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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination."--NPR From the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction comes a tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern saga of family, memory, and the unbreakable attachment of a son...

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY "A mesmerizing novel filled with different types of love and secrets from the past." --Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee A missing child, two girls in...

A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not just for territory, but for the soul of America. ...

A major new history from our most trusted voice on the Revolutionary era, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, and featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Brilliant...A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir." --The Wall Street Journal * "In Joyride, the takeaway often has as much to do with the art of living as the art of writing." --Elle * "Wise and exuberant...It's funny, as well. Just...

The instant New York Times bestseller * Oprah's Book Club Pick * Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME and NPR * A 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence finalist "Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and the...

***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter...

Hoda Kotb didn't expect to join the Today show at age 44. Or to become a mother at 52. Or to leave Today and embark on a new adventure at 60! Change doesn't always arrive when we expect it, and its effects are anything but predictable. But Hoda believes that the benefits of change can be...