New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated October 3, 2025
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Ace : what asexuality reveals about desire, society, and the meaning of sex
Chen, Angela
Ebook
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What...
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Paper Book
What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget, and what treatments could help restore them to a life with purpose and joy? Here, Dr Bessel van der Kolk offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress. Neither talking nor drug therapies have...
Carbon : the book of life
Hawken, Paul
Carbon animates the entirety of the living world. Though it comprises only a tiny fraction of Earth's composition, our planet would be lifeless without it. From the intricate microscopic networks of fungi in the Earth's soils to the tallest trees of the forests to every cell in every animal, the...
Midnight on the Potomac : the last year of the Civil War, the Lincoln assassination, and the rebirth of America
Ellsworth, Scott, (Historian)
Paper Book
From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War--and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Told with a page-turning pace, New York Times bestselling...
Mind magic : the neuroscience of manifestation and how it changes everything
Doty, James R.
Paper Book
'Brilliant, passionate, and effective, this may be the ultimate guide to making your dreams come true . . . A beautiful gem of a book.' - Rick Hanson, PhD, bestselling author of Buddha's Brain In Mind Magic, neurosurgeon and compassion expert Dr. James Doty...
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Roy, Arundhati.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the...
Salt, fat, acid, heat : mastering the elements of good cooking
Nosrat, Samin
Ebook
The international sensation - award-winning chef Samin Nosrat distills the four key principles anyone can use to elevate their food and learn to cook instinctively.'Revolutionary' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI'A masterpiece' NIGELLA LAWSONA Sunday Times Food Book of the Year and a New York Times bestsellerWhile...
Truly
Richie, Lionel
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating perspective on a great pop story.' Sunday Times 'A career this packed with highs - and personal lows - makes for dream memoir fodder.' Daily Telegraph The long-awaited memoir of legendary Lionel Richie. As a...

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