New Nonfiction To Read This Fall
Find a gripping history book or an inspiring memoir! Take a look at nonfiction hitting shelves in fall 2023.
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Add to BookshelfBuild the Life You Want
by Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey
In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.
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Project UnLonely
by Jeremy Nobel, MD
Insight into our new world of loneliness that offers solace, hope, and solutions. Supportive and clear-eyed, this is the book we will take into our new normal and rely on for years to come.
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How Far to the Promised Land
by Esau McCaulley
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope. How Far to the Promised Land is a thrilling and tender epic about being Black in America. It’s a book that questions our too-simple narratives about poverty and upward mobility; a book in which the people normally written out of the American Dream are given a voice.
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Start Here
by Sohla El-Waylly
Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe developer, and video producer Sohla El-Waylly reimagines what a cookbook can be, teaching home cooks of all skill levels how cooking really works.
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Determined
by Robert M. Sapolsky
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences.
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The Sisterhood
by Liza Mundy
The acclaimed author of Code Girls returns with a revelatory history of three generations at the CIA — the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spy craft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden.
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The Upcycled Self
by Tariq Trotter
From one of our generation’s most powerful artists and incisive storytellers comes a brilliantly crafted work about the art — and war — of becoming who we are.
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Two Roads Home
by Daniel Finkelstein
An epic and uplifting World War II family history of resistance that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering under Hitler and Stalin, and the near-miraculous survival stories of the author’s mother and father.
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World Within a Song
by Jeff Tweedy
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco frontman and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he’s learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other.
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Democracy Awakening
by Heather Cox Richardson
From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter Letters from an American comes a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy — and how we can turn back.
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Burning Questions
by Margaret Atwood
In this brilliant selection of essays — including three new pieces — the award-winning, bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, and endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from whether or not The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopia to the importance of how to define granola — answering all our most burning questions. Now in paperback!
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Sonic Life
by Thurston Moore
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art — from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder.
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How to Know a Person
by David Brooks
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives — from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain.
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Unmasking AI
by Joy Buolamwini
“The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.
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A Woman I Know
by Mary Haverstick
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film’s subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Making It in America
by Rachel Slade
From the bestselling author of Into the Raging Sea, a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why our nation depends on it, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically.
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Why We Love Baseball
by Joe Posnanski
A love letter to baseball, and the follow-up to last year’s runaway bestseller The Baseball 100. Here are the game’s top 50 moments, from the big and famous to the small and private; experienced by players, teammates, and fans; all of them fundamental to the connection fans have with the game they love. These are fresh tales of legendary moments so powerful they almost feel like myth — takes that go to the heart of why we love the game we do.
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It’s On Me
by Sara Kuburic
A revolutionary guide to identifying self-loss — that feeling of being adrift, disconnected from your true Self — and discovering the freedom that comes from taking responsibility for how we live and who we become, from an existential psychotherapist, USA Today columnist, and Instagram’s popular “Millennial Therapist.”
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Tupac Shakur
by Staci Robinson
The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more.
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This House of Grief
by Helen Garner
On the evening of Father’s Day, 2005, separated husband Robert Farquharson was driving his three young sons back to their mom’s house when the car veered off the road and plunged into a dam. Farquharson survived the crash, but his boys drowned. Was this a tragic accident, or an act of revenge? The court case that followed became a national obsession — a macabre parade of witnesses, family members, and the defendant himself, each forced to relive the unthinkable for an audience of millions. This is the engrossing true-crime classic from one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers.
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Every Man for Himself and God Against All
by Werner Herzog
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before.
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Breaking Through
by Katalin Karikó
A story of perseverance and the power of convictions from the groundbreaking immigrant scientist whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines, hailed as “an inspiration” by Bill Gates.
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The Burning of the World
by Scott W. Berg
An enrapturing account of the Great Chicago Fire’s devastating path and an eye-opening look at its aftermath, The Burning of the World tells the story of one of the most infamous calamities in history and the powerful transformation that followed.
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Same as Ever
by Morgan Housel
Every investment plan under the sun is, at best, an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past. Same as Ever reverses the process, inviting us to identify the many things that never, ever change. From the author of the international blockbuster, The Psychology of Money, a powerful new tool to unlock one of life’s most challenging puzzles.
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Made Whole
by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche
The ultimate hands-on workbook for anyone looking to get their finances in order — from budgeting to investing and everything in between — by Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche, the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit Get Good with Money.
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Unruly
by David Mitchell
A rollicking history of England’s kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell. A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be — and who is to blame.
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Go Your Own Way
by Meera Lee Patel
From the author of Start Where You Are, a beautiful and empowering journal for embracing what makes you special — and charting your own path.
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Mother, Nature
by Jedidiah Jenkins
“Exquisitely written and completely compelling … As Jedidiah Jenkins traces a 5,000-mile route with his wildly entertaining mother, Barb, he begins to untangle the live wires of a parent-child bond and to wrestle with a love that hurts.” —Suleika Jaouad, author of Between Two Kingdoms
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Tyranny of the Minority
by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late — from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die.
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Damaged but Not Destroyed
by Michael Todd
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Relationship Goals and Crazy Faith proves that no matter how badly you’ve messed up, no matter what hardship or pain you’ve experienced, nothing can destroy the priceless, God-given value of your life.
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Self-Love Affirmations & Reflections (Card Deck for Self-Care)
by Jule Kim
A self-love deck with powerful affirmations to transform the way you see yourself and the world around you — cards for daily motivation, inspiration, and reflective healing. The Self-Love Affirmations & Reflections deck is a way to celebrate yourself in a new light and pursue the life you want (and deserve).
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Eve
by Cat Bohannon
The real origin of our species: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes our lives today.
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The Black Angels
by Maria Smilios
New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, a dire nursing shortage, and the intrepid young women who risked their lives to care for New York’s poorest residents. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story, celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival.
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Remember Love
by Cleo Wade
From the beloved, New York Times bestselling author of Heart Talk, a collection of prose and poetry that explores how we can find light in periods of lostness, love for ourselves after heartbreak, okay-ness in the midst of change, and strength in letting go.
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To Free the Captives
by Tracy K. Smith
A stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might — together — come to a new view of our shared past.
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White Holes
by Carlo Rovelli
Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole’s core, space and time dissolve, and a white hole is born. Here is a mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time.
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Latinísimo
by Sandra A. Gutierrez
An encyclopedic cookbook (from Chiles Rellenos and Tostones to Golden Coconut Chicken and Dulce de Leche Tart) celebrating Latin American home cooking — the first to cover the day-to-day home cooking of all twenty-one nations — by one of the most respected authorities on the subject.
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Hidden Potential
by Adam Grant
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. Many writers have chronicled the habits of superstars who accomplish great things. This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.
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Foolish
by Sarah Cooper
In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching in church to lip-synching the president, and all the dad issues she collected along the way.
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XOXO, Cody
by Cody Rigsby
The beloved Peloton instructor chronicles his journey from small-town North Carolina to New York City stardom in an empowering story that reveals his secret to success: not taking yourself — or life — too seriously.
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