*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - October Highlights*

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Updated October 21, 2025
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Finding My Way: A Memoir
Yousafzai, Malala
A USA TODAY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK "Dynamic and surprising." --The New York Times This is not the story you think you know. It's the one I've been waiting to tell. Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's...
Future boy : Back to the Future and my journey through the space-time continuum
Fox, Michael J.
Paper Book
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 Michael J. Fox can tell it In early 1985...
John Candy : A Life in Comedy
Myers, Paul/ Aykroyd, Dan (FRW)
The definitive biography of John Candy--a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy's most beloved and enduring stars. INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Reading this book was like reconnecting with an old friend. I laughed, I cried, I didn't want it to end." --Judd Apatow "A...
Joyride : A Memoir
Orlean, Susan
Paper Book
"Brilliant...A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir." --The Wall Street Journal * "In Joyride, the takeaway often has as much to do with the art of living as the art of writing." --Elle * "Wise and exuberant....
Last Rites
Osbourne, Ozzy
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  "People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I...
1929 : Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Sorkin, Andrew Ross
"It is one of the best narrative histories I've read." --Judge Glock, The Wall Street Journal Named a Most Anticipated Book by New York Times Books Review, TIME, Washington Post, Associated Press, Town & Country, New York Post,...
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
Ioffe, Julia
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy. In 1990, seven-year-old Julia Ioffe and her family fled the Soviet Union. Nearly...
Against the Grain : Defiant Giants Who Changed the World
O'Reilly, Terry.
New from the bestselling author and host of CBC Radio's Under the Influence In Terry's bestselling book, My Best Mistake, he uncovers the surprising power of screwing up. Now, he turns his incredible eye to the mavericks who go "against the grain" in their work to see what makes them tick...
Elbows Up : Canadian Resilience and Resistance in the Age of Trump
Abdelmahmoud, Elamin.
A blazing collection of responses to the U.S.'s shocking annexation threats and the swell of Canadian national unity that followed, from a remarkable array of Canada's sharpest and most influential minds. 2025. Donald Trump is president. And he is insisting that Canada is for...
Enshittification : why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it
Doctorow, Cory
Paper Book
Enshittification: it's not just you--the internet sucks now. Here's why, and here's how we can disenshittify it. We're living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit...
Letter from Japan
Kondo, Marie/ Iida, Marie (CON)
In her most personal book yet, the iconic star of the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and #1 bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up opens up about the cultural traditions that have inspired her philosophy--and can make our lives better today....
Dead and Alive : Essays
Smith, Zadie.
A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays. In the past two decades, few writers have mastered the craft and art of the essay in the way that Zadie Smith has. Her writing, at once an occasion for personal reckoning and...

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