HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION
By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
Publisher: Grand Central/Melcher Media • ISBN: 9781455539741
The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos,interviews and a production history.
BORN A CRIME
By Trevor Noah
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau • ISBN: 9780399588174
A memoir about growing up in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show,” whose parents were in an illegal (under apartheid) interracial relationship.
THE DAILY SHOW (THE BOOK)
By Chris Smith
Publisher: Grand Central • ISBN: 9781455565382
An oral history of the show, based on extensive interviews with Jon Stewart and others.
THE CASE OF BEASTS
By Mark Salisbury
Publisher: HarperDesign • ISBN: 9780062571373
Filmmaking secrets, photography and artwork from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” written by J. K. Rowling.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES
By Brandon Stanton
Publisher: St. Martin's • ISBN: 9781250058904
Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
SAPIENS
By Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher: Harper • ISBN: 9780062316097
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK
By Brandon Stanton
Publisher: St. Martin's • ISBN: 9781250038821
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by the author.
AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFE
By Sarah Bakewell
Publisher: Other Press • ISBN: 9781590514887
An account of the birth of one of the 20th century's major intellectual movements and the revolutionary thinkers who shaped it: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and others.
SPEAKING AMERICAN
By Josh Katz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • ISBN: 9780544703391
The creator of The New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country.