Happy April! There’s a lot of outstanding nonfiction to consider this month.
In self-care, Gretchen Rubin distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and happiness in Secrets of Adulthood while Melinda Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions in The Next Day. Ashlee Piper pens a radically simple 30-day guide to saving money, the planet, and your sanity in No New Things and Dr. Judith Joseph provides guidance for overcoming your hidden depression and reclaiming your joy in High Functioning. Eamon Dolan empowers people to find peace and freedom through family estrangement in The Power of Parting while Annie B. Jones shares lessons she’s learned while staying put in Ordinary Time. And Maggie Smith offers pep talks and practical advice for the creative life in Dear Writer.
In current events and essay, Sarah Kendzior navigates a changing America over a series of car journeys in The Last American Road Trip; Gardiner Harris reveals the secrets of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson in No More Tears; Viet Thanh Nguyen considers what it’s like to write as an “other” in To Save and to Destroy; linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times in Pronoun Trouble; Andrea Long-Chu asks a provocative question: What is Authority when everyone has an opinion on everything?; and Vauhini Vara explores selfhood in the digital age in Searches.
In biography and memoir, Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mother of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, chronicles family love and heartbreak in Matriarch while supermodel Christie Brinkley takes you behind the cameras in Uptown Girl. Ian Leslie reveals how the music of the Beatles was influenced by the complicated relationship between John & Paul and Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus shares how he came of age to lead one of his generation’s biggest bands in Farenheit-182. NBS News anchor Vicky Nguyen tells of her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter in Boat Baby while Kristen Kish reflects on her Midwest childhood as a Korean adoptee and eventual win on Top Chef in Accidentally on Purpose. Dan Nadel writes the first biography of influential cartoonist Robert Crumb, and New Yorker illustrator Harry Bliss celebrates and grieves the life and death of his beloved dog Penny in the graphic memoir You Can Never Die.
In history, Rick Atkinson delivers the second volume of the American Revolution trilogy with a focus on Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 in The Fate of the Day; meanwhile William Dalrymple explores how Ancient India transformed the world in The Golden Road. Greg Grandin pens a sweeping five-century history of the New World in America, América and Michael Luo presents an American history of Chinese exclusion in Strangers in the Land. Elaine Pagels presents a new account of the historical mystery of Jesus in Miracles and Wonder while Diarmaid MacCulloch chronicles the intersection of sex and Christianity over three thousand years in Lower Than the Angels.
In cooking, comedian Matteo Lane debuts with 30 recipes to up your pasta game in Your Pasta Sucks while Barbara Costello provides 101 easy & delicious family-friendly dinners for every night of the week in Every Day With Babs and Roy Choi shares flavor-packed, rule-breaking recipes for a delicious life in The Choi of Cooking. Michael Greger’s illustrated cookbook delivers 100+ recipes for getting healthier and living longer in How Not to Age Cookbook while dietician Kylie Sakaida helps you enjoy delicious recipes and expert tips for balanced eating in So Easy So Good. The second volume of Bobbie Lloyd’s Magnolia Bakery Cookbook focuses on icebox desserts and Nicole Rucker’s fuss-free collection of recipes for pies, cookies, brownies, cakes, and more will delight bakers in Fat + Flour. Beejhy Barhany shares timeless recipes for modern kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and beyond in Gursha; Salsa Daddy; and Sarah Ahn captivates with 100 family recipes from a Korean mom’s kitchen wisdom in Umma. Meera Sodha draws on a wide range of Asian cuisines to provide 120 vegan and vegetarian recipes for the most important meal of the day in Dinner while Eden Grinshpan presents irresistible celebration of veg-forward Middle Eastern- and Mediterranean-inspired recipes in Tahini Baby.
Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Perhaps Adventures in the Louvre by Elaine Sciolino, who will help you fall in love with the world’s greatest museum by immersing yourself in the world of beauty and culture will do the trick.
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Happy April! There’s a lot of outstanding nonfiction to consider this month. In self-care, Gretchen Rubin distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction, clarity, and happiness in Secrets of Adulthood while Melinda Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions in The Next Day. … Continue reading “New Nonfiction Roundup – April 2025”
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