never-before...
A fine line between stupid and clever : the story of Spinal Tap
Reiner, Rob
Paper Book
For the first time, director Rob Reiner and co-creators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel.
Future boy : Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum
Fox, Michael J.
Paper Book
Good things : recipes to share with people you love
Nosrat, Samin
Paper Book
Once I hand them off to you, these recipes are no longer mine. They're yours, to do with as you please. And maybe, in the act of receiving, a little thread of connection will be woven between me and each of you. How can a recipe express the joy of sharing a meal in...
If anyone builds it, everyone dies : the case against superintelligent AI
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
Paper Book
Is a river alive?
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
Hailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an...
Island Knitting: Beautiful Knitting Patterns Inspired by Coastal Landscapes : ITEM ON ORDER
Erika Åberg, Erika Åberg
Paper Book
Embark on a knitting journey through the captivating landscapes of Shetland, the Hebrides, Gotland and Blidö with best-selling author and knitwear designer Erika Åberg (@wynja).  This stunning book features 20 timeless patterns inspired by the sea, wind and spirit of each island...
Joyride: ; A Memoir
Orlean, Susan.
Paper Book
From the beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, Joyride is a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose.
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
Elmhirst, Sophie
Paper Book
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...
Mother Mary comes to me
Roy, Arundhati
Paper Book
Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary, who she describes as 'my shelter and my storm...
Murderland : crime and bloodlust in the time of serial killers
Fraser, Caroline
Paper Book
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...
The new age of sexism : how the AI revolution is reinventing misogyny
Bates, Laura
Paper Book
'Laura Bates explains how they built the future - and forgot to put women in it' CAITLIN MORAN 'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND 'All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal...
Nice girls don't win : how I burned it all down to claim my power
Shallow, Parvati
Paper Book
"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
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . An explosive, deeply reported expose 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
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...
Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation
Ciccone, Carla.
Paper Book
For Carla Ciccone, the feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was all too familiar. After a lifetime of muddling through shame and self-blame, Carla was finally diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine years old. With this late diagnosis came the realisation that her most...
One day, everyone will have always been against this
El Akkad, Omar
Paper Book
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...
Raising hare
Dalton, Chloe
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST...
The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
Mazzeo, Tilar J
Paper Book
The true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot Summer, 1856 Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her...
Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history
Campbell, Olivia
Paper Book
The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions...
Taylor's version : the poetic and musical genius of Taylor Swift
Burt, Stephanie
Paper Book
There is no place for us : working and homeless in America
Goldstone, Brian
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2025 'Unforgettable' SUNDAY TIMES 'Courageous' OBSERVER 'One of the most important...
The wild edge of sorrow : rituals of renewal and the sacred work of grief
Weller, Francis
Paper Book
Hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world-a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive The bestselling book on grief and loss from psychotherapist Francis Weller- "One of the best books on grief I have ever read. ... It helped me turn to and understand my...

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