New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - January Highlights

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New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - January Highlights

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Attention Seeker: A Neurodivergent Comedian's Guide to Thriving with ADHD
Michael, Darcy.
From neurodivergent comedian Darcy Michael, a hilarious memoir with a message about living with adult ADHD. What if ADHD isn't a disorder to overcome, but a superpower that makes you funnier, more creative, and more resilient? In Attention Seeker, comedian and card-carrying...
Black Bear : A Story of Siblinghood and Survival
Moyles, Trina.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss. When Trina Moyles was five years old, her father, a wildlife biologist known in Peace River as "the bear guy," brought home...
The Flower Bearers
Griffiths, Rachel Eliza
"This singular memoir stunned me. With a poet's precision, Rachel Eliza Griffiths renders two interwoven tragedies few others could have lived through, much less written about with such clear-eyed candor."--Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of The Liars' Club ...
Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
Chang, Jung
The magnificent follow-up to Wild Swans, the multimillion copy, internationally bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courageous women in one family. "AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN MY GRANDMOTHER became the concubine of a...
Homeschooled : a memoir
Block, Stefan Merrill
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! * A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK  *  A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother's all-consuming love, a son's perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool...
If Only Love : A Memoir of Second Chances
Saywell, Shelley.
In 1973, a seventeen-year-old Canadian girl meets an American boy on her first day of school in Japan and falls in love, not realising that he is also a goner for her. When they finally connect, they only have two months together before school's out and she has to head home. Bad timing and swirling...
Live to See the Day : Impossible Goals, Unimaginable Futures, and the Pursuit of Things That May Never Be
Medley, Mark.
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER An imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day is a globe-trotting exploration of what drives certain people to pursue a dream beyond all logic, reason, or reward. Why do people pursue impossible goals? In...
Losing My Ambition : A "Good Enough" Memoir
Niazi, Amil.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Channeling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut, this memoir stylishly interrogates the aspirations of young adulthood, early middle age, motherhood and life after ambition-- for readers of Ada Calhoun, Jia Tolentino, Jessi...
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Burden, Belle
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Burden's searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit."--People​​ "A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is gripping and heartbreaking and a must...
Winter: The Story of a Season
McDermid, Val
"The perfect little book to get you through winter's doldrums . . . a warm look at a dark time."--Washington Post In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single...
Battle of the Arctic : The Maritime Epic of World War Two
Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh.
No campaign during World War Two contained more spinetingling drama, outstanding courage and heartbreaking tragedy than the Arctic convoys. Yet they - and the multifaceted Battle of the Arctic that had to be fought to get them through to Russia - remain one of the war's most undercelebrated feats...
Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster
Soboroff, Jacob
From the MSNBC Senior Political and National Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of Separated, a gripping and revelatory account of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires, which he covered on the ground as an LA native.  On the morning of...
Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island
Pitts, Mike
Paper Book
"A crisp, confident, and convincing new account of the place and its chroniclers" -- The New Yorker "A definitive history of the mysteries of Easter Island...compelling...[a] magisterial history." -- New York Times "Revelatory...fascinating......
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
Sancton, Julian
The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver--and one man's obsessive quest to find it--from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth "Splendid...
The spy in the archive : how one man tried to kill the KGB
Corera, Gordon
Paper Book
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man - Vasili Mitrokhin - turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West. How do you steal...
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII
Braude, Mark
ONE OF KIRKUS'S 20 BEST BOOKS OF JANUARY ONE OF BOOK PAGE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE MONTH The "endlessly compelling" (NYT Book Review) untold story of a trailblazing Paris correspondent for The New Yorker, who sounded the alarm about...
After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace
Polito, Robert
Paper Book
A prevailing narrative goes: Bob Dylan, the voice of Sixties counterculture, disappeared in the 1970s, then released arguably the worst music of his career in the 1980s-only to be resurrected in 2016, when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Dylan's concerts once began with an announcer...
One Aladdin Two Lamps
Winterson, Jeanette
"Enchanting, unexpected and razor-sharp. Jeanette Winterson and Shahrazad are the perfect co-pilots to take us into new worlds on the wings of old stories."--Kamila Shamsie, award-winning author of Home Fire I can change the story because I am the story.<...
Sharing the Light: Stories and Reflections
Smith, Monique Gray
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Uplifting stories, vignettes, and reflections to inspire gratitude, love, joy, and hope in navigating life in a changing, challenging world. "Monique Gray Smith's signature warmth and wisdom illuminates paths toward resilience, creativity, and...
Cheapskate in Lotusland : Living Well on a Small Budget
Burgess, Steve.
Cheapskate in Lotusland is an entertaining and exuberant testament to the philosophy and practice of frugality and an invitation to live better by living within one's means. Set in Vancouver, one of North America's most expensive cities, this wry and insightful book offers writer Steve...
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
Rosen, Kenneth R
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the...
The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy
Bauer, Susan Wise
"Written in lively, informative prose...The Great Shadow offers wide-ranging evidence of alternative frameworks for disease." --Science "Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout...
Junglekeeper: What It Takes to Change the World
Rosolie, Paul
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man's rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest--and what we can learn from the people fighting to...
The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires
Pinkham, Sophie
From the Baltic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the steppes of Central Asia, Russia's forests account for nearly one-fifth of the world's wooded lands. The Oak and the Larch is the first-ever English-language exploration of this vast expanse--a dazzling environmental history of Russia that...
Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood
Mann, William J
Illuminating and captivating, New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder--the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history--which humanizes the victim and situates the notorious case...
Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy
Duffy, Chris
From a comedian and host of hit TED podcast, How to Be a Better Human, a hilarious and enlightening guide to laughing your way into a fuller life "Warning: this book may cause repeated smiling. It's a delightful read about how we can bring more levity into our lives." -...
Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
Breheny Wallace, Jennifer
"A timely, vitally important read." -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:thinking "Beautifully written and deeply felt. Wallace gives readers the insights we need to understand each other, and the actions we can...
The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans
Shankar, Maya
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A rare combination of beautiful storytelling, cognitive science, and wholehearted wisdom. --Brené Brown A revelatory exploration of how we can find meaning in the tumult of change, from a renowned cognitive scientist and host of...
Plant Powered Plus: Activate the Power of Your Gut to Tame Inflammation and Reclaim Your Health
Bulsiewicz, Will
The instant New York Times bestseller! The New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled offers an empowering new program to reclaim your health, fight inflammation, and supercharge your immune system by healing your gut. We've all heard...
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
Nguyen, C Thi
"Mind-expanding . . . The Score is so exuberant and readable that the depth and seriousness of its insights almost sneak up on you." --Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times "Brilliant and wildly original . . . The Score is socially attentive, historically literate...
The Singles Tax : No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners
Sylvestre-Williams, Ren?.
When it comes to finances, single people can't seem to get a break: whether that's taxes, housing, retirement, or something as simple as a hotel room. With The Singles Tax, Renée Sylvestre-Williams uses her expertise as a financial journalist and a single person to explain how things got...
Undimmed: The Eight Awarenesses for Freedom from Unwanted Habits
Mak, Cecily
Undimmed is a revolutionary guide to help you break free from the habits that dim your life. When Cecily Mak decided to take a break from drinking, the most common response she got was "Oh, I didn't know you had a problem." A problem? She was not an addict, or even...
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