This Week in Nonfiction: The Class of 7.15.25

New nonfiction dropped. One exposes a stolen generation, one breaks privacy myths, and one rewrites female strength—plus a French mountain dog keeps things interesting.

It’s another Pub Day—meet the class of 7.15.25:

Dear Readers,

Welcome back to the rabbit hole!

This week’s lineup features fierce, funny, and well-researched books centering on women who challenged systems, crossed oceans, reclaimed their narratives, and redefined power.

From grandmothers searching for stolen children to feminist memoirs, unsung sea captains to science-backed truths about the female body, today’s new releases remind us just how many kinds of strength women carry.

And that’s just the start—many of this week’s incredible authors also have Substacks and newsletters listed below. Be sure to say hi!

Here’s what’s hitting shelves today:

I didn’t link every book because you’re fully capable of looking up a synopsis. But if you’d rather not feed the algorithm beast, there’s an indie-friendly link waiting for you at the bottom.

Nature, Climate & Living Well

• Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food by Elspeth Hay

• A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures by Alix Morris

• North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of Alaska by Ben Weissenbach

• Kinship Medicine: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves by

  Dr. Wendy Johnson

Personal Stories & Inner Worlds

• A Beginner's Guide to Dying by Simon Boas

• How to Be a Living Thing: Meditations on Intuitive Oysters, Hopeful Doves, and Being Human in the World by

  Mari Andrew

• No Lost Causes Club: An Honest Guide to Recovery and How to Find Your Way Through It by

  Lauren McQuistin

• Everyone's Seen My Tits: Stories and Reflections from an Unlikely Feminist by Keeley Hazell

Culture, Power & the Systems We Live In

• Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by

  Adam Aleksic

• Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty That Reshaped America by Michael M. Grynbaum

• The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us about the Power of the Female Body by Starre Vartan

History, Justice & Women Who Fought Back

• A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland

• Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee

• Stars to Steer by: Celebrating the 20th-Century Women Who Went to Sea by Julia Jones

• The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris by Jennifer Dasal

Animals, Companionship & Unlikely Bonds

• Ubac and Me: A Life of Love and Adventure with a French Mountain Dog by Cédric Sapin-Defour

• JFK: Public, Private, Secret by

  J. Randy Taraborrelli

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From climate to culture to resistance to reinvention, the Class of 7.15.25 is out now.

Find all these and more 2025 nonfiction titles at Bookshop dot org, and your purchase helps support local indie bookstores!

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Reader Roll Call

If you’re searching for something specific, check out the Nonfiction Directory or swing by Instagram to browse 7+ years of recommendations and goofy reels with me.

Missed a week? You can find all the past Pub Day posts right here.

Happy Reading!

Jaymi the OC Book Girl