New Books
New Books
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Great Cities and New Lifeforms
Dive into our top new books, including a memoir recounting a formative year in Rome by the author of Call Me by Your Name, a social media sensation’s bestselling guide to NYC, and a wonderful (and weird) collection of essays on motherhood by comedian Jenny Slate.
Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel
Jeff VanderMeer
$30.00 $27.90Editor’s Pick: Fans of the critically acclaimed Southern Reach trilogy (now tetralogy?) don’t have to say goodbye to Jeff VanderMeer’s distinctive world just yet. In Absolution, he delves into unresolved mysteries of the Forgotten Coast, Area X before it was “Area X,” with three terrifying expeditions. Get ready for some long-awaited secrets to be revealed. —Amanda
Lifeform
Jenny Slate
$29.00 $26.97"Imaginative, funny, affecting, and hard-to-classify... A wonderfully weird, incomparable, and utterly enjoyable book that readers will be glad simply exists." —Booklist (starred review)
New York Nico's Guide to NYC
New York Nico
$34.00 $31.62"My guy Nico has been documenting NYC and its main, secondary, and tertiary characters with Vyvanse-level focus, fam. Cop this book and let pure NYC pour over you like the mystery water that dripped on you when you was transferring from the 4 to the 6 on 125th." —The Kid Mero, author of God-Level Knowledge Darts
Roman Year: A Memoir
André Aciman
$30.00 $27.90"In rapturous prose, Aciman captures the shocks of beauty he experienced . . . during what amounted to a brief interlude on his way to the U.S. His poetic exploration of place and probing of what constitutes a home makes for exquisitely moving reading." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker (a Cookbook)
King Arthur Baking Company
$45.00 $41.85"This beautifully big book of bread is exactly what I'd expect from King Arthur and their rockstar team of bakers. Not only does it have copious delectable recipes--everything from a trusty pain au levain to the fancy maritozzi--but more importantly, it encourages you to get in the kitchen and get mixing. This is a book you'll want to have in your kitchen, by your side at every step of the way." —Maurizio Leo, author of the The Perfect Loaf: The Craft
The Children of Jocasta
Natalie Haynes
$30.00 $27.90"A passionate and gripping account of a famously dysfunctional family. Haynes balances a fresh take on the material with a deep love for her sources, wearing her scholarship with grace, and giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene." —Madeline Miller, author of Circe
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)
Bethany Joy Lenz
$28.99 $26.96A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. . . Written with powerful honesty and dark humor, Dinner for Vampires is an inspiring story about the importance of identity and understanding what you believe.
Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny
$35.00 $32.55Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted--and will come. . . Written with the passion, wit, candor, and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, Patriot is Navalny's final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of individual freedom matter so deeply; and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life.
The Heartbeat Library
Laura Imai Messina
$27.00 $25.11The Heartbeat Library is a tender, contemplative, and uplifting novel about grief, friendship, and the many ways we heal, by the internationally bestselling author of The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World. . . Enchanting, touching, and emotionally riveting, The Heartbeat Library is a story about loss and hope, pain and joy, reality and imagination, and the promise of healing and overcoming the odds thanks to the relationships we build and rediscover.
We All Shine on: John, Yoko, and Me
Elliot Mintz
$32.00 $29.76"Radio personality Mintz debuts with a vivid account of the decade he spent as John Lennon and Yoko Ono's confidante, fixer, and friend... It's a captivating and intimate window into the complicated lives of one of rock's most legendary couples." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret: A Festive Mystery
Benjamin Stevenson
$19.99 $18.59"Sparkling with wit and witticisms about the world of writers and writing, Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while at the same time being a modern reinvention of it. Leave it to Stevenson to make high-jinx and murder deviously good fun." —Nita Prose, author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest
Metal from Heaven
August Clarke
$28.00 $26.04"Transgressive, and revelatory, Metal from Heaven is a thunderous, visceral, Sapphic fever dream of a book, thick with religion, myth, and revolutionary ideologies. The prose seduces, the worldbuilding astounds, and the heart bleeds pure. This one goes on my best of 2024 lists for sure." —Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Black Sun
The Healing Season of Pottery
Yeon Somin
$18.99 $17.66"It's been a long time since I've read such a lovely book. I was awestruck by the prowess with which Yeon guides her characters' stories, step by step, towards hope, never dragging them down into the abyss. It felt like she was guiding me by the hand under the balmy rays of the sun. I found myself wanting to follow her lead and mold a beautiful heart to gift to those I hold most dear. Reading her novel, I felt a warmth and joy, as if I, too, had spent four seasons in Soyo Workshop." —Baek Sehee, author of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
Madame Vo: Vietnamese Home Cooking from the New York Restaurant
Yen Vo, Dan Q. Dao, et al.
$40.00 $37.20"I'm lucky enough to have Madame Vo as one of my neighborhood restaurants, but I am still going to cook from this book a lot--because it's the most delicious craveable food, and here Jimmy Ly and Yen Vo make it accessible. I love this book." —Gabrielle Hamilton, chef/owner of Prune and author of Blood, Bones & Butte
Eurotrash
Christian Kracht
$24.99 $23.24"Christian Kracht is a master of beautifully constructed sentences, the elegance of which conceals dread. His novels are about Germany, about ghosts, about war and delusion and every conceivable horror, but they are also full of melancholy comedy, and they all contain a hidden secret that you never quite get to the bottom of." —Daniel Kehlmann, author of Tyll and You Should Have Left
Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches: A Cookbook
Matty Matheson
$35.00 $32.55The acclaimed chef, New York Times bestselling author, and executive producer and actor on The Bear redefines cooking's iconic trinity: soups, salads, and sandwiches. . . Packed with character, personal stories, 126 scrumptious recipes, and vivid photographs of a day-in-the-life with Matty and his family, Soups, Salads, Sandwiches will have you fearlessly whipping up your own combinations in the kitchen.
New Releases: October 21, 2024
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