Our monthly book club roundup is here! Belletrist dives into Colum McCann’s deep-sea story, Anand Giridharadas’ new club kicks off with a manifesto from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Dakota Johnson picks Katie Kitamura’s hypnotic novel on love and identity, and The New York Times explores a 2024 Booker-shortlisted debut blending history, suspense, and romance.

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Still Born

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What Book Clubs Are Reading in May

Discover the top book club picks of the month, including selections by Roxane Gay, Reese Witherspoon, and Natalie Portman.  

Make space in your kitchen for the nominees of the prestigious 2025 James Beard Foundation Book Awards. Here are some of our favorites, including The Bear star Matty Matheson’s creative twist on the time-tested trio in Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, Nicola Lamb’s science-based guide to baking in Sift: The Elements of Great Baking, and Yotam Ottolenghi’s reinvented favorites in Ottolenghi Comfort. *Note: McAtlas, The Turkey Book, and Eleven Madison Park: The Plant-Based Chapter are unavailable.

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Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook

Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday Recipes: A Cookbook

Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook

The 2025 James Beard Foundation Book Award

Make space in your kitchen for the nominees of the prestigious 2025 James Beard Foundation Book Awards.

Notable releases this week include a new historical novel from Chilean legend Isabel Allende, life wisdom from the We Can Do Hard Things podcast trio, a bold manifesto on ambition by historian Rutger Bregman, plus thrillers from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie and twist queen Freida McFadden.

We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions

My Friends

The Director

New Arrivals for the Week of May 5

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These are the buzziest nonfiction books of the season from the top journalists, politicos, and thinkers of our time. Including a hot new release from wonk royalty Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, a detailed guide to Project 2025, and a groundbreaking history of Chinese America. 

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America

America, América: A New History of the New World

The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America

Nonfiction Books with Buzz

These are the buzziest nonfiction books of the season from the top journalists, politicos, and thinkers of our time. Including a detailed guide to Project 2025 and a groundbreaking history of Chinese America. 

This ultimate fan list celebrates Didion’s legacy—her life, her impact, and how she reshaped literature. With everything from sharp analysis to personal memoirs and gorgeous tributes, there’s something here for every Didion devotee. Whether you’re a longtime fanatic or just diving in, this collection gives you a front-row seat to the genius of Joan Didion.

We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

Notes to John

South and West: From a Notebook

The Ultimate Joan Didion Reading List

This ultimate fan list celebrates Didion’s legacy—her life, her impact, and how she reshaped literature. Whether you’re a longtime fanatic or just diving in, this collection gives you a front-row seat to the genius of Joan Didion.

They're here! The winners and finalists of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes have just been announced. Honorees include: Percival Everett’s retelling of Mark Twain’s classic, soon to be a Spielberg film; Jason Roberts’ riveting chronicle of a scientific rivalry that shaped modern biology; Benjamin Nathans’ sweeping history of Soviet dissent; and Kathleen DuVal’s magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history.

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The 2025 Pulitzer Prize

They're here! The winners and finalists of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes have just been announced. Honorees include: Percival Everett’s retelling of Mark Twain’s classic, soon to be a Spielberg film.

Isabel Allende's mastery of magical realism reveals the extraordinary within the everyday. Her narratives blend historical events with fantastical elements often centering resilient women confronting trauma, political upheaval, and questions of identity. New to Allende? Start with her landmark debut "The House of the Spirits" (1982) for the best introduction to her spellbinding storytelling. Already a fan? Don't miss her newest nove out on May 6.

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

Violeta [English Edition]

A Long Petal of the Sea

Reading Your Way Through Isabel Allende

Discover the rich and luscious worlds of Isabel Allende through this selection of her most revered and adored works. 

From a chilling psychological thriller by Spanish literary icon Antonio Muñoz Molina, to a new French novel by Maud Ventura that explores the dark side of fame, to a jaw-dropping domestic suspense from bestselling author Freida McFadden—these crime and thriller books will add a delightfully sinister twist to your reading list.

Make Me Famous

Your Steps on the Stairs

The Tenant

The Best New Crime & Thrillers Books to Read in 2025

Best New Crime & Thrillers books to Read in 2025

We’ve rounded up the best crime and thrillers books you won’t want to miss this 2025.

Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel)

P.S. I Still Love You: Special Keepsake Edition

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Deluxe Edition)

The Poet X

Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame

Social Themes - Activism & Social Justice

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball

Slam!

Fallen Angels

The Glory Field

Wake the Wild Creatures

Pretty Furious

I Can't Even Think Straight

Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Murder Land

Social Themes - Emigration, Immigration & Refugees

I Guess I Live Here Now

We'll Always Have Summer (Deluxe Edition)

It's Not Summer Without You (Deluxe Edition)

Up in Smoke

We Were Liars: Deluxe Edition

This Thing of Ours

The Complete Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy (Deluxe Boxed Set): The Summer I Turned Pretty; It's Not Summer Without You; We'll Always Have Summer

Social Themes - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse

Family of Liars: Deluxe Edition

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

The Thrashers

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