New Nonfiction Books - September 2025
Art
All the Beauty in the World / Bringley, Patrick
Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs
Dead and Alive: Essays / Smith, Zadie
Dirtbag Billionaire / Gelles, David
Finding My Way: A Memoir / Yousafzai, Malala
Future Boy / Fox, Michael J
John Lewis: A Life / Greenberg, David
Joyride: A Memoir / Orlean, Susan
Last Rites / Osbourne, Ozzy
Mother Mary Comes to Me / Roy, Arundhati
Paper Girl / Macy, Beth
Ring of Salt / Cornwell, Betsy
That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You / Myers, Elyse
The Book of Sheen: A Memoir / Sheen, Charlie
The Unexpected Journey / Heming Willis, Emma
Vagabond: A Memoir / Curry, Tim
Business/Finance
Born to Be Wired / Malone, John
Robin Hood Math / Giansiracusa, Noah
Computers/Technology
Beast in the Machine / Dougherty, George M
Enshittification / Doctorow, Cory
Modern Software Engineering / Farley, David
Cooking/Food
The Korean Vegan / Molinaro, Joanne Lee
You Can Make This! / Kinsey, Angela
Yule Need a Drink / Editors of Cider Mill Press
Crafts/Hobbies
Ink & Wash Wildflowers / Brix, Camilla Damsbo
Little Woodchucks / Offerman, Nick
Quilting for Everyone / Latta, Amy
With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories / Nehrig, Nicole
Entertainment
Martha Graham Dance Company 100 Years / Browar, Ken
Scream with Me / Johnson, Eleanor
Health/Medical/Fitness
ADHD Is Awesome / Holderness, Penn
It’s Not You / Durvasula, Ramani
The Myth of Normal / Mate, Gabor
Waking the Tiger / Levine, Peter A.
History
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History / Sorkin, Andrew Ross
Combee: Harriet Tubman / Fields-Black, Edda L
History Matters / McCullough, David
How the Best Did It / Boston, Talmage
Midnight on the Potomac / Ellsworth, Scott
Queer Enlightenments / Delaney, Anthony
Steel City Mafia / Hodos, Paul N
The Great Contradiction / Ellis, Joseph J
The Right Stuff / Wolfe, Tom
The Zorg / Kara, Siddharth
To Rescue the American Spirit / Baier, Bret
Languages
The Origin of Language / Beekman, Madeleine
Law
How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy / O’Neill, Cara
Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise / Nolo
Represent Yourself in Court / Bergman, Paul
Music
Richard Manuel: His Life and Music / Lewis, Stephen T.
Parenting
How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen / Faber, Joanna
Personal Finance
The Art of Spending Money / Housel, Morgan
Poetry
Same: Poems / Rosenberg, Hannah
The Natural Order of Things: Poems / Kelly, Donika
Political Science
A Real Right to Vote / Hasen, Richard L
Democracy Awakening / Richardson, Heather Cox
Gilded Rage / Silverman, Jacob
Psychology
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance / Duckworth, Angela
Religion
St. Patrick: His Confession and Other Works / O’Donoghue, Neil Xavier
Science/Nature
Rad Future / Boemeke, Isabelle
The Arrogant Ape / Webb, Christine
The Call of the Honeyguide / Dunn, Rob
The Light Eaters / Schlanger, Zoe
We Are Eating the Earth / Grunwald, Michael
What the Bees See / Burrows, Craig P.
Self-Help
Atomic Habits / Clear, James
I’m Just a Little Guy / James, Charlie
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck / Manson, Mark
Sports/Recreation
Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks / Fatla, Mark T.
Pittsburgh’s Historic Stadiums and Arenas / Fatla, Mark T.
Travel
Pittsburgh in 50 Maps / Danielson, Stentor
Writing
How to Write Romantasy / Moreci, Jenna
Stories from a Stranger / Prosper, Hunter
Writing Creativity and Soul / Kidd, Sue Monk