Nonfiction

Lovely One

In 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as the first Black woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. In her memoir, Lovely One, Jackson recounts her childhood in Miami, her teenage years participating in high school speech and debate, her time as an undergrad and law student at Harvard and her triumphant career. Throughout, Jackson credits her parents—both educators—and ancestors who taught her to challenge the status quo.

Lifeform

By Jenny Slate

In her new memoir, Lifeform, Jenny Slate beckons readers into her wonderfully idiosyncratic, colorfully kaleidoscopic mind as she recounts her latest adventures with signature whimsy.

Gather Me

By Glory Edim

In her plucky, intimate memoir, Glory Edim, the creator of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, tethers the books and authors she has found and loved to her own rocky journey of self-discovery—it’s reader catnip.

Disney High

By Ashley Spencer

Tales of child stardom are always juicy, and Ashley Spencer’s Disney High promises to poke many bears. Spencer investigates The Disney Channel’s early aughts, when kid actors like Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers became celebrities, and the corporate powers that be made millions off their work. Expect private feuds, public meltdowns, on-set disasters and shady dealings.

Connie

By Connie Chung

With candor and humor, Connie Chung shares the highs and lows of her trailblazing career as a journalist in her invigorating memoir, Connie.

The Barn

By Wright Thompson

Wright Thompson reckons with the culture of the Mississippi Delta and the murder of Emmett Till in his brilliant, probing history, The Barn.

How to Be Awkward

By Amanda Turner

Embracing her inner misfit, Amanda Turner mines her own peculiarities to wonderful effect in essays about childhood mishaps, odd health issues and her devotion to David Sedaris.

Crying in the Bathroom

By Erika L. Sánchez

Crying in the Bathroom is a memoir-in-essays about growing up in Chicago in the 1990s and raising hell, in a good way.

She’s Nice Though

By Mia Mercado

Cultural critic Mia Mercado trains her keen observational eye on her identity as an Asian American woman from the Midwest, tackling gender and cultural stereotypes.

Parachute

By Nicola Pelly, By Alexis Walker

The dynamic, photo-heavy Parachute shows the titular brand’s influence on fashion and culture.

An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children

By Kara Walker, By Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker’s An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children will be a treat to gardeners, children, artists, poets and book lovers alike.

A Fatal Inheritance

By Lawrence Ingrassia, Narrated by Roger Wayne

Listeners will find A Fatal Inheritance to be an effective overview of research on cancer and hereditary predisposition, one that achieves serious investigation while remaining intensely human.

A Sense of Shifting

By Coco Romack

The triumphant photo-essay book A Sense of Shifting shows how queer dance is pushing boundaries and destabilizing traditions.

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