*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - June Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated June 19, 2026
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Transcendent: A Memoir
Cox, Laverne
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated...
View from the East Wing: A Memoir
Biden, Jill
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by The New York Times A novelist once wrote, "There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them." Jill Biden's time to...
The American School of Spies: The Archaeologists Who Fought the Nazis and Saved the Treasures of Ancient Greece
Talty, Stephan
From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the world's most precious relics In 1942, as head of the newly formed...
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Dolin, Eric Jay
Paper Book
From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven surviving crewmen face not only the miseries of shipwreck in unfamiliar territory but also the...
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman
A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time. From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House....
Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
Grandjean, Katherine
The chilling true story of a brutal string of deaths on the post-Revolutionary frontier that reveal the violence at the heart of the young United States "In Cold Blood for the 1790s . . . Part true crime, part western, part ghost story, Kingdom of Devils plumbs...
The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria's Romance Scammers
Barragan, Carlos
Paper Book
A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026 A People Best Book of June | A USA Today Most Anticipated Summer Read "What [Barragán has] produced feels miraculous: journalism that is simultaneously funny, devastating, wildly...
Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives
Saxbe, Darby
A groundbreaking exploration of the science and significance of fatherhood that shows great dads are made, not born Over the last decade, we've learned more about the transformative power of parenthood--biologically, psychologically, and socially--than ever before. But while...
The Plunge: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water
Ballard, Chris
Born to Run meets Why We Swim and Breath in a globe-spanning work of immersive narrative nonfiction that dives into the hidden world of cold water plunging and swimming--and what it reveals about the human body, mind, and need for connection. "Mesmerizing....
When memory fades : what to expect at every stage, from early signs to full support for Alzheimer's and Dementia
Chin, Nathaniel
Paper Book
A geriatrician whose perspective on his specialty changed when his own father was diagnosed with dementia provides clear, calm questions to ask and tasks to tackle--as well as what not to worry about--from the first moments of concern. When Nate Chin's father, also a...
Medesque: Everyday Recipes with Mediterranean Roots
Hayden, Georgina
A Maldon Salt Cookbook Club Pick "Joyful, generous and drenched in olive oil." -YOTAM OTTOLENGHI "Delicious, easy food that's full of happiness." -JAMIE OLIVER Antipasti Pasta Salad + Fried Gnocchi with Crispy Sausage and Broccoli +...

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