*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - November Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated November 21, 2025
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*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - November Highlights*

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Book of Lives : A Memoir of Sorts
Atwood, Margaret.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story? NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST "The most spectacular, hilarious, and...
Bread of Angels : A Memoir
Smith, Patti.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A radiant new memoir from artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids A TIME AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper," writes Patti...
Insomnia
Robertson, Robbie.
The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorsese--as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators--with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir Testimony. For four decades, Robbie Robertson produced music for...
We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir
Hopkins, Anthony
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood, and path to sobriety in his honest, moving, and long-awaited memoir. Born and raised in Port...
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Kuehn, Christine
A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family's shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It began with a letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World War...
How about Now: Poems
Baer, Kate
Paper Book
"Kate Baer's poems are so full of life--life as it is now, that I can hear them breathing. I loved this book."--Emma Straub "How About Now is a balm, a banister, and a battering ram. Her very best yet."--Catherine Newman The third full length poetry collection...
Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run
McCartney, Paul
An engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words...
Capitalism: A Global History
Beckert, Sven
A landmark event years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about...
Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
Leonnig, Carol
An Instant New York Times Bestseller "An amazing piece of work . . . This is not just a series of newly reported anecdotes and pieces of information. It is a remarkable thesis about how Trump effectively broke the Justice Department in his first term by bullying it." --Rachel...
Every Last Fish: A Deep Dive Into Everything They Do for Us and We Do to Them
George, Rose
A fresh and fascinating take on fish, the fishing industry, and our shared future, from one of our most intrepid and entertaining nonfiction writers. Slippery, wet, and strange: Fish can be easier to think of as food than as fellow animals. But what do we know about these creatures...
Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story
Kluger, Jeffrey
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL 2025 From the bestselling co-author of Apollo 13 comes the thrilling untold story of the pioneering Gemini program that was instrumental in getting Americans on the moon. Without Gemini, there...
The joy of solitude : how to reconnect with yourself in an overconnected world
Coplan, Robert J.
An engaging, practical guide through the promises and paradoxes of solitude, offering science-backed advice for getting the most out of your alone time and deepening your relationship with yourself and others. Solitude is part of the human experience. But just like other...
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