Happy New Year! Check out some of the most anticipated nonfiction books coming out this month.
January is brimming with self improvement and self care titles: Brooke Shields shares her thoughts on aging as a woman in Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old while Naomi Watts opens up about what she wished she’d known about menopause in Dare I Say It; relationship coach Jillian Turecki reveals the 9 hard truths about love that will change your life in It Begins With You; rapper Big Sean shares his five practices for purpose, success, and inner peace with Go Higher; Dr. Alison Wood Brooks discusses the new science of conversation and the art of being ourselves in Talk; and psychologist Ellen Hendricksen teaches self-acceptance for self-critics and perfectionists with How to Be Enough. In Enneagram in Real Life, Stephanie Barron Hall coaches you on how to find your type, understand who you are, and take steps toward growth, while Jenny Anderson helps kids learn better, feel better, and live better in The Disengaged Teen. Tyler Moore advises you on how to organize, declutter, and make space for what matters most in Tidy Up Your Life, while Ashley Murphy provides guidance for 70 simple projects to take your home from chaos to composed in The Neat Organizing Recipe Book.
In history, true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the true story of the scandalous murder investigation that became the inspiration for both Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and the first American true crime book, Fall River by Victorian writer Catharine Reed Arnold Williams, in The Sinners All Bow while Pagan Kennedy uncovers the remarkable hidden story of Marty Goddard and The Secret History of the Rape Kit. Matthew Pearl tells the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder in Save Our Souls, while Buddy Levy tells of triumph, tragedy, and history’s greatest Arctic rescue aboard an airship in Realm of Ice and Sky. Brad Meltzer details the secret plot to kill Kennedy – and why it failed – in The JFK Conspiracy, while Marlene Daut traces the rise and fall of Henry Christophe in The First and Last King of Haiti, and Nicola Clark tells the untold story of the women who served the Tudor queens in The Waiting Game. Josef Lewkowicz shares how he made it through six concentration camps and became a Nazi hunter in The Survivor, while Israeli author and peace activist David Grossman pens a searing collection of essays about Israel and Palestine in The Thinking Heart. Zeinab Badawi takes a sweeping look at prehistory to the present from an African perspective in An African History of Africa, while in Land Power, Michael Albertus considers why who owns land and who doesn’t determines the fate of societies, and Kyle Paoletta finds the future in the cities of the Southwest in American Oasis.
In memoir, Jinger Duggar Vuolo helps readers break free from the burden of imaginary expectations in People Pleaser; Shari Franke reveals the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog in The House of My Mother; and actor/singer/comedian Josh Gad dives into a wide array of topics in the “tell-some” In Gad We Trust. “Hipster Grifter” Kari Ferrell tells of a life of lies, second tries, and other stuff she should only tell her therapist in You’ll Never Believe Me; and Andy Corren pens a memoir of his mother, the Dirtbag Queen. Lee Hawkins reveals how uncovering his family’s history set him free in
I Am Nobody’s Slave and National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts recounts her epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic in Written in the Waters.
A trio of essay collections will keep readers engaged this month: Colette Shade discusses how the early 2000s forever changed us and the world in Y2K; Nancy Reddy helps women unlearn bad ideas about how to be a good mom in The Good Mother Myth; and Nicholas Carr (The Shallows) explores how technologies of connection tear us apart in Superbloom. For business-minded readers, Eva Dou unveils the secret history of China’s most powerful company in House of Huawei, while Dan Heath helps us learn how to change what’s not working in Reset, and Neha Ruch helps families plan a career break after kids and come back stronger than ever in The Power Pause. Finally, Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni help you transform your spending and get more of what money can’t buy in Buy What You Love Without Going Broke and Rashad Bilal writes the playbook for stepping into your power and claiming your financial future with You Deserve to Be Rich.
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Shelf TalkHappy New Year! Check out some of the most anticipated nonfiction books coming out this month. January is brimming with self improvement and self care titles: Brooke Shields shares her thoughts on aging as a woman in Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old while Naomi Watts opens up about what she wished she’d … Continue reading “New Nonfiction Roundup – January 2025”
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