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A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceIn the spirit of The Right Stuff, updated for the 21st century, Test Gods is an epic story about extreme bravery and sacrifice, about the thin line between lunacy and genius. Most of all, it is a story about the pursuit of meaning in our lives-and the fulfillment of our dreams.Working from exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, e...

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A magical and lushly illustrated field guide to the mermaids that inhabit our ponds, streams and oceans, based on real ecological details-with a strong environmental focus-perfect for fans of The Magical Unicorn Society series. A glimmer of fish scales.A splash from a colorful fin.The echo of a mysterious song across the water. . . Few mythical creatures are more instantly recognizable or more mysterious than mermaids. Whether seen perched on ...

The thrilling, long-awaited return of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The RevenantWinner of the "2021 David. J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction"In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier-a clash of cultures between the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries and a young, ambitious nation. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming's Powd...

The Big Sick meets Nick Hornby in Kasim Ali's debut Good Intentions, a novel about a young man who has hidden a romance from his parents, unable to choose between familial obligation and the future he truly wants...

Kelsey Ronan's gorgeous, harrowing debut novel Chevy in the Hole follows multiple generations of two families in Flint, Michigan through the city's notorious growth and decline, with a stunning contemporary love story at its center...

Book six in the True Rescue series for young readers, this pulse-pounding account of disaster and survival at sea follows the HMS Bounty whose fateful course through Superstorm Sandy would lead to one of the most heroic Coast Guard rescue missions ever...

Planet Earth meets Narwhal and Jelly in this funny and suspenseful early reader graphic novel series featuring heroic animals surviving in the perilous wilderness! Inspired by true events, the story includes facts about climate change, sharks, and how kids can help protect the environment."A heartening and pensive story, told through irresistibly charming art, Star the Elephant is an utter delight." -John Patrick Green, New York Times-bestsell...

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Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich and retired army officer Danny A. Sjursen, Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Long War collects provocative essays from American military veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, offering firsthand testimony that illuminates why the Forever Wars lasted so long while producing so little of value.In the wake of 9/11, the United States embarked upon a Global War...

New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the complicated, co-dependent, and at-times rocky relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, which has shaped Democratic politics over the past 16 years...

A lovely, searching meditation on second children-on whether to have one and what it means to be one-that seamlessly weaves pieces of art and culture on the topic with scientific research and personal anecdotesThe decision to have more than one child is at least as consuming as the decision to have a child at all-and yet for all the good books that deliberate on the choice of becoming a parent, there is far less writing on the choice of becomi...

A badass debut by any measure-nimble, knowing, and electrifying." -Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys and Harlem Shuffle"...'My Monticello' is, quite simply, an extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it." - The Washington PostA young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings driven from her neighborhood by a white militia. A university prof...

Learning to Talk is a dazzling collection of short stories from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy.With a New PrefaceIn the wake of Hilary Mantel's brilliant conclusion to her award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood.Sharp and funny, these drawn-from-life stories begin in the...

Marty doesn't have much-unlike his mom, who seems to hold on to everything. Life at home is tough, but Marty finds sanctuary down at the community garden with his eccentric grandad.On Marty's birthday, Grandad gifts him a seed. "There's magic in seeds, you know. You can never tell what wonders are in them." As it turns out, Grandad has a rather wonderful plan up his sleeve. It involves wishes, a pumpkin, and a trip all the way from England to ...

Blisteringly sharp, hypersmart, and compulsively readable-meet Isabel Kaplan's searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soulFrom the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears the vision of success. She has landed an entry-level position at a leading TV network that thousands of college grads would kill for. And sure, she has much to learn. The daughter of a prominent feminist attorney, s...

A passionate, probing gathering of over twenty-five years of groundbreaking thought on culture and technology and its effect on the human spirit, by one of our most respected critics and essayists-former Yale English professor and National Book Critics Circle award-winner William DeresiewiczWhat is the Internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? What is the purpose of art, and what can we learn from ...

From Warsaw with Love is the epic story of how Polish intelligence officers forged an alliance with the CIA in the twilight of the Cold War, told by the award-winning author John Pomfret.Spanning decades and continents, from the battlefields of the Balkans to secret nuclear research labs in Iran and embassy grounds in North Korea, this saga begins in 1990. As the United States cobbles together a coalition to undo Saddam Hussein's invasion of K...

Authors Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders combine their tremendous talents with illustrator Byron McCray for a singular picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963, in A Song for the Unsung...

Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud's Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the story of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapon ever created, used by governments around the world to spy on their citizens and to target them with blackmail and intimidation...