New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated January 9, 2026
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The age of diagnosis : how our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker
O'Sullivan, Suzanne
Paper Book
From a neurologist and the award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients. We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the...
Barbieland: The Unauthorized History
Hitt, Tarpley
Paper Book
"Highbrow, brilliant." --New York magazine "A rollicking tale of how Mattel spied, copied, and stole its way to market dominance, then fought with military intensity to compel us to buy more and more." --The New York Times The...
The book of home how-to : complete photo guide to home repair + improvement
Paper Book
Keep your home in tip-top shape and up to code with this comprehensive 500+-page reference with full-color, step-by-step photographic instruction for thousands of repair and maintenance jobs. The most complete book on the market for homeowners, BLACK+DECKER The Book of...
Book of Making 2026: Projects for Makers and Hackers
Makers of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine, The
The future is here, and it's digital. It's in the electronics that make devices work: the sensors, the motors, and the logic that controls them. It's in the 3D printed plastic parts, and the CNC-machined wood and aluminium. If you want to build something in the modern age, you need...
Bring Me the Head of Joaquin Murrieta: The Bandit Chief Who Terrorized California and Launched the Legend of Zorro (Original)
Boessenecker, John
"A detailed treatment of the bloody Gold Rush California milieu in which Murrieta moved."--Wall Street Journal New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker--as seen on Netflix's Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War--brings the authoritative...
Cambridge IELTS 20: general training : with answers : authentic practice tests
Inside IELTS 20 General Training with Answers with Audio with Resource Bank you'll find FOUR complete examination papers plus details of the different parts of the test and the scoring system, so you can familiarise yourself with the General test format and practice your exam technique. Download the...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope, Faith & Miracles: 101 Awe-Inspiring Stories
Newmark, Amy
These true stories of miraculous events will give you hope, strengthen your faith, and remind you that good things do happen to good people! Miracles happen every day to people from all walks of life. Divine intervention, amazing coincidences, insightful dreams, angels at work,...
The complete guide to wiring : current with 2023-2026 electrical codes
Paper Book
For over 15 years, BLACK+DECKER The Complete Guide to Wiring has been the best-selling home wiring manual in North America. With this updated 9th edition, get the clearest, most up-to-date advice available. As the most current wiring book on the market, you can...
Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience As a Humboldt Bronco
Dahlgren, Kaleb
Paper Book
The Instant #1 National Bestseller--Now in Paperback On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured when a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan. The tragedy moved...
Detours: Hope & Growth After Life's Hardest Turns
Smart, Elizabeth
In this powerful memoir of survival and healing, Elizabeth Smart empowers readers to navigate life's detours, embrace resilience, and find healing and purpose after adversity. In Detours, Elizabeth Smart explores how trauma can derail one's path in life and shares her...
Don't leave me here : Saskia's true story of secrets, kidnap and abuse
Hartley, Maggie
Paper Book
A powerful, moving true story from Sunday Times bestseller, Maggie Hartley, Britain's most-loved foster carer What possesses a mum to kidnap her own child? That's what Maggie asks herself when she's asked to foster 13-year-old Saskia. Saskia has been the...
Family of spies : a World War II story of Nazi espionage, betrayal, and the secret history behind Pearl Harbor
Kuehn, Christine
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER "An amazing and gripping tale, full of suspenseful twists and cinematic details" ―New York Times Book Review A propulsive, never-before...
A fine line between stupid and clever : the story of Spinal Tap
Reiner, Rob
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel....
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan
Doucet, Lyse
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan's first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.
The First Survivor : Life With Canada's Deadliest Mass Shooter
Banfield, Lisa.
An unflinching memoir that reframes a national tragedy and demands we reckon with the cost of ignoring intimate partner violence. On April 18, 2020, Lisa Banfield's life shattered. After nineteen years in a controlling and often abusive relationship, she escaped a violent assault by...
Future boy : Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum
Fox, Michael J.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously--Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only...
The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Bacon, John U.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classic. Readers of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, Erik Larsen's Dead Wake, and Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea will love this deeply reported tale." --Hampton Sides...
Good things : recipes and rituals to share with people you love
Nosrat, Samin
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat--and one of America's most beloved chefs and teachers--125 meticulously tested, flavor-forward, soul-nourishing recipes that bring joy and a sense of communion A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE...
How My Dog Saved My Life : Thirty Tales of Courage and Compassion
Cochran, Cate.
Dogs are deeply empathetic and able to understand humans in ways that surpass language. Any dog owner knows how comforting it is to have their dog nuzzle them at just the right moment. Dogs can also act in ways that are at times astonishing--not only sensing danger, but actively finding ways to...
If anyone builds it, everyone dies : why superhuman AI would kill us all
Yudkowsky, Eliezer
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 | The Guardian's Best Books of 2025 | A 2025 Booklist Editors' Choice Pick The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction--but it's not...
In Search of Puffins : Stories of Loss, Light and Flight
Simmins, Marjorie.
In May of 2020, Canada was in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the Cameron and Simmins household, other serious health concerns had arisen. By June, author, journalist, and filmmaker Silver Donald Cameron had died, leaving behind a devastated -- and entirely isolated -- widow, Marjorie...
Indian Food Is Easy: Vibrant, Comforting Recipes for Every Day of the Week
Selvaraju, Vijaya
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER GLOBE & MAIL BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025 NATIONAL POST BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025 Unlock the secret to simple, flavor-filled Indian cooking with 100 recipes that anyone can make, any night of the week! Growing up in...
Is a river alive?
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
From the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which answers a resounding "yes" to the question of its title. At the heart of Is a River Alive? is a single, transformative idea: that rivers...
Island Knitting: Beautiful Knitting Patterns Inspired by Coastal Landscapes : ITEM ON ORDER
Erika Åberg, Erika Åberg
Embark on a knitting journey through the captivating landscapes of Shetland, the Hebrides, Gotland and Blidö with best-selling author and knitwear designer Erika Åberg (@wynja).  This stunning book features 20 timeless patterns inspired by the sea, wind and spirit of each island...
Joyride : a memoir
Orlean, Susan
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, GOODREADS, AND MORE "Brilliant...A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir." --The Wall Street Journal * "In Joyride, the takeaway often has as...
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
Elmhirst, Sophie
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY NPR, VOGUE, TIME MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORKER, AND MORE "This is nonfiction that...
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Roy, Arundhati
Named One of the New York Times Book Review's Top Ten Books of 2025 Finalist for the Kirkus Prize A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces her...
Murderland : crime and bloodlust in the time of serial killers
Fraser, Caroline
Paper Book
A National Bestseller * A Washington Post Notable Book * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York Post, LitHub, Kirkus...
The new age of sexism : how AI and emerging technologies are reinventing misogyny
Bates, Laura
Paper Book
Misogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it? We like to believe we're moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath the glossy surface of innovation lies a chilling truth: new technologies are not just...
Nice girls don't win : how I burned it all down to claim my power
Shallow, Parvati
Paper Book
"A bible for badass women."-SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR "Gripping and liberating."-ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again "Survivor legend and gay icon, Parvati Shallow has won my heart all over again."...
No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Harris, Gardiner
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . An explosive, deeply reported expose of Johnson & Johnson, one of America's oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies-from an award-winning investigative journalist "A damning portrait."-Associated Press "A page-turning...
Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which...
Nowhere Girl: Life As a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation
Ciccone, Carla
Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny). A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in a reported memoir about the girls that medical science ignored. "A fascinating analysis of who gets left out of ADHD research and a...
One day, everyone will have always been against this
El Akkad, Omar
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION * Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction * Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * A...
Paper girl : a memoir of home and family in a fractured America
Macy, Beth
An Instant National Bestseller . Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award . One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 . Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair "There couldn't be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential ....
Raising hare
Dalton, Chloe
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST...
Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging
Phan, Rachel
A CANADIAN BESTSELLER! A warm and poignant narrative about finding one's self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter's attempts to connect with parents who have always been just out of reach. When she was three years old,...
The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
Mazzeo, Tilar J
Paper Book
The true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot Summer, 1856 Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her...
The Shortest History of Scandinavia: 14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World
Kuldkepp, Mart
Scandinavia has long been lauded for its equality, universal welfare, peacefulness, and untouched nature?not to mention its interior design, crime literature, and love of all things hygge. But the Nordic nations have had their dark periods, too: pandemics, wars and occupations, and expansionism...
Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history
Campbell, Olivia
Paper Book
The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions...
Taylor's version : the poetic and musical genius of Taylor Swift
Burt, Stephanie
A preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry--and the celebrity--of Taylor Swift "This is an outstanding look at one of the world's most beloved entertainers."―Kirkus (starred) Taylor Swift has become...
There is no place for us : working and homeless in America
Goldstone, Brian
Paper Book
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE ATLANTIC'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Through the "revelatory and gut-wrenching" (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling...
Things in nature merely grow
Li, Yiyun
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year Yiyun Li's remarkable, defiant work of radical...
The uncool : a memoir
Crowe, Cameron
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Cameron has written a book that feels like music, an intimate souvenir, like a song you can't stop listening to." --Stevie Nicks * "A delicious tale of a devotee who worships at the altar of rock and roll....It's a love letter to fandom, sealed with...
The Wealthy Barber : The Fully Updated All-Time Canadian Classic
Chilton, David.
The wild edge of sorrow : rituals of renewal and the sacred work of grief
Weller, Francis
Paper Book
Hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world-a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive The bestselling book on grief and loss from psychotherapist Francis Weller- "One of the best books on grief I have ever read. ... It helped me turn to and understand my...
The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival
Jobson, Robert
From Elizabeth II to future King William, The Windsor Legacy offers a riveting exploration of the British monarchy's resilience and influence over the past century, looking at its key players and conflicts, with a forward-looking examination of its future. In an age where...

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