This month’s best new popular nonfiction

Don't miss the best new popular nonfiction from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! This month's popular nonfiction picks have something for everyone — including a gripping account of an intelligence crisis in the CIA, a fascinating exploration of human thought and behavior, and more!

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	The celebrated return of 'our most consistently entertaining science journalist' (Oprah Daily)! WHY IT'S READWORTHY: The New York Times bestselling author of Fuzz and Stiff delivers a compelling look at human anatomy — and the science behind efforts to recreate it "We are all replaceable to some degree or another… with the exception of Mary Roach… I devour everything she writes" (Jason Alexander) Highly anticipated by The New York Times and Time Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A Pulitzer Prize–winning author answers the question: Why should we study the past? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: This posthumous collection of essays "helps put our tumultuous times in perspective" (The Wall Street Journal) by assessing American values over the centuries "An enjoyable and warmhearted valedictory hymn to the American spirit" (Publishers Weekly) From the famed author of 1776, The Pioneers, and other great works of American history Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Learn how common knowledge — and lack thereof — fuels our daily interactions WHY IT'S READWORTHY: This "fascinating" book "provides a logical explanation for all sorts of seemingly irrational human behavior" (Financial Times) Written by the New York Times bestselling author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now Kirkus Reviews calls it "revelatory" Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Kamala Harris recounts her whirlwind 2024 presidential campaign WHY IT'S READWORTHY: The Atlantic says this "newsworthy book" is "blunt, knowing, fervent, occasionally profane, [and] slyly funny" After President Joe Biden announced he wasn't seeking reelection, the country's first woman vice president had just 107 days to make her case to the American people A buzzy account of the shortest presidential campaign in modern history Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A 'hair-raising' instant New York Times bestseller with 'plenty of suspense' (Publishers Weekly) WHY IT'S READWORTHY: With a mole in the CIA, the game was on for two newlywed operatives in a mission the CIA still hasn't publicly acknowledged Married spies Andrew and Jihi Bustamante present an insider account of beating the odds to handle a historic intelligence crisis "A rare glimpse into the shadow war of the 21st century" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Examine the ripple effects of China's rapid progress — and what it means for the US WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A New York Times bestseller and Next Big Idea Club must-read This "brilliant book" (The Wall Street Journal) blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis "Deftly mixes data-rich analysis with vivid personal anecdotes and punchy opinions" (Financial Times) about the risks the US is taking in the technological arms race against China Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers What if humans aren't the world's most sophisticated species? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Challenges the idea of human exceptionalism and explores the underappreciated, complex wonders of other animals Written by a leading primatologist and hailed as "convincing" (The New York Times Book Review) and "exciting" (Sy Montgomery) "After reading Webb's book, it is hard to think of nonhuman animals in the same way… It is nothing less than a re-enchantment of the world" (Cass Sunstein) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers After living through COVID-19, how can we prepare for the next pandemic? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A look back at past successes and failures plus practical, science-based advice for the future Written by the founding director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and an Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker — a New York Times bestselling duo "A clear-eyed examination of pandemic fault lines and what must be done to fix them" (Kirkus Reviews) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Discover what the collapse of past civilizations reveals about our future WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilization" (The Guardian), this Sunday Times bestseller highlights the dangers of inequality and concentrated power "Anyone who doubts the importance of this conversation hasn't been paying attention" (Bill McKibben) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Why do we tend to humanize the nonhuman — and what does it say about us? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: From a woman who married her briefcase to the people who name their cars, discover the science behind our need to anthropomorphize our objects and animals Humorous and entertaining, "this is a superb work of popular science" (Publishers Weekly starred review) "An engaging and timely investigation of how we interact with technology, politics, and religion… Demonstrating that what makes us human is what we see as human-ish" (Adam Aleksic, author of Algospeak) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers
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