Lily, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, meets Matthew, the heir to a vast fortune while interning at a early-2000s new media company. They fall in love, she gets pregnant, they break up -- so the story goes. When their teenage son sets out to find out the identity of his father, his journey risks the life Lily has made for the two of them. Brit Bennett called Real Americans "mesmerizing."

Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City and The Splendid and the Vile, brings readers to Charleston, South Carolina, in the five months leading up to the Civil War. Garden and Gun calls it "a masterclass in reportage and storytelling."

Kirkus called Rebellion "a powerful, much-needed political and social analysis that all lovers of democracy should read."

"In The Unexpected, we encounter a strikingly softer version of Oster — one who is toying with the idea that not every experience in parenthood can or should be viewed through the lens of statistical analysis or can or should be optimized. This is an Emily Oster who gives as much room on the page to radical acceptance as she does to hard data," praised The Cut of Emily Oster and Nathan Fox's new book on navigating complications and uncertainty in pregnancy.

Geoffrey Mak stuns in this new collection of essays on queerness, masculinity, and community. "Tracing his own experiences as the gay son of an Evangelical minister to the dark rooms of Berlin’s techno clubs, Mak investigates art and desire, transgression and forgiveness, and ultimately, the value of connection in a sick world" praised Nylon Magazine.

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of four collections, including World of Wonders, returns with a new meditation on food, memory, and nature. Exploring the connection between culture, food, and place, this new collection promises to be a feast for the senses.

On a romantic trip to New York City, Bree discovers the body of a beautiful, blond woman in the foyer of their rental. Her boyfriend is nowhere to be found. Bree is forced to navigate the police and an angry social media mob as a Black woman in a city she doesn't know. Early reviewers have praised Missing White Woman as a smart, twisty thriller with sharp insight into the role that social media plays in true crime in the 21st century.

Jan VandeHei spent his high school and college years more focused on partying than becoming class president, finding himself with a 1.4 GPA at the end of his freshman year. When he discovered what he was passionate about, he turned his life around, going on to found Axios and Politico. Without BS or platitudes, VandeHei is breaking down his secrets to success. This would make a great gift for an upcoming grad.

The Swans of Harlem recounts the little-known history of the Dance Theater of Harlem, a pioneering ballet troupe of Black ballerinas who performed for Mick Jagger, the Queen of England, the White House, and more at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Reparations Club called it "captivating, rich in vivid detail and character, and steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet."

"At once an excoriation of Fox News, college speech policing, self-obsession fueled by social media and “oppression Olympics,” this is a book that finds faults and possibilities on both sides of the political aisle. A final “antidote” chapter proposes a reprieve rooted in humility," praised the New York Times.

Publisher's Weekly called this new memoir from psychotherapist Alexander Kriss "an enterprising and in-depth exploration of who decides what it means to be ill, how mental illness is framed in cultural narratives, and who gets shut out of those narratives. It’s an ambitious reassessment of an understudied condition."

Dr. Mary Claire Haver, board-certified OB/GYN, doesn't think women need to suffer menopause symptoms in silence. This new book offers evidence-based recommendations on how to manage the hormonal transitions associated with menopause.

Kirkus reviews calls this look into the longtime friendship of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates from Academy Award nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten a "lucid biography that subtly questions the role of private philanthropy."

Told at a young age that he would have seven great loves of his life, Young Wang goes to college and falls hard for his first love, Erena. Superstitious to a fault, he can't help but wonder if she is destined to be simply one of seven, even as their relationship blossoms. Fans of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow will fall for this tender and charming love story.

A touching story of women-- one the wealthy daughter of banker J.P. Morgan, on a mission to set up a library for soldiers on the front lines of WWI, the other an aspiring author working at the New York Public Library in 1987-- who find solace in the power that books can have on our lives.

ADHD can be awesome, according to content creators Kim and Penn Holderness, who are on a mission to redefine the misunderstood condition. With signature humor, they'll walk you through their evidence-based tips on how to shift your mindset and play to your strengths with ADHD.

Daphne's fiance Peter loved to tell the funny story of how they met... until he realized that he was actually in love with another woman. Now, Daphne is living in the town she moved to for him without friends, family, or a place to stay. When she finds an opportunity to live with a man named Miles, things seem promising, with one catch--he's her ex's new fiancee's ex-boyfriend. Full of heart, humor, and compelling characters, Henry's latest will keep you glued to the page.

With a foreword by ornithologist David Sibley, The Backyard Bird Chronicles is an homage to the nature and life around you, complete with colorful illustrations by Amy Tan. Inspired by a project she began in 2016 in hope of personal serenity in admiring the birds she saw at her home, Tan here explores birds with curiosity and thoughtfulness.

At Erebus Resort, a hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Rocky Mountains, guests can view woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths—all brought back from extinction via genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his wife are kidnapped and found dead in the Erebus backcountry, Agent Frances Cash must partner with a county sheriff to track down the killers.

Gopnik argues that the rat race is less of a race and more of a maze with no real exit. Accomplishment, he argues, might be the way out. From the stories of artists and philosophers to Gopnik's own butterfingered attempts at playing Beatles songs on a guitar, Gopnik explores how contentment flows from passion, whether that leads to a career or not.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus calls The Paris Novel "a sumptuous book I simply could not put down." A heartfelt adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris that follows Stella, a woman who's been gifted a one-way ticket and a note that says "Go to Paris," by her estranged, now deceased, mother. As Stella explores life alone in the city, she finds herself testing old habits and embracing the joys of life as she takes chances and lives authentically.

In Susan Page's biography of Barbara Walters, we discover just the depth of impact she left on the media, starting in the 1960s. She spent her career interviewing everyone from presidents to famous actors and all of the kinds of people in between. Then, at 67, she founded a talk show as both a host and producer--almost unheard of for female producers of her age at the time. Built from more than 150 interviews, Page sculpts a portrait of Walters as a groundbreaker and rulebreaker.

For the first time, Dame Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she's played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. Through intimate conversations with actor and director Brendan O'Hea, Dench guides readers through Shakespeare's plays with incisive clarity as we share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.

In Smiley's trademark style, Lucky follows a young woman musician whose star is rising. As she walks in the path of women musicians before her, of fame, recording studios, and record executives, she feels that her life may be missing something. Is it. . . love? Or something else?

Veteran reporter Dana Mattioli has been covering Amazon for years. And in 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly so large, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. With unparalleled access to hundreds of interviews, from Amazon execs to small businesses, Mattioli exposes how the corporation has reshaped the very nature of the global economy.

Amelia and Kylee were found unharmed in their upstairs bedroom the night their teen cousin, Grace, vanished while she was babysitting them—leaving nothing but a blood-covered kitchen in a Missouri farmhouse. She'd just been on the verge of getting out of their dead-end town. Now, Kylee and Amelia are about to graduate, and when human remains are found, they think they finally know who took Grace. But what they uncover is worse than they could have ever imagined.

Author Jean Kwok (Searching for Sylvia Lee) calls Days of Wonder "poignant, thrilling, and moving." When Ella Fitchburg finds love as a teen in New York City, her life feels glorious. But things are soon upended when she's accused of trying to murder her boyfriend's father, finds out she's pregnant, and is then sentenced to prison. Six years later, having given up the child while incarcerated, Ella moves to Ann Arbor, Michigan with one goal: to get her daughter back. Yet a central mystery endures: what really happened that fateful night which led to Ella's conviction?

Nell Painter has published groundbreaking work on Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Malcolm X, and other luminaries. Led by unbridled curiosity, Painter asks readers to reconsider race, politics, and identity. I Just Keep Talking assembles her writing into a single volume for the first time, displaying the breadth and depth of her decades-long historical inquiry and the evolution of Black political thought.

Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of America's nationally recognized historians, and she, and her late husband, Dick Goodwin, had a storied past tied to American politics--Dick as a speechwriter and staff member for Lyndon B. Johnson, who Doris worked for as well. When Doris and Dick decide to open more than 50 boxes from his time in public service and life, the two unpack the history of the 1960s, the stories between them, and explore a time not so dissimilar to now of great political upheaval.

On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was attacked with a knife. Here, Rushdie speaks out for the first time, exploring the artistic response to violence that is possible, and how he found the strength to continue forward. A harrowing and intimate meditation on life, loss, art, and endurance.

In the picture-perfect community of Riverside Close, the residents enjoy gardens, the quiet with occasional birdsong, and tranquility, all behind a lcoked gate. It's idyllic until the new neighbors arrive. The Kentworthys have four gas-guzzling cars, loud children, and plans for the neighborhood. Let's just say, they don't make fast friends. So when Giles Kentworthy is found dead with a crossbow bolt in his chest, Detective Hawthorne gets involved. But how do you solve a whodunit when anyone who knew the guy would've done it?

Most of us don't want to think about "the end." But what if thinking about death could help us lead better, more authentic lives? That's what Alua Arthur thinks. She has supported and helped many in end-of-life care, from the business matters to the medical directives to the sacred moments. After Alua's first-hand experience with fleeing 1980s Ghana, struggling with depression, and advocating for her brother-in-law as he died of lymphoma, Arthur found her life's calling. Author Jodi Picoult calls the book "a truly unique, inspiring perspective on the time we have."

Noemi just wants a fresh start. She has plans to move away from the reservation with her boyfriend, until he's found dead, suddenly, of an apparent suicide. But Noemi isn't the only one who thinks something is off and there might be more that lurks within the tribal lands. When her Uncle Louie returns after over a decade away from the reservation, he and Noemi work together to unbury the answers.

Annie "Anh Le" Shaw grew up poor, but from the outside, she seems to now have it all-- a beautiful home, a wonderful family, and a dream career. But when her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie's curated life begins to unravel. Her obsessive-compuslive disorder, previously vanquished, comes surging back into her life. Except, this time, the obtrusive, disturbing fixations in her brain might actually be. . .real?

In Nell Freudenberger's latest, the author charts the trajectory of two women: Kate, the new wife of a New York surgeon, and her step-daughter, Pia, who has come to stay with them from France. Pia's biological mother (and biologist) obsesses over saving a coral reef in Tahiti, and so sends Pia to live with her ex-husband. Pia, precocious and in a new city, is used to being shuttled between parents and is poised to explode in classic teenage style when the family's life is upturned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anne Lamott is no stranger to writing boldly and earnestly about the big and small things in life—from quotidian details of making ends meet to how addiction can tear up relationships—all with love suspended in between. In Somehow, Lamott shares her wisdom and reflections on love it its many different forms. "Lamott’s homespun homilies, patchworks of common wisdom and slogans like 'one day at a time; might sound basic, but her boatload of self-awareness is genuine, and her dedication to craft elevates the writing from self-help journal to a companionable reader." —San Francisco Chronicle

Every marriage comes with compromises. Simone's comes with moving from New York City to Fort Benning, Georgia, where she feels out of place, and fending for herself as her new husband heads away on deployment for months at a time. Simone feels lost until she meets the army wives, a group of warm, caring women who welcome her into their midst. This memoir of unexpected friendship and sisterhood pulls the curtain back on the reality of Army wives.

The Beatles are icons among icons for music and popular culture, yet much mythology and gossip remain around their history, collaborations, and working and personal relationships. Based on never-before-seen interviews with the Beatles themselves and their inner circle, authors Gaines and Brown explore material that was originally recorded and compiled for their 1983 biography of the group, The Love You Make. What's revealed is a fantastic, complex, and thorough deep-dive into one of the most famous bands of all time and a great gift for music fans, Beatles nerds, and biography lovers.

Alexandra Fuller is grieving the loss of her dad on the eve of her 50th birthday, and she's fresh out of a break-up and newly sober in Wyoming. Then, she receives news that her 21-year-old son has died in his sleep. A Zimbabwean living in the United States, Fuller has grappled before with the loss of her home, her country, younger siblings, and parents, but she is leveled by the experience of losing her child. What follows is an emotional, painful, and aching memoir about moving through life without easy answers, especially when presented with heartbreak and loss.

Have you ever wondered about the person at the register at your local independent bookstore--or Tertulia, for that matter--to the local librarian your kid waves to every week before storytime? James Patterson and Matt Eversmann have written a tribute to the people to whom so many of us owe our love of reading. Tertulia avid readers are likely to find great joy from this adventure through the lives of books and the people who love them.

In this poetry collection, Joy Sullivan charts our longing to discover the unknown and leap headfirst into reinvention. After quitting her job and leaving her fiancé mid-pandemic, Sullivan drove west to rediscover herself and the landscape around her, resulting in a powerfully moving series of poems on belonging, love, and freedom.

Long before the colonization of the Americas, Indigenous Americans built large and diverse civilizations in a world that was ever-changing, with Native cities rivaling other urban centers around the globe in terms of sheer size. This new history book from award-winning historian Kathleen Duval shows the influence and sovereignity Indigenous Americans wielded both pre- and post-colonialism, with a new look at the complex societies Native nations developed and how the means of power shift over time.

A delightful romp through the Golden Age of Hollywood and New York City, Table For Two features six short stories and a novella that explores chance, momentary encounters, and the essence of the modern marriage. Written with Towles' signature wit, this collection is sure to delight fans of his previous work and those exploring Amor Towles for the first time.

The novel follows celebrated writer Alma Cruz, who inherits land in the Dominican Republic and creates a graveyard to bury her untold stories and failed character drafts. Unexpectedly, the buried characters defy her, rewriting themselves and revealing secret tales, like those of Trujillo's erased wife and an underground doctor. Alma finds meaning in the vitality of stories that persist beyond endings. Alvarez reminds us our life stories are never truly finished.

Rejecting the traditional memoir format in favor of a collective "we" point-of-view, novelist and National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet chronicles human existence under climate change, weaving a story of her life as a climate advocate and environmental economist with moments of closeness with "the others," the nature that surrounds us.

Attention Nelsonheads: she’s back! One of the most anticipated books of 2024, Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts and Bluets, turns her eye towards artists like Prince and Kara Walker in this momentous collection. Tracing the development of her signature themes, like friendship, queerness, art, perversion, and transgression, new and existing fans of Nelson will enjoy this glimpse into a brilliant mind.

Liu Cixin's nonfiction essays and short fiction are brought together in one volume for the first time. Marrying philosophy with cutting-edge science, Liu explores the contours of the universe and human soul.

"Traces of Enayat is no conventional biography. Mersal masterfully blends a variety of disparate elements – from a study of Enayat’s life and accounts of Mersal’s sleuth work, to a depiction of life for women in 1960s Egypt." - Malcolm Forbes, The National News

A starred review in Publishers Weekly calls this poetry collection, heavily inspired by Agnes Martin, painterly and meditative. "Full of memorable insights as Chang experiments with erased and occluded work, all the while operating in the realm of feeling, where ‘desire is the only thing / with nerve endings.’ These elegiac poems thoughtfully balance the head and the heart.”

With an introduction from US Poet Laureate Ada Limón, this new anthology brings together 50 prominent voices, including PEN/Voelcker winners Victoria Chang and Diane Seuss, to interrogate what nature writing means in our current social, political, and environmental climate. Calling attention to the necessity of nature to humanity, this anthology is a provocative addition to America's rich tradition of nature writing.