New Adult Non-Fiction

Updated November 14, 2024
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Yoko :
Sheff, David.
Paper Book
An intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy. John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world's most famous unknown artist. "Everybody knows her name, but no one knows what she does." She has only...
Booster shots :
Ratner, Adam J.,
Paper Book
Every single child diagnosed with measles represents a system failure - an inexcusable unforced error. The technology to prevent essentially 100 percent of measles cases has been in our hands since before the moon landing. But this serious airborne disease, once seemingly defeated, is resurgent...
The Longevity Nutrient :
Venn-watson, Stephanie
Paper Book
Unlock the secret to longevity with Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson's groundbreaking research of the molecule C15:0--an essential fat found in whole milk, cheese, and fatty fish--that can improve your health and increase your lifespan. The hunt for the holy grail of healthy aging has...
Mad House :
Karni, Annie/ Broadwater, Luke
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "vivid, juicy" (Vogue) fly-on-the-wall account of the epic dysfunction of the American Congress, from the rotating cast of failed Speakers to the MAGA efforts to impeach President Joe Biden to the insanity of the 2024 presidential race--by the star...
Dear writer :
Smith, Maggie,
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing with a practical guide perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Drawing from...
Secrets of adulthood :
Rubin, Gretchen.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and happiness. The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change our lives....
We tell ourselves stories :
Wilkinson, Alissa,
Paper Book
Joan Didion opened The White Album (1979) with what would become one of the most iconic lines in American literature: "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." Today, this phrase is deployed inspirationally, printed on T-shirts and posters, used as a battle cry for artists and writers. In...
Red Scare :
Risen, Clay.
Paper Book
As relevant as it is comprehensive, Red Scare tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare--based in part on newly declassified sources--by an award-winning writer of history and New York Times reporter. The film Oppenheimer has awakened interest in this...
Why Nothing Works :
Dunkelman, Marc J.
Paper Book
A provocative exploration about the architecture of power, the forces that stifle us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in democratically elected government--"the best book to date on the biggest political issue that nobody is talking about" (Matthew Yglesias) ...
Love, Rita :
Davis, Bridgett M.,
A searing tribute of sisterhood and family, profound love and loss from the acclaimed author of The World According to Fannie Davis. In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister Rita, who knew Bridgett before she knew herself. Just four years apart in age, as...
Unmasking for life /
Price, Devon,
Paper Book
Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism. "Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their...
On My Honor :
Christensen, Kim
Paper Book
From a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, the shocking rise and fall of an American institution. Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has been the nation's premier youth organization, espousing self-reliance and honor. More than 100 million...
Cults Like Us :
Borden, Jane.
Paper Book
For readers of Fantasyland and Cultish, a colorful and enlightening pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of our Puritan founders are still driving American culture today, contextualizes the current rise in far-right extremism as a natural result of our latent...
Miracles and wonder :
Pagels, Elaine H.,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world. "This a brilliant and necessary book. Sober,...
Waste Wars :
Clapp, Alexander
Paper Book
A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade.                            ...
The Rebel Empresses :
Goldstone, Nancy
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling, "richly detailed, entertaining" chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe--Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France--and their efforts to rule...
Daughter of daring :
O'Meara, Mallory,
Paper Book
From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the story of America's first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who rose to fame during a time when women ruled Hollywood. Helen Gibson was a woman willing to do anything to give audiences a thrill. Advertised as "The...
Love, Queenie :
Sen, Mayukh,
Paper Book
Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Hers was a face that "launched a thousand ships," a so-called exotic beauty who the camera loved and fans adored. Her nomination for The Dark Angel marked the first time the Academy recognized a...
King of the North :
Theoharis, Jeanne.
Paper Book
A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Book From the New York Times bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. "Theoharis shows us through penetrating research and sensitive, scholarly insight that Dr. King not only was...
Healing the Modern Brain :
Ramsey, Drew.
Paper Book
In this essential guide, the groundbreaking author of Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety and The Happiness Diet explores the ten tenets vital to cultivating Mental Fitness and provides direct, actionable techniques to improve brain function and emotional health. The human...
Untethered :
Bolton, Doug
Paper Book
Over the past decade, children's mental health challenges have reached epidemic levels - stress, anxiety, childhood depression, and suicide are at unprecedented high rates. Amid high-stakes pressure for kids to succeed, parents and teachers have never needed a road map to healthy child development...
The fifteen :
Geroux, William,
Paper Book
The revelatory true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown. "In the pantheon of American history, it...
Children of radium :
Dunthorne, Joe.
Paper Book
*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick* In the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this "profound...comic...[and] unconventional" (The New York Times) family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the...
The power of parting :
Dolan, Eamon,
A myth-shattering, inspiring book that combines research, reportage, and memoir to explore the growing phenomenon of estrangement from toxic relatives--showing it not as a tragedy, but as an empowering and effective solution to the heartbreak of family abuse. After...

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