*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - September Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated September 19, 2025
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All the way to the river : love, loss, and liberation
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Paper Book
In her first nonfiction book in a decade, the #1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free. In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then...
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...
Truly
Richie, Lionel
Paper Book
"Richie is refreshingly open in the book, which functions as both a fun memoir and a love letter to music and his beloved Tuskegee... There's an abundance of love and gratitude in this wildly entertaining, utterly charming memoir." - Kirkus, STARRED review The long-awaited memoir...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...

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