17 Nonfiction Books We’re Looking Forward to This Fall
September 12, 2025
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as posted by the channelIn last week’s episode of the Book Review podcast, host Gilbert Cruz and his fellow editor Joumana Khatib offered a preview of some of the fall’s most anticipated works of fiction. This week they return to talk about upcoming nonfiction, from memoirs to literary biographies to the latest pop science offering from the incomparable Mary Roach.
Books discussed in this episode:
“All the Way to the River,” by Elizabeth Gilbert
“Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival,” by Stephen Greenblatt
“Mother Mary Comes to Me," by Arundhati Roy
“Poems and Prayers,” by Matthew McConaughey
“The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us,” by John J. Lennon
“We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution," by Jill Lepore
“Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel,” by Francis Wilson
“Joyride: A Memoir," by Susan Orlean
“Next of Kin,” by Gabrielle Hamilton
“Paper Girl,” by Beth Macy
“Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America,” by Jeff Chang
“Book of Lives," by Margaret Atwood
”The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding,” by Joseph J. Ellis
“History Matters," by David McCullough
“The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II,” by David Nasaw
“Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor,” by Christine Kuehn
“Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy," by Mary Roach
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