Congratulations to Karen Hao, whose bestselling book, Empire of AI, was just named a best book of the year by The New York Times, The Economist, and Financial Times! A long-time Silicon Valley insider and a TIME100 AI honoree, Karen offers a thrilling look behind the scenes of OpenAI and the biggest tech arms race in history.

As we approach Black History Month and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist behind The 1619 Project (and founder of Howard University’s Center for Journalism & Democracy) helps us to understand the history of Black America—and the future of all America.

George’s bestselling nonfiction (The Unwinding, Last Best Hope) has won countless awards, including the National Book Award. Now, in his gripping new novel, he uses one man’s journey to explore our polarized moment and illuminate the path forward. Publishers Weekly says that “Packer writes with spare elegance and mounting urgency. It’s a knockout.”

Hailed as “a storyteller of prodigious powers” (The New York Times) and “a legend” (Toni Morrison), Salman Rushdie is the author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, and many more. The Eleventh Hour grapples with powerful questions about life, death, and legacy, and was named a best book of the year by The Economist and Financial Times.

One of the greatest storytellers ever, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale charts the course of her own life with her signature wit and charm. Book of Lives is “the most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century—or ever” (Boston Globe). It was named a best book of 2025 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, and more.