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Named a nonfiction book "Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by the New York Times "Devastating and hopeful in turn, All That's Unseen exquisitely captures a complex and contradictory world." --Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass...

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. ...

Named a nonfiction book "Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by the New York Times From Indigenous chef Nephi Craig, a searing personal and cultural reckoning that demonstrates the power of food to heal intergenerational wounds At just eighteen years old,...

An unforgettable memoir of fatherhood, grief, and the life-saving power of love and art in the wake of unimaginable loss "This is a story that nobody should ever have to tell, yet Matthew Schnipper does so with grace, rawness, and beauty."--Hua Hsu, Pulitzer Prize-winning and...

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...

NEW YORK TIMES SUMMER READING PICK A romantic, life-affirming memoir about a young woman's solo honeymoon to Europe after her fiancé's sudden death, and the community of hope and wonder she builds along the way. Laura and Devon were on the cusp of their...

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...

A vibrant, colorful, and authoritative exploration of the world's first and most illustrious metropolis. 'Babylon' is a name that has a double life: it denotes the great ancient Mesopotamian city with a long and complex history, and it is also a fictive allusion with a wide...

AN NPR SUMMER READING PICK "A powerful and thought-provoking deep history of data and power, essential reading for understanding the opportunities and dangers of the technological revolution now transforming our world." --Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis...

From the Côte d'Azur to the cliffs of Normandy, along the banks of the Seine to the Alps, this is the ultimate literary tour of France. In this sparkling new narrative--traveling in a loop around France, from Le Havre to Paris--Peter Fiennes explores France's sense of its own...

Three sisters, the daughters of a prominent French Jewish family, all painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In the turbulent years from the Belle Epoque to World War II, one would marry an English aristocrat and escape; one would become a collaborator with the Nazis; one would die...

From the glamorous depravity of Studio 54 to the underground cabarets of Weimar Berlin, from Georgian London's gaudy pleasure gardens to the birth of techno in post-industrial Detroit, a brilliantly researched history charting four centuries of nightlife, showing the fascinating evolution of...

"A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas...this will surely be my philosophy book of the year." --Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly Possible "Masterful...an engrossing portrait...Eakin makes her obsession with these thinkers contagious." ...

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 Globe and Mail Best New Book of Summer 2026 A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities--from Writers' Trust Weston Prize-winning author and renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dan Werb....

A lyrical exploration of the world's wildest, most forbiddingly remote places--and the humans who have always been there, by "the best non-fiction writer of her generation," according to The Times From the blacksand beaches of Iceland, to river crossings deep in the...

Part of the New York Times' "Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" One of LA Times' "10 Books to Read in July" An Amazon Editors' "Best Nonfiction of July" pick A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of...

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.<...

An urgent, globe-spanning exploration of languages at risk, from Kichwa to Ukrainian, that asks: What do we lose--culturally, politically, and personally--when a language is silenced? "Fascinating . . . Galer casts a bright light on the massive linguistic diversity that the...

The riveting, true story of an audacious con man who helped send another man to death row for a murder he did not commit "Incendiary, emotionally devastating. [This] is a feat of dogged reporting, bravura storytelling, and clear-eyed moral conscience." --Patrick Radden Keefe,...

"A sabbatical might be the most important career move you ever make. Read this book to see why--and how to do it." --Arthur C. Brooks, harvard professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author A guide to transforming your well-being and your career through purposeful...

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...

We all want to be known. Most of us just don't know how to begin. When Jess Janz found herself craving deeper conversations--but trapped in a world of small talk--she took a leap. What started as a casual idea in a hair salon soon became Dinner With Strangers: a growing movement...

A revolutionary guide to discovering your core wound, examining how it manifests in your life, and navigating conflict in all relationships, from the popular associate therapist and coach @kp_counseling. Anyone in a long-term relationship knows that fighting is inevitable. Our goal...