Annie Proulx, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, And More: 20 New Books Out Today!

It’s a month of nonfiction galore: many of our most beloved, prolific, and/or erudite celebrities and talking heads have come out of the woodwork, leaving us with one more composition of history and biography to devour before the end of the year. We have Willie Nelson, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, and more, all with a new book released today. And on the fiction side of things, a compendium of Annie Proulx decades of writing, as well as releases by Chinelo Okparanta, Gabriel Bump, and many more, are all available this fine Tuesday. Read on for the full list, and happy reading!

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Annie Proulx, New and Selected Stories
(Scribner)

“A collection that includes three new stories and the most iconic stories of Annie Proulx’s stunning, decades-long career.”
–From the publisher

Dustin Hoffman, Look at Me
(Simon Six)

“Shrewd, funny, often instructive—a cut way above the usual Hollywood memoir.”
–Kirkus

Rachel Maddow, Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America’s Most Consequential Institution
(Crown)

“A revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure.”
–From the publisher

James Gleick, The Telephone: A New History
(FSG)

“Gleick charts our distance-compressing, time-shifting telephonic adventure with exceptional brio and subtlety.”
–Stacy Schiff

Willie Nelson, The Last Leaf: Reflections on Late-Life Creativity—and My Longest Love Affair
(Penguin Press)

“A treat for Willie Nelson fans, which is just about everyone in the known universe.”
–Kirkus

Chinelo Okparanta, This Impossible Life
(Mariner)

“A thunderous, magnificent novel.”
–Karen Russell

Eve Sneider, The Absent Woman: The Genius of Janet Malcolm
(W. W. Norton)

“A delicious examination of Janet Malcolm’s formidable body of work, taking us deep into her writing process and showing, brilliantly, how she ticked.”
–Francesca Wade

Nick Paumgarten, The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
(Penguin Press)

“Touching … Paumgarten’s irreverent voice makes for consistently fun reading.”
–Kirkus

Lauren Elkin, Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
(FSG)

“A thrilling, erudite exploration of the power of women’s voices, as artful as it is informed. The best kind of cultural criticism.”
–Sophie Gilbert

Siân Hughes, No Such Thing as Monday
(Henry Holt)

“A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.”
–Bonnie Garmus

Ber Anena, The Lies We Tell For America: A Memoir
(Flatiron)

“A story of balancing American opulence and its scarcity, gratitude and resentment, ambition and homesickness to achieve the American dream.”
–Booklist

Matt O’Hara, The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon
(FSG)

“It’s an equally adventurous and appalling saga of scientific discovery, dubious medical ethics, and Indigenous exploitation.”
–Publishers Weekly

Gabriel Bump, Don’t Stop Snowing
(Algonquin)

“Bump beautifully illustrates how the accumulation of small human interactions can comfort a troubled soul and clear a path for change.”
–Library Journal

Niall Williams, O Now!
(Bloomsbury)

“I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.”
–Ann Patchett

Avni Doshi, The First House
(Summit Books)

“Doshi is among the finest prose stylists at work today; every page of The First House is exhilarating.”
–Katie Kitamura

Patrick K. O’Donnell, Revolutionary Snipers: Washington’s Frontier Commandos Whose Marksmanship Forged a New Way of War and Helped Win the Revolution
(Atlantic Monthly Press)

“A rousing account of the American Revolution’s most unconventional soldiers.”
–Don N. Hagist

Ted Scheinman, Jolt: My Electric Journey Out of Darkness
(Scribner)

“Scheinman is an extremely likeable guide into the exclusive realm of those facing the most profound psychiatric challenges.”
–Kirkus

Nancy Isenberg, Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
(Viking)

“A New York Times bestselling historian confronts the myth of American meritocracy and our enduring reverence for the uber-rich.”
–From the publisher

Mark Danner, Crossing the Rubicon: The Betrayal of American Democracy, 2000-2026
(NYRB)

“A searing indictment of American politics since 2000.”
–Kirkus