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 allAll The Ways to Go
All The Ways to Go (Sourcebooks) tells the story of chess prodigy Milo Bloom, who is tired of playing chess…
The Float Test
The Float Test (Mariner Books) follows four semi-estranged siblings reunited under unfortunate circumstances — the death of their mother. Jenn…
Unchanged Trebles
In Unchanged Trebles (Rutgers University Press), Peeples explores the world of contemporary boy choirs. Pulling from her own experience as…
Overinvested
In her latest book, Bandelj argues that parents have become overinvested in having children. She pinpoints when the shift happened…
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See all‘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
See allFiction
All The Ways to Go
All The Ways to Go (Sourcebooks) tells the story of chess prodigy Milo Bloom, who is tired of playing chess…
The Float Test
The Float Test (Mariner Books) follows four semi-estranged siblings reunited under unfortunate circumstances — the death of their mother. Jenn…
The Bootheel
Set in Missouri in the 1950s, The Bootheel (independently published) follows the story of a newly ordained white Minister and…
Nonfiction
Unchanged Trebles
In Unchanged Trebles (Rutgers University Press), Peeples explores the world of contemporary boy choirs. Pulling from her own experience as…
Overinvested
In her latest book, Bandelj argues that parents have become overinvested in having children. She pinpoints when the shift happened…
The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music
The phrase “music of poetry” is one used to describe rhythms and creative turns of words in this form of…
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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