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February 04, 2026

Literary Forensics by Gary Alan McBride

February 04, 2026/ Jim Abbiati
Literary Forensics by Gary Alan McBride

A how-to-write book with a unique approach

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February 04, 2026/ Jim Abbiati/
Literary Forensics, Gary Alan McBride
January 25, 2026

Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face by Scott Eyman

January 25, 2026/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward
Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face by Scott Eyman

A new biography of the legendary actress

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January 25, 2026/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward/
Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face, Joan Crawford, Scott Eyman, biography, film history
January 24, 2026

Cyclops Cave by Don Schofield

January 24, 2026/ Tom LeClair
Cyclops Cave by Don Schofield

Don Schofield’s memoir of his life in Greece

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January 24, 2026/ Tom LeClair/
From the Cyclops Cave, Don Schofield, Greece, travel writing
January 21, 2026

Custom Made Woman by Alice Gerrard

January 21, 2026/ James Ruchala
Custom Made Woman by Alice Gerrard

A memoir by bluegrass legend Alice Gerrard

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January 21, 2026/ James Ruchala/
Custom Made Woman, Alice Gerrard, music, music history
January 18, 2026

Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear by Gyles Brandreth

January 18, 2026/ Spencer Peacock
Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear by Gyles Brandreth

A new biography of Winnie-the-Pooh and the man who made him

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January 18, 2026/ Spencer Peacock/
January 15, 2026

The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgard

January 15, 2026/ Brock Covington
The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgard

A disappointing new novel from the popular “My Struggle” author

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January 15, 2026/ Brock Covington/
The School of Night, Karl Ove Knausgaard, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 15, 2026

Nothing Random by Gayle Feldman

January 15, 2026/ Katherine Harper
Nothing Random by Gayle Feldman

A thorough new story of the 20th century publishing phenomenon

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January 15, 2026/ Katherine Harper/
Nothing Random: Bennet Cerf and the Publishing House He Built, publishing, Bennet Cerf, history, American history
January 11, 2026

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

January 11, 2026/ Jim Abbiati
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

A British author's US debut mystery/thriller novel

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January 11, 2026/ Jim Abbiati/
The List of Suspicious Things, Jennie Godfrey, fiction
January 10, 2026

Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald

January 10, 2026/ Steve Donoghue
Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald

A new history of ancient Rome’s great enemy

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January 10, 2026/ Steve Donoghue/
Eve MacDonald, Carthage: A New History, history, ancient history, Carthage, ancient Rome
January 05, 2026

Incompleteness by Amit Chaudhuri

January 05, 2026/ Steve Donoghue
Incompleteness by Amit Chaudhuri

The New York Review of Books continues welcome reprints of Amit Chaudhuri’s work

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January 05, 2026/ Steve Donoghue/
Amit Chaudhuri, Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays, New York Review of Books
January 03, 2026

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian

January 03, 2026/ Steve Donoghue
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian

A new translation of the classic of Stoicism

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January 03, 2026/ Steve Donoghue/
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, classics, Aaron Poochigian
December 15, 2025

A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts

December 15, 2025/ Marcelo Silva
A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts

The history of a small part of the Scramble for Africa

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December 15, 2025/ Marcelo Silva/
A Training School for Elephants, Sophy Roberts, history, European history
December 14, 2025

Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos

December 14, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos

A frolicking good novel filled with music and mayhem.

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December 14, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Fun City Heist, Michael Kardos, fiction
December 13, 2025

1929 by Ross Sorkin

December 13, 2025/ Robert Genier
1929 by Ross Sorkin

A study of the great stock market crash of 1929

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December 13, 2025/ Robert Genier/
1919, Ross Sorkin, history, American history, Great Depression
November 30, 2025

A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis

November 30, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis

The story of Mount Rushmore and the people behind its creation

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November 30, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
A Biography of a Mountain, Matthew Davis, Mount Rushmore, history, US history
November 29, 2025

The Complete Notebooks of Camus

November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Complete Notebooks of Camus

The first complete English-language translation of the notebooks of Camus

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November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Albert Camus, The Complete Notebooks, French literature, Ryan Bloom, literature in translation
November 28, 2025

The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

A history of the theater that was precursor to the famous Globe of Shakespeare’s day

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November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Dream Factory, Daniel Swift, Elizabethan history, Elizabethan theater, Shakespeare
November 27, 2025

Vagabond by Tim Curry

November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
Vagabond by Tim Curry

A multi-talented entertainer's delightful albeit arm's-length memoir.

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November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Tim Curry, Vagabond, celebrity memoir
November 26, 2025

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

A forensic account of why the Internet stinks so bad

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November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
November 25, 2025

Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

A biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg

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November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Tim McGrath, Three Roads to Gettysburg, George Gordon Meade, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, American history, Civil War history, American Civil War
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