Name: Gathering Blossoms Under Fire
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With warmer weather finally here, we've declared that it's officially tennis season! Inspire your next match with these 16 books that every fan should read, from the guide that Bill Gates "the best book on tennis" he'd ever read, to intimate memoirs from greats like Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, and Andre Agassi. 

Strive: 8 Steps to Find Your Awesome

The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

Open: An Autobiography

Tennis Anyone? Inspire Your Next Match With The 16 Best Tennis Books Every Fan Should Read

16 Tennis Books Every Fan Should Read

It's tennis season! Inspire your next match with these 16 books that every fan should read, from the guide that Bill Gates "the best book on tennis" he'd ever read, to intimate memoirs from greats like Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, and Andre Agassi. 

Coming Home

The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Out now in Biographies & Memoirs – May 17 2024

Each year, the Pulitzer Prizes honor the highest achievements in print journalism, literary achievement, and musical composition in the preceding year across 23 categories. Below are the winners and finalists in fiction, history, biography, memoir or autobiography, poetry, and general nonfiction. Honorees include Jonathan Eig's monumental biography of MLK Jr., Cristina Rivera Garza's heart-wrenching investigation into her sister's murder, and Jayne Anne Phillips' harrowing, post-Civil War novel.  

Night Watch (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Same Bed Different Dreams

Wednesday's Child: Stories

This Year's Pulitzer Prize Winners

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Here are the winners and finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for fiction, history, biography, memoir or autobiography, poetry, and general nonfiction.

Every Wednesday throughout the year, the New Yorker’s editors and critics curate the most thought-provoking and talked-about books. We’re sharing some nonfiction highlights here in an eclectic reading list including: the acclaimed memoir of motherhood and divorce from Leslie Jamison, a dishy oral history of The Village Voice, and a timely, important examination of 2020 through the lens of five ordinary New Yorkers.

Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

The New Yorker's Favorite Nonfiction of 2024 So Far

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The New Yorker rounds up the best new book, and we've chosen our favorite nonfiction picks of 2024 so far. This eclectic mix includes a new memoir from Leslie Jamison, an oral history of The Village Voice, and more.

The book club mavens have made their April picks, and there’s something here for every reader—from an astrophysicist’s predictions about the end of days, to a novel mash-up of Groundhog Day and Bridget Jones’s Diary. See the Tertulia bestseller picked by Kaia Gerber and the essay collection that Roxane Gay said inspires her to maintain strength in times of crisis. 

The New York Times Best Seller

Real Americans

The Most Fun We Ever Had

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

What Book Clubs Are Reading in April

What Book Clubs are Reading in April

Whether you're looking for the best new book club pick for your group or what Reese Witherspoon is reading this month, the next book you should read is on this list.

The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winner for its prestigious awards celebrating the best books of publishing year 2023. This list incorporates the winner and finalists in the categories of biography and autobiography. 

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

King: A Life

National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Biographies and Autobiographies - The Finalists

The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winner and finalists for its prestigious awards celebrating the best books of publishing year 2023. This list incorporates the winner and finalists in the categories of biography and autobiography. 

Stories of remarkable women dominate the celebrity book club picks this March, as is fitting for Women’s History Month. Both Reese's Book Club and Alison Stewart champion Xochitl Gonzalez’s sophomore novel about a Brooklyn art school student discovering the life of a forgotten female artist. Backlist gems get some love with Natalie Portman selecting  Nora Ephron’s Heartburn and Kaia Gerber picking the reissue of the 1979 classic Sex and Rage, about a dreamy girl going to New York to find her purpose. Whether reading in a room of one’s own or planning next month's pick for their own clubs, Tertulia members get a diverse set recommendations this month from the book club mavens.

Anita de Monte Laughs Last: Reese's Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Wandering Stars

Heartburn

What Book Clubs Are Reading in March

Celebrity Book Club Picks for March

Check out the best celebrity book club picks for March 2024, from Oprah, Reese's Book Club, Kaia Gerber's Library Science, Belleletrist and more. 

Pulitzer winners abound in this list of presidential biographies that will stand the test of time. 

His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life

Truman

First In His Class

The Best Presidential Biographies to Add to Your Reading List in 2023

11 Best Presidential Biographies to Read in 2023

Pulitzer winners abound in this list of presidential biographies that will stand the test of time.

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