*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - September Highlights*

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Updated September 19, 2025
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All the way to the river : love, loss, and liberation
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK "A delicious mashup of narrative that's by turns harrowing and healing." -People "Entertaining, insightful, wrenching ... punch-to-the-gut powerful." -The Washington Post
Awake : A Memoir
Hatmaker, Jen
Paper Book
"I can't imagine any woman reading this without feeling seen, inspired, and totally empowered." --Mel Robbins "A MASTERPIECE, you guys. This memoir by the great Jen Hatmaker *cannot* be missed. I was riveted as if to a thriller and touched/moved/inspired in ways I can't quite...
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Roy, Arundhati.
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 the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati's...
Dark renaissance : the dangerous times and fatal genius of Shakespeare's greatest rival
Greenblatt, Stephen
Poor boy. Spy. Transgressor. Genius. In repressive Elizabethan England, artists are frightened into dull conventionality; foreigners are suspect; popular entertainment largely consists of coarse spectacles, animal fights, and hangings. Into this crude world of government censorship...
Backstage : stories of a writing life
Leon, Donna
A memorable collection of stories and essays on writing, reading, teaching, and Venice by the celebrated author of the bestselling Guido Brunetti series Donna Leon's memoir, Wandering through Life, gave her legions of fans a colorful tour through her life, from childhood in...
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever : The Story of Spinal Tap
Reiner, Rob/ Guest, Christopher (CON)/ McKean, Michael (CON)/ Shearer, Harry (CON)
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 arrogant ape : the myth of human exceptionalism and why it matters
Webb, Christine E.
An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent,...
The Genius of Trees : How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World
Rix, Harriet.
A mind-expanding exploration of how trees learned to shape our world by manipulating the elements, plants, animals, and even humankind, possessing agency beyond anything we might have imagined "Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much in the picture,...
Replaceable You : Adventures in Human Anatomy
Roach, Mary
Paper Book
The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what's available--sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet...
Super Natural : How Life Thrives in Impossible Places
Riley, Alex
From scorching deserts to frozen seabeds, from the highest peaks of the Himalaya to the hadal depths of the oceans, there are habitats on this Earth that appear hostile to life--yet where, nevertheless, life flourishes. In North American forests, wood frogs awaken each spring from solid blocks of...
Chasing evil : shocking crimes, supernatural forces, and an FBI agent's search for hope and justice
Edward, John
Paper Book
How a skeptical FBI agent reached out to a famous psychic for help on a baffling case - and the twenty-five-year crime-solving journey that followed In the summer of 1998, FBI agent Bob Hilland reluctantly picked up the phone to call the famous psychic John Edward. Bob didn't...
The tragedy of true crime : four guilty men and the stories that define us
Lennon, John J.
In 2001, John J. Lennon killed a man on a Brooklyn Street. Now he's a journalist, working from behind bars, trying to make sense of it all. The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who...
Dealing with feeling : use your emotions to create the life you want
Brackett, Marc A.
From Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of the bestselling book Permission to Feel, comes an essential guide for regulating how we respond to our emotions in order to transform our lives. Success in virtually every...
The unexpected journey : finding strength, hope, and yourself on the caregiving path
Willis, Emma Heming
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This book is a game changer for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. It comes out of Emma's pain, which she has turned into a purpose bigger than herself. I couldn't be prouder of her and the courage it...
Good Things : Recipes and Rituals to Share With People You Love: a Cookbook
Nosrat, Samin/ Brackett, Aya (PHT)
Paper Book
From the bestselling 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 With all the generosity of spirit that has endeared her to...

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