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New Nonfiction Books: Monthly Release Archive

Every month I go through publisher catalogs, pre-order lists, and tip-offs from readers to find the nonfiction books actually worth your time. I filter for the stuff BookLab covers — psychology, philosophy, human nature, AI, money, history — and cut it down to five to seven picks per month. Each list goes live about a month early so you can pre-order what catches your eye. One book per month gets the Pick of the Month — the one I'm most excited to read.

📅 Coming Up
November 2026 — New Nonfiction Releases Early Preview

Seven books — Robert Greene's return after seven years, the end of economic history, the telephone that broke civilisation, and Napoleon's marshals. Curated, not aggregated.

See the full November list →

2026

October 2026
10 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in October 2026
The death of reading, the creativity con, the AGI race, and the Gold Rush that broke America. Ten books, no filler.
See the full October list →
September 2026
7 Best Nonfiction Releases — September 2026
Do leaders actually change history? What if the problem isn't your willpower but the room you're standing in? Why are so many men unravelling? And will AI hand us discovery or take away connection? Seven books, no filler.
See the full September list →
The Eureka Machine by Richard Socher
⭐ Bjorn's Pick
The Eureka Machine
Richard Socher
Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle
🗳️ Community Pick
Artificial Intimacy
Sherry Turkle
August 2026
5 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in August 2026
What would Hannah Arendt say about our world? What happens when algorithms replace legislatures? How much of your life has the government quietly stolen through paperwork? Five books, no filler.
See the full August list →
Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind by Thomas Meyer
⭐ Bjorn's Pick
Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind
Thomas Meyer
July 2026
7 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in July 2026
Biological warfare scenarios, high-agency living, Marx for the AI age, dying languages, Thoreau's cure, surveillance capitalism's ancient roots, and a story that questions reality itself.
See the full July list →
Biological War by Annie Jacobsen
⭐ Bjorn's Pick
Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen
You Can Just Do Things by Cate Hall
🗳️ Community Pick
You Can Just Do Things
Cate Hall & Sasha Chapin
June 2026
7 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in June 2026
The first global financial crash, longevity science debunked, animal consciousness, Roman slavery and robots, and more.
See the full June list →
Not Built in a Day by Emma Southon
⭐ Bjorn's Pick
Not Built in a Day
Emma Southon
Lightning Beneath the Sea by James M. Tabor
🗳️ Community Pick
Lightning Beneath the Sea
James M. Tabor
May 2026
Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in May 2026
Creativity through constraints, the honesty crisis, Steve Jobs's lost decade, the dark side of empathy, and more.
See the full May list →
Suicidal Empathy by Gad Saad
⭐ Bjorn's Pick
Suicidal Empathy
Gad Saad
The Age of Time by Scott Dedels
🗳️ Community Pick
The Age of Time
Scott Dedels
April 2026
5 Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out in April 2026
Jim Collins on life purpose, the follow-up to Attached, the Transcendentalists, Arthur C. Brooks on meaning, and the race to superintelligence.
See the full April list →
Secure by Amir Levine
⭐ Pick of the Month
Secure
Amir Levine
March 2026
Best Nonfiction Releases — March 2026
Dark emotions, dark personalities, resilience, inequality, and two books on Elon Musk's mind.
See the full March list →
The Book of Elon by Eric Jorgenson
⭐ Pick of the Month
The Book of Elon
Eric Jorgenson
February 2026
Best Nonfiction Releases — February 2026
New laws of nature, space evolution, human dominance, persecuted scientists, consciousness, and Chinese internet culture.
See the full February list →
The Wall Dancers by Yi-Ling Liu
⭐ Pick of the Month
The Wall Dancers
Yi-Ling Liu
January 2026
Best Nonfiction Releases — January 2026
The philosophy of games, the science of alcohol, teenage hackers, rare earths, and the global trade war.
See the full January list →
Exile Economics by Ben Chu
⭐ Pick of the Month
Exile Economics
Ben Chu

2025

November 2025
Best Nonfiction Releases — November 2025
Solitude, a millennium of sentimentality, how tech platforms extract our wealth, and a dystopian novel that's getting eerily close to reality.
See the full November list →
The Joy of Solitude by Robert J. Coplan
⭐ Pick of the Month
The Joy of Solitude
Robert J. Coplan
October 2025
Best Nonfiction Releases — October 2025
Ryan Holiday's Stoic finale, the oral history of AI, behavioral economics meets algorithms, how intelligence emerges, and Morgan Housel on the art of spending.
See the full October list →
September 2025
Best Nonfiction Releases — September 2025
Social status as invisible force, the birth of the World Wide Web, eleven innovations that rewrote the rules, and Steven Pinker on the logic of common knowledge.
See the full September list →
This Is for Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee
⭐ Pick of the Month
This Is for Everyone
Tim Berners-Lee

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How I pick these books: Every selection is editorial — I read publisher catalogs, filter for the BookLab niche, and choose the titles I'm genuinely most excited about. Sponsored picks are always clearly labeled. There are no paid reviews on BookLab — only paid visibility. Learn more about working with us →