New Nonfiction Books - August 2025
Animals
Farm Anatomy /Rothman, Julia
Insect Anatomy/Rothman, Julia
The Social Lives of Birds /Strassmann, Joan E
Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
Actress of a Certain Age/Hiller, Jeff
Awake: A Memoir/Hatmaker, Jen
Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America/Reich, Robert B
Fake Work/Berge, Leigh Claire La
I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult/Nieporent, Drew
Jump and Find Joy/Kotb, Hoda
Nice Girls Don’t Win/Shallow, Parvati
Sister Wife: A Memoir /Brown Woolley, Christine
Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis /Presley, Priscilla
Career
Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work /Burey, Jodi-Ann
Cooking/Food
A Little of What You Fancy: Irresistible Small-Batch Bakes /Omole, Dee
Cheese Magic: Seasonal Recipes, Plates, and Pairings /Kubick, Erika
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love /Nosrat, Samin
Sally’s Baking 101 /McKenney, Sally
The Art of Jacques Pepin: Favorite Recipes /Pepin, Jacques
The White Lotus Official Cookbook /Melendez, Jarrett
Crafts/Hobbies
Crochet Amigurumi for the Holidays /Costa Dos Santos Esmanhoto, Bianca
Crochet Like a Goth /Tamuleviciute, Kristina
HowExpert Guide to Quilting Sneakers /Howexpert
Jean Genius: Repair, Reimagine & Repurpose Your Denim /Hanna, Janelle
Kawaii Crochet Christmas /Bradley-Vatcher, Melissa
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree /Harper Celebrate
Spooky Tapestry Crochet /Chavez, Emily
Entertainment
You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder /Johnson, Maureen
Graphic Novels
The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel /Tolkien, J R R
Health/Medical/Fitness
Cancer Is Complicated /Shearer, Clea
Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality /Leake, John
History
1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe /Fritzsche, Peter
A Thousand Ways to Die /Lee, Trymaine
Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst /O’Reilly, Bill
For the Sun After Long Nights /Jamalpour, Fatemeh
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution /Anderson, Scott
On Antisemitism: A Word in History /Mazower, Mark
The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora /Sheppard, Elena
The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz /Sebba, Anne
Tomorrow Is Yesterday /Agha, Hussein
We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution /Lepore, Jill
While Israel Slept /Katz, Yaakov
House/Home
Build It Simple: Practical Projects /How-To Experts at Storey Publishing
Nolo’s Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home /Bray, Ilona
Languages
Becoming fluent in German: 150 Short Stories /Eich, Philipp
Law
Listening to the Law /Coney Barrett, Amy
The Trafficker Next Door /Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar
Literature/Poetry
What Matters in Jane Austen? /Mullan, John
Music
Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City /Ronson, Mark
Political Science
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This /El Akkad, Omar
Why Fascists Fear Teachers /Weingarten, Randi
Religion
Tame Your Thoughts /Lucado, Max
Science/Nature
Goliath’s Curse /Kemp, Luke
The Last Extinction /Keller, Gerta
Self-Help
All the Way to the River /Gilbert, Elizabeth
Having It All /Low, Corinne
Powerfully Likeable /Mason, Kate
Sociology
Mailman /Grant, Stephen Starring
Travel
Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia/Steves, Rick
The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2026/Kubersky, Seth