| |  | | | The beloved author of Eat Pray Love returns with one of the year's most anticipated memoirs | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - An Oprah's Book Club pick hailed as "brutally honest, lurid, transcendent, and compelling" (The Boston Globe)
- A #1 New York Times bestselling sensation recounts the roller coaster of falling for her terminally ill best friend, enduring addiction and grief, and navigating the long road to recovery
- "The author of the world's most famous memoir returns to the form to tell the story of a great love… Charming and harrowing by turns" (Kirkus Reviews)
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 | | | What happened when a renowned former FBI agent dropped off the grid for 15 years? | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - In 2001, Whitcomb opened a window into a secret world with his book Cold Zero. Now, he reveals the globe-trotting adventures he undertook after he struck out on his own
- "A deftly written romp through the fantastical world of federal agents, warlords, journalists, and the men who bankroll them" (Kirkus Reviews)
- Follow the seasoned ex-agent through contracting for the CIA, building a private army in Timor-Leste, and nearly drowning in Indonesia
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 | | | Fans of The Glass Castle and Educated: This is your fall must-read | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Kate left her unstable childhood in northern Appalachia behind — until a trauma specialist helped unearth the shocking abuse she had repressed
- A "gorgeous, blistering, monumental achievement of a book" (Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance)
- The full story of a case featured in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score
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 | | | 'An emotionally raw memoir' (Kirkus Reviews) from a Booker Prize winner | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - In this intimate account, an acclaimed author peels back the curtain on her complex relationship with her mother — from her childhood in India to coping with her mom's passing as an adult
- From the author of The God of Small Things and "one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time" (Naomi Klein)
- A "brave and absorbing" read (The Guardian)
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 | | | Missing The Gilded Age? Meet the woman who had high society wrapped around her finger | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - "A breezy, easy look at a colorful Gilded Age impresario" (Publishers Weekly)
- Explore the alluring public life of Mamie Fish, who used her glamorous parties to influence politics and culture when women had few rights
- "Fascinating and fabulous… [an] entertaining, edifying depiction of a time and place ripe for a new approach to social status" (BookPage)
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 | | | 'A book that changed how I will move through the world' (Clint Smith) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Highly anticipated by The Washington Post, Vulture, and Publishers Weekly
- An award-winning poet explores deafness in this lyrical, tender read
- Touches on growing up mixed-race in East London, attending both mainstream and deaf schooling systems, and finding community
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 | | | A century in Ukraine unfolds through the story of four generations of a family | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - In a starred review, Publishers Weekly says, "At once elegant, affecting, and mouthwatering, this is not to be missed"
- When food writer Olia Hercules's village was occupied during the Russo-Ukrainian War, she decided to tell her family's story
- From a deportation under Stalin to school protests and more, you'll witness real-life struggles and triumphs across generations, countries, and wars
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 | | | One woman's moving path to living fully and authentically as herself | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - From the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Still Here
- An antiracism educator and writer asked herself what she truly deserved — and found ways to live with joy and self-possession, even in an unwelcoming world
- "In these pages, Austin Channing Brown shows us how to survive and thrive even now" (Glennon Doyle)
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 | | | What's it like on the front lines of a wildfire? | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - "What a wonderful, compassionate, sharply observed, beautifully researched, openhearted book" (George Saunders, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo)
- Before coming out as nonbinary, River joined a group of elite firefighters — and faced both deadly blazes and rampant sexism
- "With fortitude and admirable vulnerability, Selby brings readers directly into a tumultuous time and place" (Kirkus Reviews starred review)
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 | | | 'Necessary… [Yu] holds up a mirror not only to herself, but to the West' (The New York Times) | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A "searing" blend (Publishers Weekly) of personal story, cultural critique, and historical study
- A former pinup model offers a sharp examination of the fetishization of Asian women, her own learned complicity in that objectification, and her eventual awakening
- "Yu expertly balances visceral, emotional scenes from her life with trenchant social criticism. A disturbing but well-told memoir about the true costs of Asian fetishization" (Kirkus Reviews)
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