New Arrivals: The Best Recent Book Releases

Harvard historian Jill Lepore delivers a revelatory, timely history of America's hardest-to-change document. Published for the 250th anniversary of U.S. founding, this compelling work traces the rarely told story of amendment attempts—almost all unsuccessful—and what that failure means for democracy today. "It is impossible to imagine a more instructive text on a more timely subject by a more accomplished historian," praised author Timothy Snyder.

This posthumous collection from the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner gathers unpublished and classic essays on Truman, Washington, art, and the mentors who shaped him, showing how history can guide the present. Edited by his daughter Dorie McCullough Lawson and longtime researcher Michael Hill, with a foreword by Jon Meacham, it offers a final portrait of McCullough’s enduring legacy.

Almost a decade after Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Nosrat returns with 125 personal, vibrant, deeply satisfying recipes—from Calabrian chili crisp to a perfect yellow cake. But it’s also a philosophy of cooking as connection. With tips, techniques, and rituals that nourish far beyond the plate, this is the cookbook to give and keep.

Before producing for Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson was just a teenager with two turntables chasing a scene. His memoir captures the energy of ’90s downtown clubs—where rappers, fashion kids, and 9-to-5’ers danced till dawn. “A wondrous snapshot of a bygone New York,” says Publishers Weekly.

Longlisted for the National Book Award, this book pairs the voices of two Iranian journalists who documented the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Through correspondence, reporting, and personal testimony, they capture both the risks of bearing witness and the spirit of a generation rising against repression.

At a London call center for luxury travel, an employee fields absurd complaints—from itchy tourists in Mykonos to infinity pool disputes in the Maldives—while office tensions and personal instability quietly escalate. “Highly original… gives pleasure on every page,” said Colm Tóibín.

From the bestselling author of Stiff and Gulp comes a globe-spanning investigation into the strange history and cutting-edge future of human body parts. Roach visits pig farms, stem-cell labs, and cataract surgeons in Mongolia to ask: what can be replaced, and at what cost? A gleefully inquisitive, eye-opening tour through the frontier of medical possibility.

When a son returns home to his dying mother, he discovers long-hidden truths about her past, her romance with Bob Dylan, and the mystery of his paternity. Inspired by the author’s own story, this debut is “the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory,” raved Kirkus Reviews.

Winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and a three-time Booker Prize finalist, the Argentine author of Fever Dream once again proves herself a master of the uncanny. In these stories, ordinary lives tilt toward menace and tenderness, as characters stumble at the brink of tragedy or revelation. “Beautifully translated by Megan McDowell, in prose that shimmers with a sort of menacing lyricism… powerfully evocative and unsettling,” writes The New York Times.

Veteran negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley—who have advised Palestinian leaders and U.S. presidents—trace how the promise of Oslo unraveled into today’s devastation. Combining insider detail with historical perspective, they show how illusions, mistrust, and missed opportunities led to war instead of peace. “Beautifully written… two people who have genuinely distinct perspectives… and who have been in the room… A great book,” says Chris Hayes on The Ezra Klein Show.