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New Nonfiction: December 2025 |
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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
by Char Adams
Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
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Poems & Prayers
by Matthew McConaughey
An inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream: Belief.
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Recipes from the American South
by Michael W. Twitty
A home cook’s guide to one of America’s most diverse—and delicious—cuisines, from James Beard Award-winning author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty.
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The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
by Kate Winkler Dawson
Revisits the mysterious 1832 death of Sarah Maria Cornell, intertwining historical investigation with modern forensic techniques to uncover the truth behind her demise and the trial of Reverend Ephraim Avery, while reflecting on the impact of women who challenged societal norms in their pursuit of justice.
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What Sheep Think about the Weather: How to Listen to What Animals Are Trying to Say
by Amelia Thomas
Driven by lifelong curiosity, Amelia Thomas embarks on a journey to uncover what animals truly seek to say to humans. On the way, along with ground-breaking chimps and circumspect octopuses, she speaks with an extraordinary cast of experts, from animal behaviorists and anthrozoologists to trackers and psychologists, and even explores the surprising insights of pet psychics, A.I. researchers, and animal mindfulness practitioners.
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Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run
by Paul McCartney
An engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation, this book tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later.
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