The Human Rubric: A Memoir of Life in a Neurotypical World is a remarkable work in which Dr. James P. Manning reflects on his experience of growing up and living in a neurotypical world full of implicit social norms. The author takes readers on an...

Visiting by Polly Walker Blakemore is a series of journal-style, dated entries that chronicle the author’s visits with her aging mother during the final stage of her life. Rather than following a traditional format, the book unfolds through real-time observations of caregiving, decline, and the...

Daffy by Andrea Moriarty is a collection of stories focused on motherhood, especially the experience of raising children on the autism spectrum. Instead of following a single, linear narrative, the book unfolds through a series of personal essays and shared reflections by a close-knit group...

In You Are Not Alone: A Recovery Coach's Journey From Addiction To Advocacy, Amy Sprague describes how a reliance on substances slowly turns into a life governed by fear and physical need. Using her own experiences, she shows how her attempts to quit alone repeatedly...

Zareen’s Pakistani Kitchen by Zareen Khan and Umair Khan is a beautifully illustrated cookbook, and also a memoir, travelogue, and celebration of a culture of love and nurturing. Full of nostalgic tributes to childhood, Karachi, Lahore, aunts and grandmothers, it promises and delivers a rich...

Lorrie Parise's 25902: Homemade with Love is a long look back at a house that meant everything to a family. Lorrie starts at the point where she has to leave, and from there she rewinds into how her parents, Alice and Fidel, made it happen...

Salvaged From the Flood by Brian Paige is a collection of personal stories that journey through his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, offering snapshots of a life shaped by memory, ambition, and unexpected twists. The book starts with his reflections on growing up in Louisville, where...

We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories by Theresa Griffin Kennedy is an incredibly raw, unflinching look at a side of Portland that most people never see. Kennedy doesn’t hold back as she traces her life from a childhood spent in the foster care...

In I Will Walk With You, Julie Thomas Tullos shares a deeply personal story that feels like sitting down for a long talk with a close friend. The book follows the life of Susan and David Lee, starting all the way back with their blind...

Michael Cooper’s memoir Miscalculated Risks is a collection of survival stories pulled from forty years of trekking through the North American wilderness. This isn't some slow-burning narrative; it’s a series of high-stakes moments when things went completely wrong during backpacking, climbing, and rafting trips. Cooper...