July 2026 list by Nanette Alderman |
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5 Habits of the Tech-Ready Family: Raising Wise Kids in a Wild Digital World
by Chris McKenna
In 5 Habits of the Tech-Ready Family, author Chris McKenna--founder of the leading ministry in digital safety, Protect Young Eyes--provides hope and help for parents who want to break technology's grip on their kids and learn to navigate the digital world's chaos in a way that fosters connection, builds resilience, and diligently prevents harm.
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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
by Liaquat Ahamed
A bird's-eye reckoning with the full dimension of the1873 financial crisis, from its buildup to its long aftermath. The Rothschilds and a cast of other witnesses give us the human perspective. And we have a brilliant financial historian's grasp of the larger forces at play, resulting in a global narrative with thrilling explanatory power.
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The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money
by Brendan Greeley
America's money is global money—nearly every nation in the world writes international contracts in dollars.Greeley writes that America's sovereignty over the dollar is an illusion—that the dollar had already empowered and destroyed nations long before it washed up on colonial shores, and that no country or king has or can ever truly control it.
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The Ambition Penalty
by Stefanie O'Connell
O'Connell presents a deeply researched and sometimes shocking look at the ways women remain passed over and excluded, not for a lack of ambition but because of it. She calls it the ambition penalty—the sum of the financial, personal, and professional costs women face for daring to want more. This book reveals why decades of educational gains and empowerment messages have not translated into corresponding advances for women at work or at home.
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Cocked and Boozy: An Intoxicating History of the American Revolution
by Brooke Barbier
Barbier examines the role that alcohol played in spurring, binding, and winning the American Revolution and how it shaped the nascent United States. Every chapter concludes with an eighteenth-century cocktail recipe made for modern tastes, so readers can participate in their own historic tippling.
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Communion: Finding My Way Back
to Faith
by J. D. Vance
—An account of why JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith. Communion is a spiritual exploration of what it means to be a Christian in all the seasons of life JD Vance has experienced--as a child, a young man, a husband, a father, and a leader.
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The Cruelty of Nice Folks
by Justin Ellis
A revelatory look at one of America's most progressive cities—Minneapolis—as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy. The Minneapolis Justin Ellis grew up in is not the idealistic metropolis it claims to be. The City of Lakes was built on discrimination—in its housing, its schools, its politics—much like all other American cities. Black families were systematically cut out of the prosperous neighborhoods, lush parks, and pristine lakes that make Minneapolis a haven of the heartland.
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The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government
by Barbara McQuade
New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade offers a piercing, urgent, and deeply informed expos on the escalating threat of far-right politics to American democracy and national security—and a clear roadmap for how to stop it.
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The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
by Robert Wright
Argues that we are about to witness the most abruptly dramatic social transformation in the history of our species. Wright says that to truly understand this moment in technological history, we need to expand our perspective beyond the last century or even the whole history of technology and look back across billions of years of life on Earth. The advance of AI, he argues, is driven by evolutionary dynamics like those that led to intelligent life in the first place.
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How to Try Again
by Steve Kamb
Transform your life by quitting unhealthy expectations. Transform your life by failing compassionately. Transform your life by trying again differently. The false promises of optimized wellness and productivity are a recipe for personal blame and frustration. Kamb has helped tens of millions make sustainable progress, even when life happens.
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I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World
by Sarah Wilson
A wise guide to finding joy and meaning in a world that seems to be falling apart It's hard to escape the feeling that something is deeply wrong— that life has become precariously off-balance. Wilsonlays out a path for living fully, meaningfully, and beautifully through these troubled times.
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The Impossible Factory
by Josh Dean
It began with a humble warehouse building in Burbank, California, and a charismatic young engineer named Kelly Johnson. By 1943, with the U.S. now in World War II and desperate for new technology, Advanced Development Projects—later nicknamed the Skunk Works—was born. During Johnson's forty-seven years at Lockheed Martin, the Skunk Works developed at least half a dozen planes that would have been the capstone achievement of anyone else's career. But the planes were only part of Kelly Johnson's legacy.
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In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage
by Michael J. Tougias
October, 8, 2022. Three friends are fishing for red snapper when their boat, tied to an oil rig, begins taking on water and sinks 15 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. An hour by hour account of a desperate and determined struggle for survival, as well as the Coast Guard's all-out effort to find the missing men.
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The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright
by Casey Sherman
Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings--he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick splashed across headlines. Then, in August 1914, scandal turned to horror.
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One Pan Feasts: Easy Entertaining for Any Occasion
by Dominic Franks
With 85 recipes including twists on classic one-pot dishes—from mini puff pizzas to chicken pot pies, blueberry muffin traybakes to banana toffee tarts—gives you the confidence to remix your own one-tray dinners, plus sides, snacks, party treats, and desserts.
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A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines
by Thomas Levenson
Thomas Levenson searches for the origins of the most common arguments against vaccines: that they are unnatural; that they are more dangerous than the illnesses they claim to prevent; and that they are an affront to freedom. Explores the human impulse to question and wonder—sometimes past the point at which the very act of questioning turns deadly.
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This Is Me: A Reckoning
by Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere's career in entertainment began before she was old enough to walk, resulting in tremendous success by her early teens. Behind the image was a far more complicated reality. As Hayden entered adulthood, the industry that once felt playful grew unforgiving. Hayden shares a rare and intimate glimpse into her life behind closed doors, opening up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery, trauma, domestic abuse, and loss.
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A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—And How It Can Save Us
by Bruce Feiler
Since time immemorial, humans have turned to ritual to connect us in periods of change. Until today. Birth rituals and coming-of-age rituals have plummeted; fewer than half of Americans are married; only one in three is buried. Fed up with top-down scripts, everyday people, from boomers to Gen Z, are reimagining collective rituals at a remarkable pace, inventing fresh ways to gather around life, love, health, and family—and forging thriving communities in the process.
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Walking Red Flag: Dating Advice from Your Favorite Guy Friend
by Jared Freid
Jared doesn't just describe modern dating—he helps figure out you how to get through it with humor and understanding. Because dating today isn't just mixed signals and inflated egos--it's real emotion colliding with people who don't know what they're doing, but are still trying their best. Inside, he tackles everything from getting dates to breaking up.
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