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All Our Names

Dinaw Mengestu

From the MacArthur Award-winning writer, comes a subtle and quietly devastating new novel about love, exile and the fragmentation of…

Stand Up Straight and Sing!

Jessye Norman

On the occasion of her new memoir, one of America’s most beloved and accomplished classical singers shares her life story:…

Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade

Walter Kirn

In the summer of 1998, Kirn—then an aspiring novelist struggling with impending fatherhood and a dissolving marriage—set out on a…

A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran

Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd

In 2009, three American hikers (and UC Berkeley grads) hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured…

Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away

Rebecca Goldstein

Imagine that Plato came to life in the twenty-first century and embarked on a multicity speaking tour. How would he…

Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture

Hisham Aidi

In this revelatory study of Muslim youth movements that have emerged in cities around the world in the years since…

Planet of the Blind: A Poet’s Journey

Steve Kuusisto

From the author of several collections of poetry and memoirs, including the New York Times “Notable Book of the Year”…

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

James Comey

Between his tenure as the director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017 under the appointment of President Obama, to…

The End of Capitalism: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment

Yanis Varoufakis

What happens when you take on the establishment? Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis gives a…

The Mars Room

Rachel Kushner

From the twice National Book Award–nominated and bestselling author of The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner offers a heart-stopping new novel, The Mars Room,…