| |  | | | ‘A real-life Succession drama, in all its inglorious tawdriness’ (Kirkus Reviews) | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - With the inheritance of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire at stake, a decades-long feud erupted, leaving the powerful family in tatters
- A “juicy melodrama… Readers will be riveted by this merciless battle for dynastic dominance” (Publishers Weekly)
- A New York Times bestselling author draws on interviews with more than 150 sources for this shocking read
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 | | | How three legendary filmmakers transformed American cinema | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - This propulsive New York Times bestseller traces the friendship, rivalry, and careers of Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg
- Oscar Award–winning director Steven Soderbergh says, “Drop everything and read this straight through. I did”
- “Fischer’s tell-all will cause film history buffs to swoon and will assuredly entertain any nostalgic moviegoer” (Booklist)
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 | | | The latest from a #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - This powerful anthology highlights pivotal moments in the United States’s complex pursuit of a more perfect union
- “If there is a soul in American history, it emerges — indeed, explodes — from these pages” (David W. Blight)
- “A sweeping chronicle of American democracy’s promises and betrayals” (Kirkus Reviews)
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 | | | Want meaningful, lasting connections? Forget what you think you know about relationships | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - “Riveting insights… on the idiosyncratic, contingent ways real relationships develop” (Science)
- Discover groundbreaking research about attraction and compatibility from the director of the UC Davis Attraction and Relationships Research Laboratory
- Based on insights from evolutionary biology, anthropology, and psychology
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 | | | Can American democracy endure in the 21st century? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A New York Times bestseller from a leading legal analyst and law professor hailed as “a thoughtful contrarian” (Kirkus Reviews)
- Explores how the United States’s fight for freedom differed from other democratic movements — and why the revolution remains unfinished
- “A must-read on the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence” (Nadine Strossen)
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 | | | Witness the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires in this instant New York Times bestseller | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A senior correspondent for MSNBC who grew up in LA delivers “a cathartically heartbreaking account of the unique horror of watching one’s community reduced to ash” (Publishers Weekly)
- A highly personal recounting of the author’s experience reporting on the ground during the fires — and questioning how they happened to begin with
- “It’s hard to find a sense of hope in this reportage, but Soboroff finds it, beautifully, in the small moments” (BookPage)
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 | | | Can science teach us to build a fulfilling, joyful life? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - “At a time when we’re surrounded by noise but starved for meaning, Daniel Coyle points us toward something richer” (Daniel H. Pink)
- Discover what thriving groups have in common, from making meaning to building community
- “An eye-opening book about why certain people, projects, and places make us feel alive” (Adam Grant)
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 | | | Fans of Just Mercy will appreciate this powerful inside look at US criminal courts | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A former public defender reveals all — including police tricks for earning overtime pay, the pressure for prosecutors to seek convictions, and what it takes to fix a broken system
- With praise from Clint Smith, Jane Mayer, and Michelle Alexander, the author of The New Jim Crow, who calls it “a searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book”
- “An awesome labor of love for our country and all of the people who live here” (congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie Raskin)
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 | | | What can the rest of the world teach us about treating mental health? | | WHY IT’S READWORTHY: | - A Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical School physician-anthropologist challenges the Western approach of medicating symptoms instead of improving exploitative systems
- Examines how history, culture, and politics all affect the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
- “An impassioned plea to rethink what it means to feel well” (Publishers Weekly starred review)
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