New Nonfiction
March 2026
House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home by John T. Edge
House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home
by John T. Edge

The James Beard Award-winning author of The Potlikker Papers tells the story of how food and restaurants helped him heal from the racism ingrained in his Southern roots-and give him hope for the possibility of reckoning with our nation's painful history.
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
by Paul Kingsnorth

With masterful insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno-capitalism, Kingsnorth reveals how the Machine, in the name of progress, has choked Western civilization, is destroying the Earth itself, and is reshaping us in its image. 
This Is for You: Gift-Giving as a Way of Life by Lea Redmond
This Is for You: Gift-Giving as a Way of Life
by Lea Redmond

The essential guide for gift-giving that makes our dearest feel loved and offers deep and lasting connection.
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore by Ashley D. Farmer
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore
by Ashley D. Farmer

From award-winning historian of radical Black politics comes the definitive biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore-foremother of the Black Nationalism movement and trailblazer in the fight for reparations. In the world of radical Black politics, the name Audley Moore commands unquestioned respect. Across the nine decades of her life, Queen Mother Moore distinguished herself as a leading progenitor of Black Nationalism, the founder of the modern reparations movement, and a mentor to some of America's most influential Black activists from her homes in North Philadelphia and Harlem.
Speaking in Tongues by J. M. Coetzee
Speaking in Tongues
by J. M. Coetzee

In this provocative dialogue, a Nobel laureate novelist and a leading translator investigate the nature of language and the challenges of translation. An intelligent, moving, and supremely humane act of criticism that reveals just how difficult and wondrous it can be to inhabit a language that is not your own. -- Merve Emre
The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told by Bill Janovitz
The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told
by Bill Janovitz

New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers the definitive story of The Cars (Rolling Stone), one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave--with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes. 
In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution by David S. Brown
In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution
by David S. Brown

Theodore Roosevelt was one of America's most fascinating presidents--a complex man both publicly and privately. In this sweeping biography, historian David S. Brown takes us on a journey through Theodore Roosevelt's life--from his privileged New York upbringing to his transformative presidency that reshaped America's role on the global stage.
Watching Evil Dead: Unearthing the Radiant Artist Within by Josh Malerman
Watching Evil Dead: Unearthing the Radiant Artist Within
by Josh Malerman

One night, bestselling author Josh Malerman--then just an aspiring writer--watched Sam Raimi's Evil Dead with his fiancée and two friends. It was a gathering that could've gone unnoticed, another date night with a movie, but for Malerman, it became a landmark. 
How to Make Money in Any Market by James J. Cramer
How to Make Money in Any Market
by James J. Cramer

Make 2026 the year you master the market with this instant New York Times bestseller Renowned personal finance expert, bestselling author, host of CNBC's Mad Money, and cohost of Squawk on the Street Jim Cramer returns with how to make money in any market for every investor.
Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights by Robert Stack
Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights
by Robert Stack

USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller From one of the nation's most dedicated advocates for those with disabilities, an expos of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated millions. 
Chaos: Charles Manson, the Cia, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill
Chaos: Charles Manson, the Cia, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill

A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to gobsmacking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this kaleidoscopic reassessment of an infamous case in American history. 
Watercolor Cabinet of Curiosities: Paint Perfectly Peculiar Insects, Antiques & Other Oddities by Nassybah Touriño
Watercolor Cabinet of Curiosities: Paint Perfectly Peculiar Insects, Antiques & Other Oddities
by Nassybah Touriño

Enter the World of Weird and Wonderful Watercolor Embrace the unknown and allow your love for art, nature, and all things antiquarian to flourish! Venture across the world, from the understories of rainforests to the cryptic locked drawer of your local occult shop, to create 36 uniquely beautiful paintings. 
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
The English Understand Wool
by Helen DeWitt

A modern amorality play about a 17-year-old girl, the wilder shores of connoisseurship, and the power of false friends.
Voices from the Kitchen: Personal Narratives from New York's Immigrant Restaurant Workers by null
Voices from the Kitchen: Personal Narratives from New York's Immigrant Restaurant Workers
by Book Author

Contains 27 personal histories of immigrant restaurant workers in New York City whose stories of persistence, hope, and endurance show how vital they are to our country.
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