It’s a month of nonfiction galore: many of our most beloved, prolific, and/or erudite celebrities and talking heads have come out of the woodwork, leaving us with one more composition of history and biography to devour before the end of the year. We have Willie Nelson, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, and more, all with a new book released today. And on the fiction side of things, a compendium of Annie Proulx decades of writing, as well as releases by Chinelo Okparanta, Gabriel Bump, and many more, are all available this fine Tuesday. Read on for the full list, and happy reading!
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.”
Dustin Hoffman, Look at Me(Simon Six)
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.”
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)
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)
Xita Rubert, trans. by Julia Sanches, The Key Biscayne Affair(Ecco)
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 story of balancing American opulence and its scarcity, gratitude and resentment, ambition and homesickness to achieve the American dream.”–Booklist
Matt O’Hara, The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon(FSG)
Gabriel Bump, Don’t Stop Snowing(Algonquin)
“Bump beautifully illustrates how the accumulation of small human interactions can comfort a troubled soul and clear a path for change.”–Library Journal