November 2025 list by Nanette Alderman |
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Athens: Food, Stories, Love
by Diane Kochilas
With 150 recipes, explores all of the greatest dishes from Greece's most-visited city. Diane has lived in Athens for thirty years and has been witness to the enormous social and culinary changes all around her. To navigate the city's gastronomic scene today is to discover a city overflowing with new creative energy in its kitchens and myriad of international ingredients in its markets.
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Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures
by Judd Apatow
This highly visual memoir chronicles the comedy legend's journey from standup-obsessed teen to Hollywood powerhouse, blending personal artifacts and behind-the-scenes stories to reveal the passion, persistence and creative drive behind decades of groundbreaking comedic work.
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Expensive Basketball
by Shea Serrano
A clever and inventive examination of some of basketball's most iconic players, moments, games, and more.
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Finding My Way
by Malala Yousafzai
Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, the author quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience.
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The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto
by Elizabeth R. Hyman
Holocaust historian Elizabeth Hyman introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women—known as "the girls" by the leadership of the resistance and "bandits" by their Nazi oppressors—who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers.
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Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
by Joyce Vance
A clarion call to action-putting our current crisis in historical context and sketching out a vision for where we go next. Vance's message is hopeful at its heart, even as it acknowledges the daunting challenges that lie ahead. She is the constitutional law professor you never knew you needed, explaining the legal context, the political history, and the practical reasons that the rule of law still matters.
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The Need to Lead
by Dave Berke
Dave Berke is an experienced as a Marine Corps officer, fighter pilot, TOPGUN instructor, ground combat leader, husband, and father. This book, based on his experiences and teachings, helps readers be better leaders and understand that leadership is a universal requirement for success, no matter the environment.
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Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. This is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity.
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Retribution
by Jonathan Karl
Tells what happened behind the scenes as political fortunes fell and rose again, and as a new team coalesced around President Trump with the goal of creating an entirely new world order. From President Biden’s shocking withdrawal and Vice President Harris’s historic run, to the multiple assassination attempts on President Trump, his election, and the changes he has brought to every corner of the country, this book reveals in surprising new detail how we got here, and what we can expect from American politics in the years to come.
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Running Deep
by Tom Clavin
There was one submarine that outfought all other boats in the Silent Service in World War II: the USS Tang. Captain Richard Hetherington O'Kane commanded the attack submarine that sunk more tonnage, rescued more downed aviators, and successfully completed more surface attacks than any other American submarine.
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Vagabond
by Tim Curry
There are few stars in Hollywood today that can boast the kind of resume Emmy award-winning actor Tim Curry has built over the past five decades. He's had dozens of roles across movies, tv shows, and musicals; lent his instantly recognizable voice to dozens of voice roles, audiobooks, and videogames; and he's changed the lives of countless fans in the process. Now, in his memoir, Curry takes readers behind-the-scenes of his rise to fame from his early beginnings.
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Winston and the Windsors: How Churchill Shaped a Royal Dynasty
by Andrew Morton
This dual biography explores Winston Churchill's shifting alliances with the House of Windsor across four reigns, revealing how his political influence and personal convictions helped shape the British monarchy's evolution through the pivotal moments of the twentieth century.
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Wisdom Takes Work
by Ryan Holiday
Through the lives of Montaigne, Seneca, Joan Didion, Abraham Lincoln, and others, Holiday teaches us how to listen more than we talk, to think with nuance, to ruthlessly question our own beliefs, and to develop a method of self-education. He argues convincingly for the necessity of mental struggle and warns against taking shortcuts that deprive us of real knowledge. And he shows us how dangerous power and intelligence can be without the tempering influence of wisdom.
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Writing Creativity and Soul
by Sue Monk Kidd
Combines memoir, spiritual exploration, and guidance by drawing on the author's journey and insights from celebrated writers to argue that writing is a soulful act requiring creativity, courage and a deep connection to one's imagination and inner self.
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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
by Siddharth Kara
The Zorg was one of thousands of slave ships.
With a new captain and crew, the ship was crammed with 442 slaves and departed in 1781 for Jamaica. But a series events led to the decision to save the crew and the most valuable of the slaves—by throwing dozens of people, starting with women and children, overboard. The following legal trial sparked the abolitionist movement in both England and the young United States.
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