BOOKS
Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Television Visionary Desi Arnaz
‘The biggest takeaway from Desi’s story for me is that talent in our country comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and sometimes in the most unlikely packages’
New Book Chronicles the Career of Prolific Writer and Professor John McPhee ’53
Looking for a Story offers the first comprehensive inventory of the Princeton professor’s writings, beginning with his high school and college works
Following John McPhee ’53 to Alaska
Ben Weissenbach ’20’s new book is North to the Future: An Offline Adventure through the Changing Wilds of Alaska
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
See allThe Intentions of Thunder
A 2025 National Book Award winner, The Intentions of Thunder ( Scribner) is a collection of essential works from Professor…
Bridging Art, Design, and Technology
Part autobiography, part designer monograph, Bridging Art, Design, and Technology ( Springer Nature Switzerland) is a chronological story spanning 70…
Art: An Interactive Guide
What if you could bring an art museum to your fingertips? In Art: An Interactive Guide ( Bushel & Peck…
Atlas’s Bones
Atlas’s Bones ( University of Chicago Press) is a bold reexamination of how deeply African thought shaped what we now…
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‘Sweet Fury’ by Sash Bischoff ’09
‘None of these characters are black and white. I wanted everything and everybody in this book to live in the gray area, because that felt like life to me’
‘By Any Other Name’ by Jodi Picoult ’87
‘I never set about to write this story because I wanted to take down Shakespeare. I did it because I love those plays, and I wanted to understand how they…
NEW BOOKS
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The Bootheel
Set in Missouri in the 1950s, The Bootheel (independently published) follows the story of a newly ordained white Minister and…
Troy Reborn
As a lover of classical literature, Seib offers readers his retelling of Vergil’s Aeneid with a modern twist. Aeneid tells…
Mathey Girls
Esther Hsu’s life seems to be perfect. She’s an Ivy League-educated woman taking a break from her lucrative consulting career…
Nonfiction
The Intentions of Thunder
A 2025 National Book Award winner, The Intentions of Thunder ( Scribner) is a collection of essential works from Professor…
Bridging Art, Design, and Technology
Part autobiography, part designer monograph, Bridging Art, Design, and Technology ( Springer Nature Switzerland) is a chronological story spanning 70…
Art: An Interactive Guide
What if you could bring an art museum to your fingertips? In Art: An Interactive Guide ( Bushel & Peck…
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This is the story of the Trojan War's end, Troy's destruction, and Aeneas's quest —…
Fitzgerald meets Salinger in this coming-of-age romp that follows a spirited first gen crashing and…
How can you steer your life towards longevity? By adopting lifestyle changes and avoiding pitfalls…
Two decades have passed since Callie Kingman begrudgingly followed her husband, Thomas, across the country…
During the American Revolution, a British soldier deserts, defects and becomes a hero. Chains Across…
An annotated guide to the work of the Pulitzer Prize — winning writer, teacher, and…
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Meets Sam Harris Almighty God Himself provides a laugh-out-loud exploration of the…
The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped…
This book is a collection of great essays about courageous and exceptional detectives and investigators…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the most expansive and widely-viewed fictional narrative in the history…
Mark Gober's latest book challenges everything we've been taught about Earth and its place in…
A Reading Adventure Travel back to the classroom and around the world with a favorite…
Editors’ Picks
Book and Dagger
As World War II began, the U.S. faced an urgent need for an intelligence agency, leading to the creation of…
Consider The Turkey
In Consider the Turkey (Princeton University Press), Singer reveals the hidden story behind the popular commercially bred turkeys that dominate…
Priceless Facts About Money
In Priceless Facts About Money (Candlewick), financial expert Mellody Hobson makes financial literacy for children easy, fun, and engaging. Readers…
The B-Side of Paradise
In this memoir, D’Alessandro tells his truth about what it was like coming-of-age at Princeton University in the 1970s. In…
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