New Nonfiction: February 2026
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99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them by Ashely Alker
99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them
by Ashely Alker

An illuminating, hilarious, and practical guide to 99 of the most terrifying ways to die and how to avoid them from an emergency medicine doctor.
Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice by Robert Hilland
Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent's Search for Hope and Justice
by Robert Hilland

How a skeptical FBI agent reached out to a famous psychic for help on a baffling case—and the twenty-five-year crime-solving journey that followed.
Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith
Dead and Alive: Essays
by Zadie Smith

A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays about some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times.
Eat Yourself Healthy: Food to Change Your Life [American Measurements] by Jamie Oliver
Eat Yourself Healthy: Food to Change Your Life
by Jamie Oliver

From New York Times bestselling author Jamie Oliver comes a new cookbook to help you build a celebratory relationship with nourishing food that will make you feel healthier and happier.
For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising by Fatemeh Jamalpour
For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran's Women-Led Uprising
by Fatemeh Jamalpour

A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists.
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by John U. Bacon

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.”
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines by Karine Jean-Pierre
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
by Karine Jean-Pierre

A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s broken two-party system. In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party system, Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press secretary to the Biden-Harris administration, shares why Americans must step beyond party lines to embrace life as Independents.
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire by Julian Sancton
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
by Julian Sancton

The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth.
Nifty Gifty: Mini Crafts with Major Charm by Alexa Pedrero
Nifty Gifty: Mini Crafts with Major Charm
by Alexa Pedrero

The must-have guide to creating tiny, special, homemade presents for anyone you love, from popular TikTok crafter Lauraleii.
The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans by Maya Shankar
The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans
by Maya Shankar

A revelatory exploration of how we can find meaning in the tumult of change, from a renowned cognitive scientist and host of the critically acclaimed podcast A Slight Change of Plans.
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic by Kenneth R. Rosen
Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
by Kenneth R. Rosen

A gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet’s great powers heralds the next global conflict.
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
by John Fugelsang

In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother delivers a biblically correct takedown of far-right Christian hatred.
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life by Steven Pinker
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
by Steven Pinker

From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or “out there,” is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives.
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