*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - May Highlights*

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Updated May 20, 2026
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*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - May Highlights*

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Backtalker: An American Memoir
Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller One of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas. ...
This Dark Night: Emily Bronte, a Life
Lutz, Deborah
Paper Book
Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was only twenty-seven-years old when she began work on one of the most important novels in the English language. Two years later in 1847, she completed Wuthering Heights. It took the world almost a century to catch up to Brontë's masterpiece, and it has taken even longer...
True crime : a memoir
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
Paper Book
Instant New York Times bestseller! #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own. "Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia...
The Land and Its People: Essays
Sedaris, David
Paper Book
In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). "A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much...
Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being
Zomorodi, Manoush
Paper Book
"A compelling, necessary and hopeful read for our busy, burned out, overwhelming and tech-addicted times. This book will make you want to move!" ―Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of Over Work From award-winning journalist and host of NPR...
I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything
Stern, Joanna
Paper Book
What happens when intelligent machines aren't just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids You've heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our...
Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love
Schur, Michael
New York Times bestselling authors Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski travel the world in a hilarious and heartwarming celebration of fans and the things they love: baseball, basketball, chess, darts, football, futbol, Indigenous North American stickball, pickleball, WWE, Taylor Swift,...
Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
Epstein, David
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fascinating stories. . . . Boxing ourselves in may be the ultimate way to think outside the box." --Wall Street Journal "I thought David Epstein's first two books were brilliant, but Inside the Box is his best. I'll never...
On Witness and Respair: Essays
Ward, Jesmyn
Paper Book
The collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never-before-published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two-time National...
A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World--And How It Can Save Us
Feiler, Bruce
Paper Book
One of our great decoders of human connection chronicles the astonishing rise of new rituals around the world--and offers a road map for restoring togetherness with gatherings you'll love Since time immemorial, humans have turned to ritual to connect us in periods of change....
Signals: The Hidden Power and Secret Language of Hormones
Hameed, Saira
"Signals is a special book, ... [an] utterly fascinating guide to who you are and how you work. It's compassionate, humane and grounded in the author's deep clinical experience. A true gift." ―Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People In the tradition...
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