The Most Anticipated Nonfiction of 2026

Amir Levine, MD, coauthor of the groundbreaking, multimillion-copy bestseller Attached, presents a bold new promise — that anyone can learn to create a secure life — and offers cutting-edge tools to make it a reality. This is the definitive guide for anyone looking to improve their emotional health, deepen their connections, and build more fulfilling lives.

The National Book Award-winning historian of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has moved from the margins to become the most dominant political theory of our time — and what we can do to safeguard democracy from this insidious threat.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause explains everything a woman needs to know to thrive during the often-misdiagnosed and medically ignored perimenopausal years. Whether you have symptoms or not, The New Perimenopause helps remove the mystery around this time of change, putting women in control of their health going forward.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find — and a plan to discover your life’s deepest purpose.

The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential — and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century.

The trailblazing scientist who pioneered the concept of sophisticated communication between trees returns with a book that places nature’s own cycles of renewal at the center of a powerful vision for the future of our forests. Animated by wonder for our forests and the intricate practices of caretaking that have long sustained them, When the Forest Breathes is a vital reminder of all the natural world has to teach us about adaptability, resilience, and community.

A hilarious but nonetheless groundbreaking contribution to the argument about which force shapes American life the most. For two kinds of readers — those who know it’s football and those who are about to find out.

How to do more with less and use limits to stimulate creativity, innovation, and collaboration, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range. Original, galvanizing, and deeply researched, Inside the Box tells absorbing stories of people and organizations that embraced constraints to transform themselves, and the world — as well as a few that struggled from a lack of limits. Epstein reveals how boundaries create breakthroughs, and how setting the right constraints can help you become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself.

A psychiatrist who has dedicated her life to treating global survivors of unspeakable horrors shares the three keys to resilience that we can use to weather stress, loss, and trauma in our own lives. Profoundly insightful and beautifully written, Why We Suffer and How We Heal offers a groundbreaking new path to deep healing and finally feeling alive again.

The philosopher C. Thi Nguyen — one of the leading experts on the philosophy of games and the philosophy of data — takes us deep into the heart of games, and into the depths of bureaucracy, to see how scoring systems shape our desires, and how to help us win back control over what we value.

A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union. Over a decades-long, distinguished career, award-winning journalist Norah O’Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold women’s stories. Now, in honor of America’s 250th birthday, O’Donnell focuses that passion on sharing the stories of American heroines who helped change the course of history.

From the bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace, a guide to understanding healthy dependency — to bring our relationships back into balance. Whether you’re yearning for more trust with a spouse or partner, more clarity with a best friend or sibling, or more agency in how you show up in the world, these insights will help you reevaluate, reset, and relate better.

Life is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. Shouldn’t you spend it doing something you love? This book will teach you how to find your dream job and avoid a career you’ll regret — from a leading venture capitalist, based on his viral college talk.

Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and discover the mythic, political, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples.

From FBI: Most Wanted’s Dylan McDermott and former FBI Special Agent Christopher Whitcomb, a revealing investigation into the disappearance of the Springfield Three, a cold case that has bewildered police officers, the FBI, and avid true crime followers for three decades.

An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China. Drawing on years of firsthand reporting, The Wall Dancers weaves together the stories of individuals navigating China’s transformation into both the world’s largest online user base and one of its most populous authoritarian states. As these entrepreneurs, activists, artists, and dreamers experience the internet’s power as a tool for both control and liberation, they grapple with universal questions of success and authenticity, love and solidarity, faith and resilience.

Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison, investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious. To read these lectures, collected here for the first time, is to encounter Morrison, not just the writer but also the teacher, in the most profound and subversive way yet.

The New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled offers an empowering new program to reclaim your health, fight inflammation, and supercharge your immune system by healing your gut. With Plant Powered Plus, you’ll harness the incredible power of your gut to unlock an anti-inflammatory lifestyle that energizes, alleviates symptoms, reduces disease risk, and supports lifelong vitality. Take the first step toward radiant, lasting health — starting from within.

A bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America’s original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal — from the acclaimed author of The Whiteness of Wealth. Built on the frameworks used throughout U.S. history by the government to pay restitution, Brown argues that it is now time to do the same for America’s Black population.

A timely, practical, and innovative look at the relationship between parent and child anxiety, with actionable strategies to help parents break the cycle — from a clinical psychologist with expertise in treating anxiety disorders in children, adolescents, and in parents.

What if the only thing standing between you and the seemingly impossible … was belief? Most of your limits aren’t physical. They’re psychological. In Beyond Belief, bestselling author Nir Eyal (Indistractable, Hooked) reveals how the hidden assumptions you carry shape what you see, how you feel, and what you do — and how to replace them with beliefs that unlock your true potential.

A science-based, practical blueprint for cultivating a life — at work and at home — full of belonging, joy, and vitality, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code. Through captivating real-world stories, rigorous scientific studies, and firsthand accounts, Coyle reveals what sets some groups apart — and offers you the tools and insights to flourish in your own life.

A rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement.

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America’s criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite — and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. Provocative and eye-opening, The Price of Mercy lifts the curtain on the way our laws really operate and presents a path forward for true transformation of the American criminal court system. Justice, and the law itself, is not some static thing. It is something enacted together, decision by decision, in acts of inhumanity or mercy.

A revolutionary playbook for building generational wealth, no matter where you grew up — from the founders of the explosively popular podcast and financial literacy platform Earn Your Leisure. Now in paperback!

The billionaire co-founder and former CEO of Spin Master, a children’s entertainment powerhouse, reveals the secret business advantages of youth — and how having no experience can be the keys to finding success in your twenties. No Experience Necessary is a rallying cry for dreamers to embrace the messy reality of building something meaningful from scratch.

An urgent rethinking of the Western approach to mental health, which treats the symptoms rather than the exploitative systems causing our distress — by a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical School physician-anthropologist — offering lessons from the rest of the world.