*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - April Highlights*

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Updated April 17, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - April Highlights*

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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Keefe, Patrick Radden.
Paper Book
In 2019, teenager Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment balcony into the Thames. As his grieving parents began to investigate his final days, they were shocked to learn that he'd been leading a double life, in which he was posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch...
Famesick: ; A memoir
Dunham, Lena
Paper Book
Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl.
Homesick Nomad: Settling Into an Untethered Life
Madia, Brianna
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author of Nowhere for Very Long and Never Leave the Dogs Behind Brianna Madia considers putting down roots--but on her own terms--in this intimate and inspiring memoir. Brianna Madia is beloved for her honest and enthralling accounts of life in the...
Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself
Ward, Libby
Paper Book
An unflinchingly honest and disarmingly funny memoir from an exhausted mom who broke under the pressure to do it all, faced her past, found herself--and learned to let go of perfection and just serve the dang chicken nuggets. "Libby is shifting the cultural narrative in a way that...
The Rolling Stones: The Biography
Spitz, Bob
Paper Book
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times From the award-winning, bestselling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, a groundbreaking reckoning with the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band All great music is a threat.
Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
Phillips, Jayne Anne
Paper Book
OPRAH'S #1 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 * A luminous memoir in essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, who reflects on her origins and the mysteries of memory. "Small Town Girls is a brilliant, wide-ranging book, nostalgic and tough-minded at the same time. Like...
Fashioning the crown : a story of power, conflict and couture
Picardie, Justine
Paper Book
'A romp through British royal fashion and image-making between the Edwardian era and 1960 . . . Compelling and well-researched' New York Times 'Magnificent . . . A book that is tart, racy and compulsively readable. The pictures, as you might expect, are gorgeous'...
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal
Holland, Merlin.
Paper Book
The definitive study of the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde after his death, written by Wilde's only grandson
Attention : writing on life, art and the world
Enright, Anne
Paper Book
The first collection of Booker Prize-winning writer Anne Enright's non-fiction writing about culture, literature and her own life 'Anne Enright might just be Ireland's greatest living writer' THE TIMES 'A joy to read' MAGGIE O'FARRELL ...
Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Tarnoff, Ben.
Paper Book
A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age 'A searing analysis of Elon Musk... Impressive and unrelenting, this grapples with a destructive ideology that seems poised to consume everything' - Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)...
Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
Mayyasi, Alex
Paper Book
Hello, and welcome to Planet Money! Millions of listeners trust the world's leading economics podcast to explain the mysterious inner workings of the global economy and the forces that affect nearly every decision we make. Through expert research and delightful stories the Planet Money hosts help...
Joyful, Anyway: Finding Delight in Impossible Times
Bowler, Kate.
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and Duke University professor Kate Bowler offers a profound, funny and deeply human case for joy that doesn't depend on everything getting better. 'Bowler interrogates the idea...
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