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Published by HarperOne on September 30, 2025, Truly is the long-awaited memoir of pop legend Lionel Richie — a candid, deeply personal account of his journey from a shy, anxious childhood in Tuskegee, Alabama, to global superstardom. Kirkus Reviews calls it "wildly entertaining, utterly charming," and the book lives up to that billing by blending music history, personal revelation, and an infectious spirit of gratitude across its nearly 500 pages.
Apr 29, 2026
Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth is a travel memoir by Barry Hoffner that chronicles his globe-spanning journey through grief, resilience, and human connection after the sudden death of his wife Jackie in 2017. A Readers' Choice Book Awards Bronze Winner in Adult Nonfiction, it is published by GFB and draws comparisons to the introspective travel writing of Paul Theroux and Cheryl Strayed's Wild. The memoir is candid, emotionally grounded, and rooted in a genuine quest to feel the pulse of the world again.
Apr 22, 2026
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe is a New York Times bestseller in which psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson presents a guidebook designed to help readers recognize and interpret messages from loved ones and spirit guides on what she calls the Other Side — a work that blends personal memoir with spiritual instruction and is aimed squarely at those navigating grief, loss, or a search for deeper meaning.
Mar 27, 2026
River Hippies & Mountain Men is the third installment in Patrick Taylor's non-fiction "Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti" series, chronicling his two-year apprenticeship as a stockman and backcountry packer in Idaho's vast Frank Church Wilderness — a portrait of a life genuinely, not vicariously, lived outdoors.
Apr 24, 2026
Out of the Corner is a New York Times bestselling memoir in which Jennifer Grey traces her life from a privileged but complicated Hollywood upbringing through iconic film roles, a career-altering rhinoplasty, and a hard-won reclamation of identity — delivered with disarming frankness and self-deprecating humor, and narrated by Grey herself in the audiobook edition published by Random House Audio.
Apr 14, 2026
Ellen Barone's debut memoir chronicles the decade-long nomadic journey she and her husband Hank embarked on after their rented house sold unexpectedly in 2011 — a planned one-year experiment through four countries that quietly expanded into a way of life spanning multiple continents. Published in 2023 by Abhuta, the memoir is a candid, open-hearted account of long-stay travel, shifting notions of home, and the personal transformation that comes from choosing impermanence over rootedness.
Mar 30, 2026
Allegra Goodman's Isola is a national bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick that draws on the true story of a sixteenth-century woman marooned on an island, delivering what Vogue called "an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction."
Mar 31, 2026
Inga Aksamit's trail journal chronicles her trek along the John Muir Trail with her husband, capturing the raw joy, physical strain, and camaraderie of more than three weeks in California's High Sierra — a candid, practical read designed for aspiring JMT hikers, Sierra veterans, and armchair adventurers alike.
Mar 27, 2026
Trust by Hernán Díaz is a structurally daring, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel composed of four interlocking fictional texts that circle a secretive Wall Street financier and his wife, interrogating how wealth, power, and narrative itself can be weaponized to erase inconvenient truths. Named a New York Times bestseller, longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, and named one of The New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, it stands as one of the most decorated American novels of its era — demanding, rewarding, and unlike almost anything else in contemporary fiction.
Mar 31, 2026
Five Million Steps: Faith Adventures along the Appalachian Trail is Lon Chenowith's independently published memoir of completing the full 2,170-mile Appalachian Trail as a section-hiker over fourteen years, weaving together trail adventure, backcountry culture, and Christian faith. It is a candid account designed for readers drawn to outdoor memoir and spiritual reflection in equal measure.
Apr 2, 2026
Project Hail Mary is Andy Weir's hard science fiction novel and a #1 New York Times bestseller that follows Ryland Grace — a junior high school science teacher with a PhD in molecular biology — who wakes aboard a spacecraft with no memory, two dead crewmates, and sole responsibility for saving humanity from extinction. The novel earned a Hugo Award for Best Novel finalist nod, won the 2022 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year (read by Ray Porter), and has spent 47 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list as of May 2026. Kirkus Reviews awarded it a starred review, calling it "nothing short of a science fiction masterwork," and the novel has since been adapted into a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling.
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