Among this year’s buzziest nonfiction releases, which books stood out from the pack? Here are the 10 titles everyone is talking about in 2025 so far. Among this year’s buzziest nonfiction releases, which books stood out from the pack? Here are the 10 titles everyone is talking about in 2025 so far.

	Among this year’s buzziest nonfiction releases, which books stood out from the pack? Here are the 10 titles everyone is talking about in 2025 so far.
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	Get to know the father of American literature in this #1 New York Times bestseller WHY IT’S READWORTHY: The celebrated, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Alexander Hamilton delivers one of 2025’s most highly anticipated releases This “monumental achievement” (Booklist starred review) chronicles Mark Twain’s complex life as the nation’s first literary celebrity “Stands as the new definitive biography of the revered author” (Publishers Weekly starred review) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers While waiting for rescue, a shipwrecked couple fought for their lives — and their marriage WHY IT’S READWORTHY: An instant New York Times bestseller with rave reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and more After a year at sea, Maurice and Maralyn’s sailboat sank, and they spent months adrift together in a tiny raft. How did they manage to get along — and get out alive? “This is nonfiction that reads like fiction — the best kind” (USA Today) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers An ‘illuminating and essential’ investigation of the mystery of Jesus (Los Angeles Times) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: A National Book Award–winning author addresses persistent questions about the life, death, and miracles of Jesus “The depth of spirituality [Pagels] uncovers is profound” (The New York Times Book Review) A thought-provoking New York Times bestseller for religious and secular readers alike, with praise from Jon Meacham and Tara Westover Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A Pulitzer Prize winner’s powerful journey of mourning WHY IT’S READWORTHY: “Warm and life-affirming, this brilliant book has its own restorative beauty” (People) Geraldine Brooks takes readers to the remote Australian island where she wrestled with the grief of her husband’s sudden death A New York Times bestseller written with “arresting precision, sensitivity, and candor” (Booklist starred review) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Fans of Oliver Sacks shouldn’t miss these strange and wondrous tales from a neurologist WHY IT’S READWORTHY: True stories of the mind’s mysteries, including neurological diseases, brain impairments, and mental illness “An engrossing exploration of the brain’s extraordinary powers and terrifying frailties” (Publishers Weekly starred review) “I loved every minute of this remarkable book, and I will never think of my brain and body in the same way again” (Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A gripping true story that ‘reads like a spy novel’ (Financial Times) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: During the Cold War, the CIA smuggled works by George Orwell, Agatha Christie, and others into Soviet Europe “A riveting account” that’s “as fascinating as it is undersung” (The New York Times Book Review) “Vibrant, beautifully researched, and exciting… A real pleasure to read” (The Guardian) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Stories and confessions from ‘one of the hottest acts in comedy’ (The Atlantic) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: An instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the highest-grossing comedian of 2024 You’ll laugh out loud at these tales of everyday life — from growing up in small-town Tennessee to his many neuroses “Bargatze never takes himself too seriously, but there’s plenty of grown-up self-awareness here” (Kirkus Reviews) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A searing, unforgettable look inside federal-run Native American boarding schools WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Highly recommended by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and more Tracing the experience of her mother and others, the author examines the systemic destruction of Native life through government-sponsored institutions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries “A gripping, often harrowing account of the personal and communal toll of cultural genocide” (Kirkus Reviews) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers ‘May be the most important history released this summer’ (Los Angeles Times)