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Written in the form of a letter to his ailing father, this debut memoir from the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook explores the complicated burden of caring for an abusive parent who is dying--here is Matthew Quick's most personal and potent work to date. ...

Angelica Glass spent decades as a social worker helping families struggling with poverty, addiction, abuse and neglect. Needing relief from work-related stress, she turned to walking as an outlet. What began as a way to incorporate more exercise into her busy life transformed into something...

An intimate memoir portraying a life spent trying to describe the indescribable, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours and Day. Go ahead. Try using language to slit the skin of mortality to see what's on the other side. At the age...

In this witty, absurd, and surprisingly moving memoir-in-essays, comedian Alison Leiby unpacks the multitudes women are told to be--and the joy of refusing to pick just one. "Alison Leiby is the Jewish millennial David Sedaris. Reading this book was like having a glass of wine with...

From the all-time bestselling mind behind Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, 300, and Sin City, Push the Wall is part memoir, part master class for budding artists and writers by one of the greatest living creators whose work has influenced pop culture...

From one of cinema's wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history. David Thomson has been called "the greatest living writer on the movies." Here is a career capstone of sorts--a one-volume history of film and screens as...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A collection of reported stories that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters, from the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her work in The New Yorker. You Won't Get Free of It tells the stories of mothers and...

Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites--some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies). "Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." --Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare There is the tapeworm, which can grow...

A glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the friendship that brought him back. "A mesmerizing, compassionate, and deeply meaningful exploration of a perilous corridor of...

One of People's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer The Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read Books From Annie Jacobsen, the author of the bestselling Nuclear War: A Scenario, a book on a subject that has long orbited her reporting: biological warfare.<...

From popular The Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost, a lively reflection on how we've become disconnected from the physical world--and how to reclaim gratification in our day-to-day lives. In an era dominated by convenience and efficiency, one would think that life would be...