My ignorance was on my side. I wasn’t afraid. I didn’t know what to be afraid of. I did one thing, I did another. I did what I now call crashing about. One day I started to write.This collection of...

Winner of the Anne M. Sperber PrizeA spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his time.After editing The Columbia Review, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the...

Gloria Steinem offers an inspiring and candid memoir of her early life and the journey that made her one of the world’s most influential activists and storytellers, alongside a clear-eyed, urgent...

Untitled 9743 is a forthcoming title from Penguin Press.

The first and only definitive collection of the letters of a beloved voice in American literature, revealing her fervor as a creator immersed in a life of art and beauty, her adoration of friends and...

"A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America's deportation regime "Are you Mahmoud Khalil?" The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey...

Art Forum's Best of the Year List“An intimate tour through fifty years of American art history” (New Yorker) through the eyes of the visionary curator who helped shape it-with an introduction by...

“God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper,” writes Patti Smith in this moving account of her life. A post–World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the...

An intimate and captivating exploration of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s artistic journey, revealing how the creator of the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights found his unique voice through bold...

From a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction Best of 2025 Lists: Wall Street Journal, Top 10 •...

WINNER OF THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE WINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY A TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 AN...

"An intimate look at a woman’s struggle to redefine her life . . . Meulenbelt’s revelations, like Annie Ernaux’s The Years, bear witness to decades of profound change, when women came to see their...

“A grand and epic prose poem . . . The purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who—somehow—survived.”—Tom HanksSee Robert Leckie's story in the...

A profound exploration of the art and magic of writing by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende. In this deeply personal and insightful book, Isabel Allende delves into her creative...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, a portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance.Few...

"In We Might Just Make It After All, Elyce Arons recounts her epic friendship and business partnership with Kate Spade, with whom she co-founded the multi-billion dollar fashion company, and their...

Named One of The New York Times Book Review’s Top Ten Books of the YearFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kirkus PrizeOne of the best-reviewed books of the year, a raw and...

An unforgettable collection of diverse, remarkable lives inspired by “Overlooked,” the groundbreaking New York Times series that publishes the obituaries of extraordinary people whose deaths went...

This inventive new biography of the legendary physicist examines his complex and contradictory nature-from brilliant scientist to charming Lothario and life of the party-in 99 vignettes based on...

Elizabeth Chudleigh lived a privileged life in 18th century England where she was part of the Hanoverian court as maid of honor to the Princess of Wales. Known for her style and wit, Elizabeth...