On the latest episode of the New Title Drop, Angela, Melanie and Mark share their favorite kinds of non-fiction reads in a quick conversation before highlighting the must-read titles coming out in May 2026.

Check out this month's titles and place holds here or visit omahalibrary.org/podcast.

• Backtalker: An American Memoir by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
• Artifacts by Natalie Lemle
• Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen
• Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children by Mac Barnett
• Canon by Paige Lewis
• House of Margins by Tlotlo Tsamaase
• We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel
• The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos by Emma Chapman
• Homebound by Portia Elan
• All in: An Autobiography Billie Jean King
• The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
• Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer Lee
• Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen
• Kaikeyi: a Novel by Vaishnavi Patel
• Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Check in with us on the first Tuesday of every month to hear about books we think you should be excited about.