New Nonfiction Books for October
2026
24 Hours in Shogun's Japan: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
Mark Hudson
Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth
Bob Chapek
Caitlin Clark: From the LOGO
Robin Lundberg
Home Learning Year by Year, Third Edition: How to Design a Creative and Comprehensive Homeschool Curriculum
Rebecca Rupp
Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel
Meredith Bagby
Receipts from the Bookshop: A Bookseller's Year in an English Seaside Town
Katie Clapham
Welcome to Your Life: Love, Death & Tears for Fears
Roland Orzabal
Take My Word for It: A Memoir
Levar Burton
The 2-Hour Job Search, Third Edition: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster
Steve Dalton
An American Girl: How a Billion-Dollar Doll and Its Unlikely Founder Changed Girlhood Forever
Amanda Fitzsimons
The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East
Kim Ghattas
The Collision: What AI Does to Us
Eric C. So
Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited
Tracy Daugherty
Essential: Being Latino and Indispensable in America
Enrique Acevedo
Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves, and Art of Whitney Houston
Emily Lordi
One Helluva Ride
Michael Douglas
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy
Skye Perryman
The Savage Mind: An American Legacy
David Treuer
Star of the Show: My Life on Stage
Dolly Parton
Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply
Sasha Hamdani
You're Not Dead Yet: How Grief and Loss Can Teach You to Live
David Ferrugio
The 25th Hour: How to Thrive (and Gain Ridiculous Amounts of Time) by Getting Out of Your Own Way
Neal Schore
The Black Shield: An American Memoir of Family and Power
Wilbert L. Cooper
The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out
Lindsay Crouse
The Essential Home Apothecary Handbook: Herbal Remedies to Know, Grow, Make, and Use
Susanna Reppert-Brill
How Lucky Am I
Christian Watson
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe
Neil Degrasse Tyson
One Man in: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya
Christian Craighead
Rules to Live by: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters
Jimmy Chin
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister
Charles Spencer
Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease
Gabe Bullard
American Pope: Leo XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City
Daniel Burke
Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
Michael Lewis
Cloud Runner: Poems
Joy Harjo
The Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States
Connor Williams
Cozy Hobbies: Joyful Activities for Play & Leisure
Kennedy Rose
Feed Them Well: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Confident Eaters for Life
Jennifer Anderson
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington
Marcia Chatelain
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán
The Phantom: The Untold Story of the American Marine the Nazis Could Not Kill
Bob Drury
Sitcom: A Memoir
Chuck Lorre
Taylor Swift: The Debut Years
Emily Yahr
Unelected
Jennica Pounds
Cookies for the Holidays: 75 Recipes for the Sweetest Season
Tracey Zabar
All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
Emilee Hackney
Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA
Dave Wedge
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
Jon Ronson
Freedom's Daughters: How a Generation of Black Women Resisted Oppression Through Literacy and Education
Celeste Headlee
Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times
Owen Fitzpatrick
The Mother Load: Every Mother's Guide to Juggling Health, Life & Happiness
Punam Krishan
The Others: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny
D. W. Pasulka
So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country
Jr. Alito, Samuel A.
The Agatha Christie Cure: What Reading the Queen of Crime Taught Me about Life
Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Art of Fairy Tales
Joanna Ebenstein
Behind the Desk at the Main: A Librarian's Memoir
Dorothy Lazard
Bloodlines: A Memoir
Joe Manganiello
Cooking Con Omi: A Love Letter to Puerto Rican Home Cooking
Omi Hopper
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
Zayd Ayers Dohrn
The Girl Who Became King: A Memoir
Melissa King
The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
W. Russell Webster
Never Worry About Money Again: By Answering One Question
Jesse Mecham
The Protein Meal Prep Plan: 30 Weekly Plans + 180 Recipes to Eat Better, Stress Less, and Save Money (Packed with Fiber and 35g+ Protein Per Serving)
Cassy Joy Garcia
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up
David Byrne
This Is Me: A Reckoning
Hayden Panettiere
Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle
Brian Kilmeade
The Little Book of Advent, Christmas & Beyond: A Treasury of Traditions, Stories & Recipes
Katie Button
Bad Medicine: How Covid Protocols Turned Hospitals Into Death Traps
Mikki Willis
Brought to You by: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy
Amy Westervelt
Confronting America: What Has to Change
Bill O'Reilly
Go with the Flow: The Definitive, No-Nonsense Physician's Guide to Breastfeeding
Katrina B. Mitchell
Jeff Garlin: Best Seat in the House: Moments No One Asked Me to Capture...But I Did Anyway
Book Author
Never Say Die: A Memoir
Ke Huy Quan
Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
Jared Diamond
Stay Off My Kitchen Table: A Heart Surgeon's 4-Week Elimination Diet for Gut Repair, Metabolic Health, and Longevity
Philip Ovadia
UFO: The Inside Story of the Us Government's Search for Alien Life Here--And Out There
Garrett M. Graff
The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
Kevin Roose
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton
The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World
Bhaskar Sunkara
Cooking Thai: Heritage and Modern Recipes from My Kitchen Notebooks
Pim Techamuanvivit
Death of an Ordinary Man
Sarah Perry
The Havana Syndrome: Secret Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time
Michael Rey
Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City
Anand Giridharadas
The Nurturing Home: Living with Kotoisa, the Finnish Way to Happiness
Susanna Laiho Hawkin
The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
Nathaniel Philbrick
Small-Batch Breads: 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour
Rebecca Eisenberg
Time Freedom: Rethink Your Work and Money to Create a Life You Love Now
Brian Herriot
Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World
Adam Grant
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