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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
November 21, 2025

Joyride by Susan Orlean

November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward
Joyride by Susan Orlean

A memoir from the author Susan Orlean

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November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward/
Joyride, Susan Orlean
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