It’s a month of nonfiction galore: a lineup of well-known, prolific, and deeply informed personalities stepping into print, offering another round of history and biography to savor before year’s end. Willie Nelson, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, and more have fresh books released today. On the fiction side, a curated collection from Annie Proulx spanning decades awaits, alongside new titles by Chinelo Okparanta, Gabriel Bump, and several others. Read on for the full list, and happy reading!
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Annie Proulx, New and Selected Stories (Scribner)
“A collection that includes three new stories and the most iconic stories of Annie Proulx’s stunning, decades-long career.” –From the publisher
Dustin Hoffman, Look at Me (Simon & Schuster)
“Shrewd, funny, often instructive—a cut above the usual Hollywood memoir.” –Kirkus
Rachel Maddow, Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution (Crown)
“A revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure.” –From the publisher
James Gleick, The Telephone: A New History (FSG)
“Gleick charts our distance-compressing, time-shifting telephonic adventure with exceptional brio and subtlety.” –Stacy Schiff
Willie Nelson, The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity—and My Longest Love Affair (Penguin Press)
“A treat for Willie Nelson fans, which is just about everyone in the known universe.” –Kirkus
Chinelo Okparanta, This Impossible Life (Mariner)
“A thunderous, magnificent novel.” –Karen Russell
Eve Sneider, The Absent Woman: The Genius of Janet Malcolm (W. W. Norton)
“A delicious examination of Janet Malcolm’s formidable body of work, taking us deep into her writing process and showing, brilliantly, how she ticked.” –Francesca Wade
Nick Paumgarten, The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game (Penguin Press)
“Touching … Paumgarten’s irreverent voice makes for consistently fun reading.” –Kirkus
Xita Rubert, trans. by Julia Sanches, The Key Biscayne Affair (Ecco)
“This little diamond, a philosophical comedy, is a fever dream of childhood.” –Kirkus
Lauren Elkin, Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power (FSG)
“A thrilling, erudite exploration of the power of women’s voices, as artful as it is informed. The best kind of cultural criticism.” –Sophie Gilbert
Siân Hughes, No Such Thing as Monday (Henry Holt)
“A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.” –Bonnie Garmus
Ber Anena, The Lies We Tell For America: A Memoir (Flatiron)
“A narrative of balancing American abundance and its scarcity, gratitude and resentment, ambition and homesickness in pursuit of the American dream.” –Booklist
Matt O’Hara, The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon (FSG)
“It’s an equally adventurous and appalling saga of scientific discovery, dubious medical ethics, and Indigenous exploitation.” –Publishers Weekly
Gabriel Bump, Don’t Stop Snowing (Algonquin)
“Bump beautifully demonstrates how a string of small human exchanges can steady a troubled soul and clear a path toward transformation.” –Library Journal
Niall Williams, O Now! (Bloomsbury)
“I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.” –Ann Patchett
Avni Doshi, The First House (Summit Books)
“Doshi is among today’s finest prose stylists; every page of The First House is exhilarating.” –Katie Kitamura
Patrick K. O’Donnell, Revolutionary Snipers: Washington’s Frontier Commandos Whose Marksmanship Forged a New Way of War and Helped Win the Revolution (Atlantic Monthly Press)
“A rousing account of the American Revolution’s most unconventional soldiers.” –Don N. Hagist
Ted Scheinman, Jolt: My Electric Journey Out of Darkness (Scribner)
“Scheinman is an exceptionally likable guide into the intimate realm of those facing profound psychiatric challenges.” –Kirkus
Nancy Isenberg, Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power (Viking)
“A New York Times bestselling historian confronts the myth of American meritocracy and our enduring reverence for the uber-rich.” –From the publisher
Mark Danner, Crossing the Rubicon: The Betrayal of American Democracy, 2000-2026 (NYRB)
“A searing indictment of American politics since 2000.” –Kirkus
