Today is Celebration of the Senses Day! Learn how to use your senses to lead a happier and more fulfilling life with Gretchen Rubin's LIFE IN FIVE SENSES! Find out more at the link in our bio! [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A hardcover copy of Life in Five Senses is lying on a wooden bench.]

“Kathleen Buhle’s brave and honest story transcends politics, division, hearsay, and judgment.” — Connie Britton IF WE BREAK is now out in paperback—learn more at the link in our bio. [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A paperback copy of If We Break is lying on a glass table.]

Next in our #ThreeSteps series is Charlotte Gill, author of ALMOST BROWN. Scroll to read about the inspiration behind her book, & how it came to be. 1. What was the initial idea that ultimately became ALMOST BROWN? This story, which is about my brilliantly mixed interracial family, has always been turning around in my brain. I’ve always been curious about the bittersweet tragicomedy of intercultural family life, which is just as funny as it is confusing at times, as well as the second-gen immigrant kid experience, which has a lot of overlap. I think it probably took me years of hindsight to connect our tiny lived moments with a bigger story. I wanted to look at these things openly, without judgement on the page, and it took some writerly experience to get there. 2. What was your process of turning your research into a book? History often finds its way into my stories. My dad comes from a Sikh family with origins in Punjab, and my mother was born in England and is white. Their meeting would never have happened without colonialism. When my parents married, interracial unions were rare and sometimes even illegal. I wondered what could make a simple romance between two humans so charged and so taboo. I was so curious about how larger historical and political forces had shaped the little history of the Gill clan, with all its rifts and scandals, in ways we hadn’t realized or had the words to describe at the time. 3. What’s something that didn’t make it into the book that you wish you could have included? As a mixed-race kid, I often had a hard time finding community or even the language to talk about my experience in the world. Race is such a personal thing despite being so outward in its presentation. Many of us belong to multiple ethnicities, but never with full membership. Sometimes we have to reach to connect with our cultures, often due to intergenerational ruptures. Food has always been one of the tangible ways I’ve connected with my heritage, and if I’d had room, the book would have had a lot more masala and mango pickle.

#1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick BITTERSWEET is now out in paperback! Learn about the power of the bittersweet personality, and how embracing that feeling is the true path to creativity, con­nection, and transcendence. Read more at the link in our bio. [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A paperback copy of Bittersweet is upright on a wooden stand.]

In BEYOND THE SHORES, award-winning author Tamara J. Walker charts the poignant global journeys of African Americans as she explores her own transatlantic family odyssey in this powerful history of living abroad while Black. BEYOND THE SHORES is out today—learn more at the link in our bio. [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A hardcover copy of Beyond the Shores is lying on a floral print cushion.]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and father figures in our lives! [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A green graphic with a quote from Matthew McConaughey from his book, Greenlights. The quote says, "Whether it was a broken arm or broken heart, Dad's hands and his hugs could heal, especially in service of an underdog or someone who couldn't help themselves."]

Combining history, reportage, travelogue, and memoir, Jody Rosen's TWO WHEELS GOOD unfolds the bicycle’s saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a “green machine.” TWO WHEELS GOOD is now out in paperback! [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A paperback copy of Two Wheels Good is lying on a red and white knitted blanket.]

Next in our Ask Our Author series is @guinevereturner, author of WHEN THE WORLD DIDN’T END. Listen as she answers some questions and her book and writing process!

Next in our #ThreeSteps series is Katherine Clarke, author of BILLIONAIRES' ROW. Scroll to read about the inspiration behind her book, & how it came to be. 1. What was the initial idea that ultimately became BILLIONAIRES' ROW? As a real estate reporter, I had been covering the construction of Billionaires’ Row for more than a decade. The towers were a subject of fascination for so many New Yorkers and tourists coming to the city—and people gossiped about the big-ticket prices and buyers—but I felt like few really knew the true, rollercoaster story behind how they ended up on our skyline. Thus, Billionaires’ Row was born. 2. What was your process of turning your research into a book? I spent about a year revisiting all my notes and stories, reading every other piece of source material I could get my hands on, and interviewing more than 100 sources—mostly architects, real estate agents, developers, interior designers, financiers—who had been involved somehow in the rise of these skyscrapers. When I felt like I had the seeds of my story, I just started writing. My goal was to make this opaque, wild west world a little more accessible to everyone. 3. What’s something that didn’t make it into the book that you wish you could have included? Only one of the four developers I write about on the Billionaires’ Row corridor declined to be interviewed for the book. If I could have persuaded him, I would have had a full deck, but he was immovable. There were also some more salacious tidbits that I could never quite confirm. I’ll let imaginations run wild on that one.

The acclaimed author of CODE GIRLS returns with a revelatory history of three generations at the CIA—the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spy craft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden. Liza Mundy's THE SISTERHOOD is out on 10/17. Learn more at the link in our bio. [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: An orange graphic featuring the cover of The Sisterhood. The text on the graphic says "The government underestimated them. The world would pay the price. On sale 10/17/23."]

Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and filled with a cast of charismatic figures, REVOLUTIONARY SPRING offers a new understanding of 1848 that suggests chilling parallels to our present moment. Christopher Clark's REVOLUTIONARY SPRING is out now—learn more at the link in our bio. [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A hardcover copy of Revolutionary Spring is lying on a wooden table.]

Based on far-reaching access to real estate’s power players, Katherine Clarke's BILLIONAIRES' ROW brings readers inside one of the world's most cutthroat industries, showing how ferocious ambition and relentless salesmanship created a new market of $100 million apartments for the world’s one-percenters. Learn more about BILLIONAIRES' ROW at the link in our bio—out today! [PHOTO DESCRIPTION: A hardcover copy of Billionaires' Row is lying on a wooden desk.]