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Renowned publisher of serious nonfiction by leading intellectuals, scholars, and journalists. A division of Hachette.
"Summer of Fire and Blood," by Lyndal Roper, is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in History!
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Best books of 2025: History
Frederick Studemann selects his must-read titles
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Summer of Fire and Blood," by Lyndal Roper, is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in History!
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Read more, and see the whole list: bit.ly/3X8Rp18
“Engaging and uncondescending.”
PROOF, by epidemiologist and mathematician @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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PROOF, by epidemiologist and mathematician @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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Best books of 2025: Sport, Health and Wellness
Simon Kuper and Anjana Ahuja select their must-read titles
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November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Engaging and uncondescending.”
PROOF, by epidemiologist and mathematician @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
Learn more: bit.ly/4r9KYZn
PROOF, by epidemiologist and mathematician @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
Learn more: bit.ly/4r9KYZn
"[Bateman] puts the story right, from the Stone Age to today."
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
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ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
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Best books of 2025: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"[Bateman] puts the story right, from the Stone Age to today."
ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
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ECONOMICA, by Victoria Bateman (@vnbateman.bsky.social), is a @financialtimes.com 2025 Best Book in Economics!
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"Easterly's commitment to liberal ideas is powerful."
VIOLENT SAVIORS, by renowned economist William Easterly, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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VIOLENT SAVIORS, by renowned economist William Easterly, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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Best books of 2025: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Easterly's commitment to liberal ideas is powerful."
VIOLENT SAVIORS, by renowned economist William Easterly, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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VIOLENT SAVIORS, by renowned economist William Easterly, is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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Read melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social, author of LAB DOG, in this new op-ed on the state of animal testing under the Trump administration:
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Read melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social, author of LAB DOG, in this new op-ed on the state of animal testing under the Trump administration:
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Hope to see some of you this weekend at @barnesandnoble.com. Beagles will be joining me!
For a list of book events, keep an eye on my website. I'm adding new dates and deets regularly!
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For a list of book events, keep an eye on my website. I'm adding new dates and deets regularly!
melaniedgkaplan.com/book.html #dogs, #animals, #booksky💙📚
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hope to see some of you this weekend at @barnesandnoble.com. Beagles will be joining me!
For a list of book events, keep an eye on my website. I'm adding new dates and deets regularly!
melaniedgkaplan.com/book.html #dogs, #animals, #booksky💙📚
For a list of book events, keep an eye on my website. I'm adding new dates and deets regularly!
melaniedgkaplan.com/book.html #dogs, #animals, #booksky💙📚
Listen to Inger Kuin talk about her new book, "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," on @daily-stoic.bsky.social
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Find it here, or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4o3iqhi
The Most Misunderstood Philosopher of All Time | Diogenes Expert Inger Kuin
Diogenes wasn’t a Stoic… but without him, the Stoics don’t exist. His life was so bold, so uncompromising, and so brutally honest that it reshaped the entire philosophical world the Stoics inherited. In today’s episode, Ryan sits down with classicist Inger Kuin to unpack the wild and brilliant philosophy of Diogenes, the original cynic. Inger […]
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November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Listen to Inger Kuin talk about her new book, "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," on @daily-stoic.bsky.social
Find it here, or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4o3iqhi
Find it here, or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4o3iqhi
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I'm grinning like a fool today every time I remember this happened. Writing a book is such a scary and lonely experience, and it feels so good to see my work recognized like this.
"More Everything Forever," @adambecker.bsky.social's rivetting exposé of the powerful and sinister ideas that dominate Silicon Valley, is a Kirkus Best Book of 2025!
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Best Books of 2025: Our Favorite Nonfiction | Kirkus Reviews
John McMurtrie highlights some standout titles on our list of the year’s best nonfiction.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm grinning like a fool today every time I remember this happened. Writing a book is such a scary and lonely experience, and it feels so good to see my work recognized like this.
"A compelling and fascinating account of Cicero's role in the [Roman] Republic's collapse and its lessons for our time."
"Lawless Republic," by Josiah Osgood, is a @bloomberg.com Best Book of 2025!
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"Lawless Republic," by Josiah Osgood, is a @bloomberg.com Best Book of 2025!
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The 82 Books That Top Business Leaders Couldn’t Put Down
Our annual list of what powerful people across the globe found essential reading this year.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"A compelling and fascinating account of Cicero's role in the [Roman] Republic's collapse and its lessons for our time."
"Lawless Republic," by Josiah Osgood, is a @bloomberg.com Best Book of 2025!
Read more: bit.ly/4r4h1d0
"Lawless Republic," by Josiah Osgood, is a @bloomberg.com Best Book of 2025!
Read more: bit.ly/4r4h1d0
"More Everything Forever," @adambecker.bsky.social's rivetting exposé of the powerful and sinister ideas that dominate Silicon Valley, is a Kirkus Best Book of 2025!
bit.ly/4a14OzN
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Best Books of 2025: Our Favorite Nonfiction | Kirkus Reviews
John McMurtrie highlights some standout titles on our list of the year’s best nonfiction.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"More Everything Forever," @adambecker.bsky.social's rivetting exposé of the powerful and sinister ideas that dominate Silicon Valley, is a Kirkus Best Book of 2025!
bit.ly/4a14OzN
bit.ly/4a14OzN
"No one can communicate complex maths to non-mathematicians better than Du Sautoy."
"Blueprints" by @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social is a 2025 Financial Times Best Book in Science! bit.ly/4i3yUEM
"Blueprints" by @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social is a 2025 Financial Times Best Book in Science! bit.ly/4i3yUEM
Best books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology
Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles
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November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"No one can communicate complex maths to non-mathematicians better than Du Sautoy."
"Blueprints" by @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social is a 2025 Financial Times Best Book in Science! bit.ly/4i3yUEM
"Blueprints" by @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social is a 2025 Financial Times Best Book in Science! bit.ly/4i3yUEM
"Science Under Siege" by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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Read the whole list here: bit.ly/3K9rPGb
Best books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology
Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Science Under Siege" by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social is a @financialtimes.com Best Book of 2025!
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Read the whole list here: bit.ly/3K9rPGb
"If your own health matters to you, not to mention the health of the planet, read this book.” SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social is one of @telegraph.co.uk's Best Books of 2025 bit.ly/48i3O93
The greatest books of 2025
Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history
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November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"If your own health matters to you, not to mention the health of the planet, read this book.” SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE by @michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social is one of @telegraph.co.uk's Best Books of 2025 bit.ly/48i3O93
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Why do we keep falling for - and electing - con men?
A review of Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers & Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets & the Masses, by Moisés Naím & Quico Toro (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social)
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A review of Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers & Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets & the Masses, by Moisés Naím & Quico Toro (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social)
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Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Why do we keep falling for - and electing - con men?
A review of Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers & Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets & the Masses, by Moisés Naím & Quico Toro (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social)
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A review of Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers & Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets & the Masses, by Moisés Naím & Quico Toro (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social)
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Read this article about "Nuremberg," a new film starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, based on @jackelhai.bsky.social's extraordinary book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist." bit.ly/4r61f1c
The tragedy of Nuremberg’s ‘Nazi whisperer’ Douglas Kelley
After spending the post-War trials studying Hermann Göring, the psychiatrist was alarmed – but also a little admiring
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November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Read this article about "Nuremberg," a new film starring Rami Malek and Russell Crowe, based on @jackelhai.bsky.social's extraordinary book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist." bit.ly/4r61f1c
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Thank you so much, @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social . It is such a deep honor to be recipient of the 2025 #McGraw Prize in Higher Education--and to be in an incredible "think tank" session today with present and past winners. A true brain trust of the kind I envisioned in "The New Education!"
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thank you so much, @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social . It is such a deep honor to be recipient of the 2025 #McGraw Prize in Higher Education--and to be in an incredible "think tank" session today with present and past winners. A true brain trust of the kind I envisioned in "The New Education!"
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A thoughtful review of CRICK - “vivid and authoritative” - in @nytimes.com.
The Building Blocks of Life Were Just the Beginning
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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A thoughtful review of CRICK - “vivid and authoritative” - in @nytimes.com.
"Vivid and authoritative... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man." Read what @nytimes.com is saying about "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," @matthewcobb.bsky.social's new, definitive biography of the man who co-discovered DNA.
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Book Review: ‘Crick,’ by Matthew Cobb
In “Crick: A Mind in Motion,” the British biologist Matthew Cobb provides a biography both vivid and authoritative.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Vivid and authoritative... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man." Read what @nytimes.com is saying about "CRICK: A Mind in Motion," @matthewcobb.bsky.social's new, definitive biography of the man who co-discovered DNA.
Read it here: bit.ly/4nWULiC
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A huge congratulations to Basic Books author @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, WINNER of the 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education!
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Read here about her incredible career: bit.ly/4phcKBz
Cathy N. Davidson, 2025 Prize Winner
Cathy N. Davidson has spent her career reimagining higher education for a rapidly changing world.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A huge congratulations to Basic Books author @cathyndavidson.bsky.social, WINNER of the 2025 McGraw Prize in Higher Education!
Read here about her incredible career: bit.ly/4phcKBz
Read here about her incredible career: bit.ly/4phcKBz
William Hartung discusses his new book "The Trillion Dollar War Machine" with Amy Goodman on @democracynow.org
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Watch it here: bit.ly/485JqXM
“The Trillion Dollar War Machine”: William Hartung on How U.S. Military Spending Fuels Wars
Democracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book “The Trillion Dollar War Machine” and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars. Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit” and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements. “We haven’t won a war in this century. We’ve caused immense harm. We’ve spent $8 trillion,” he says.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
William Hartung discusses his new book "The Trillion Dollar War Machine" with Amy Goodman on @democracynow.org
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Watch it here: bit.ly/485JqXM
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Rhode Island #Swifties: I'll be in Newport tomorrow (11/13)! @taylearningpodcast.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social www.discovernewport.org/event/stepha...
Stephanie Burt, professor and poetry expert, presents "Taylor's Version" | Newport, RI | Discover Newport
Join us for an evening with preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert, Stephanie Burt, who will discuss the artistry—and the celebrity—of Taylor Swift highlighted in her newest book "Taylor's Ver...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Rhode Island #Swifties: I'll be in Newport tomorrow (11/13)! @taylearningpodcast.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social www.discovernewport.org/event/stepha...
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Happy US publication day to CRICK, from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social Different cover, shorter title, same content!
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy US publication day to CRICK, from @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social Different cover, shorter title, same content!
Happy publication day to "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," a new intellectual biography of the ancient Greek thinker who inspired Stoicism, by Inger N. I. Kuin!
Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy publication day to "DIOGENES: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic," a new intellectual biography of the ancient Greek thinker who inspired Stoicism, by Inger N. I. Kuin!
Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
Available now: bit.ly/4n2Wtyq
"THE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR MACHINE: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home," an extraordinary investigation by William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman, is available now!
Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"THE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR MACHINE: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home," an extraordinary investigation by William D. Hartung and Ben Freeman, is available now!
Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
Learn more: bit.ly/4oo73kD
We are so excited to announce that "THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History," by @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, is now available!
Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N
Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are so excited to announce that "THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History," by @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, is now available!
Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N
Learn why battles over taxation have always been battles over democracy itself: bit.ly/4nK7J3N