January 2026 list by Donalee Jacobs |
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Between You and AI
by Andrea Iorio
An eye-opening strategy guide for business leaders navigating the introduction of artificial intelligence. In Between You and AI, digital transformation speaker and economist Andrea Iorio delivers a clear and actionable roadmap to not just maintain relevance, but to thrive as the technology we all work with everyday changes rapidly.
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The Book of Kin
by Jennifer Eli Bowen
An urgent debut essay collection examining the effects of abandonment, imprisonment, and care, and how the power of love connects us all.
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain
by Daniel G. Amen
In the United States alone, one in five adults experiences chronic pain. For too long, when a doctor couldn't find the source of frequent pain, the patient was dismissively told, 'It's all in your head.' Today, we know that our somatic responses to trauma, anxiety, and depression create real suffering, and that physical pain can lead to trauma, anxiety, and depression. Dr. Daniel Amen calls this 'the doom loop'--the dance between physical and emotional pain. These doom loops interfere with our ability to live our lives. But we can shift the doom loop into a healing loop, and in this book, he shows us how.
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Consider the Birds
by Book Author
This heartwarming collection of 40 true stories celebrates the intelligence and beauty of birds and their unique connection to humans. Perfect for any time your spirit needs a lift.
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Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters
by Edward J. Larson
On the 250th anniversary of American independence, with the history of our founding a political battleground, this study of the ideas and battlefield sacrifices of 1776 by a Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar could not be more timely.
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Detours
by Elizabeth Smart
In Detours, Elizabeth Smart explores how trauma can derail one's path in life and shares her struggles with captivity, reintegration, and resilience. Using the metaphor of life as a road, Smart introduces four key Rest Stops for navigating life's detours--grieving lost paths, embracing change, seeking connections, and redefining destinations. Through themes of hope, community, and self-discovery, she inspires readers to find strength in their own journeys toward healing.
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Dig Me a Grave
by Richard A. Harpootlian
The definitive true Southern Gothic account of the life, crimes, conviction, and execution of Donald Pee Wee Gaskins, the charismatic, brutal, well-liked, remorseless South Carolina serial killer who was dubbed the Charles Manson of the South--written by the prosecutor who brought him to justice.
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Eight Million Ways to Happiness
by Hiroko Yoda
A Japanese cultural historian shares a path to joyful living drawn from her nation's unique approach to spirituality and nature, offering a fascinating blend of memoir, cultural reporting, and practical guidance for anyone struggling to find balance in our turbulent modern world.
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The Fall of Affirmative Action
by Justin Driver
In 2023 the Supreme Court killed affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of conservative colorblindness and decried by the left as requiring the end of racial equity. Both sides, Yale Law School professor Justin Driver contends, are wrong. Far from a mere eulogy, The Fall of Affirmative Action provides a blueprint for the future--a rallying cry for citizens to forge new paths to inclusion and push back against the notion that racial equity is doomed. The death of affirmative action, Driver insists, need not mean the death of opportunity.
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Frostlines
by Neil Shea
Neil Shea blends natural history, anthropology, and travel writing to explore how the beauty, chaos, and power of change in the far north are reflected in the lives of people and animals. He sojourns with a wolf pack on Canada's Ellesmere Island and travels with Indigenous hunters in Alaska, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. He tracks dwindling caribou herds across the top of North America, searches for vanished Vikings in Greenland, and visits the front line of the new Cold War rising between Russia and Europe. What Shea finds is not one Arctic but many -- all still linked by shattering cold, seasons of darkness, and a pure, inimitable light.
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The Great Heist
by David R. Shedd
A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history--reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to come.
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Growing Through Grief
by Alex Mammadyarov
Younger generations are embracing a more open and honest dialogue about grief and mental health -- one that honors and integrates loss into life, rather than focusing on recovering from it. In this book, a psychotherapist and certified death doula offers a transformative approach for coping amidst significant, life-altering loss. With this compassionate and insightful guide, readers will learn to grow around their grief--rather than simply moving past it -- to create greater meaning, purpose, and connection in their lives.
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The Long Game
by Eric Becker
The Long Game highlights a curated collection of companies that have defied the odds and thrived for over a century. Through meticulous research and in-depth interviews with CEOs, historians, and key decision makers, this book delves into the pivotal strategies and decisions that enabled them to adapt and remain competitive on a global stage. Eric's playbook passes forward the legacy of those who have figured it out, helping founders shape the future.
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A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction
by Elizabeth McCracken
Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. Elizabeth McCracken, author of bestselling novels, National Book Award long-listed story collections, and a highly praised memoir, has been teaching for more than thirty-five years. In A Long Game, she shares insights gleaned along the way, offering practical tips and incisive thoughts about her own work as an artist.
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Money Proud
by Nick Wolny
Out magazine finance columnist Nick Wolny's fun, witty, and practical step-by-step guide to personal finance is a life-changing roadmap to financial independence for queer people to secure their futures in a challenging world.
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Murder on the Trail
by Michelle Kaminsky
Through meticulous research and compelling storytelling, best-selling true crime author Michelle Kaminsky guides readers through the hidden dangers, sinister secrets, and terrifying realities that lurk in America's most treasured natural wonders. For lovers of true crime and the great outdoors, this gripping book is a must-read for anyone drawn to the dark side of nature's most breathtaking, remote, and (mostly) serene landscapes.
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Patton and the Battle for Sicily
by Flint Whitlock
Operation Husky, the combined American and British air and sea invasion of Sicily in July 1943, was one of World War II's most critical campaigns with General George S. Patton Jr. at the center. In this new work, author Flint Whitlock covers the history of Operation Husky as it unfolded, with much of the Allied leadership facing internal conflict. From Tunisia to the landing beaches on the south coast of Sicily to the final fight for Messina, this book chronicles how Husky would prove pivotal for both sides.
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The Practical Science of Herbs
by Aisha Hill-Hart
Real science meets traditional wisdom in The Practical Science of Herbs, an evidence-backed guide-complete with recipes!-to the therapeutic properties of 50 herbs that support everyday wellness.
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Releasing Our Burdens
by Thomas Hübl
A groundbreaking collaboration between Dr. Richard C. Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Dr. Thomas Hübl, renowned teacher and trauma healing facilitator, on healing individual, ancestral, and collective trauma to reclaim resilience and transform our world.
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The Secret Lives of Single Medieval Women
by Rosalie Gilbert
Delves into the overlooked yet fascinating lives of women in the Middle Ages who did not fit the conventional mold. From unmarried tradeswomen and widows to vowesses and nuns, these women carved their own paths in a world that often sought to define them by their marital status.
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Taking Religion Seriously
by Charles Murray
Taking Religion Seriously is Murray's autobiographical account of the decades-long evolution in his stance toward the idea of God in general and Christianity in particular. He argues that religion is something that can be approached as an intellectual exercise and offers his personal example of intellectual struggle toward religion. 'Maybe God needs a way to reach over-educated agnostics and that's what I stumbled into, ' he writes. 'It's a more arid process than divine revelation but it has been rewarding.'
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Tidying Up
by Ea Fuqua
In Tidying Up, Meg DeLong and Ea Fuqua of The Tidy Home offer 100 clutter-proof strategies for organizing every space in your home. This room-by-room guide helps you tackle the mess in your home and your mind---so easy and fun, everyone can join in!
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The Web Beneath the Waves
by Samanth Subramanian
Acclaimed journalist Samanth Subramanian travels from remote Pacific islands to secretive cable-laying operations to explore the astonishing world of undersea infrastructure. He reveals the fate of Tonga after a volcanic eruption severs its only undersea link to the Internet, meets the men and women engaged in the complex work of laying submarine cables, and scrutinizes the acts of grey zone warfare, in which ghost ships cut the cables of other countries. Subramanian charts geopolitical tensions, corporate power grabs, environmental risks, and quiet heroics involved in maintaining the Internet's unseen circulatory system -- all while exposing just how vulnerable our connected lives really are.
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Weird Universe
by Erika Hamden
Erika Hamden, a renowned astrophysicist and educator, brings her passion for space to life in this engaging book. Space isn't just an abstract concept--it plays a crucial role in shaping the technology we use every day. From NASA's breakthroughs to innovations inspired by our exploration of the cosmos, Hamden shows how space discoveries influence our world. You'll also gain insight into the process behind these findings, from the questions scientists ask to the groundbreaking answers they uncover. By the end of the book, you'll understand not just what we know about the universe, but how we've come to know it.
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Year of the Water Horse
by Janice Page
Janice Page hails from Braintree, Massachusetts and a large Catholic brood. And then there is the large Chinese family of Janice's husband, James, equally cinematic and sweeping with a rich and complex history of its own. As they work to bridge the divide between them -- emotionally, culturally, and geographically -- they begin to build their lives together and move toward having children. Filled with humor and heart, wisdom and healing, Year of the Water Horse is a profound and compelling story with a deeply satisfying ending that will resonate long after the final page.
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