Reading Lists

To close out the year, we’re highlighting the books we published in 2025 that received starred reviews for your gift-giving needs or for building next year's reading list! *   ...

September marks National Translation Month, a time to celebrate international literature and the art and impact of translation in bridging cultures, preserving stories, and fostering global understanding. Behind every translated ...

The first Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5th, 1882 as a demonstration for workers' rights. Twelve years later, it was signed into a law ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a literary titan. In a career that spanned decades and genres—from fiction to criticism, memoir to plays—his writing engaged with issues of political courage, resistance and ...

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month is a time to reflect on the experiences, culture, and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders throughout ...

As we mark what would have been the 113th birthday of legendary author, oral historian, and radio broadcaster Studs Terkel, we take a moment to celebrate the powerful legacy of ...

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern 10 Books to Read and Look Forward to this Earth Day Earth Day is celebrated by more than a billion people globally. With each ...

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern National Book Award–winning author Robert Jay Lifton is a pioneer of the field of psychohistory. Psychohistory is a field of study that blends psychology, ...

By Shalra Azeem, Spring 2025 Intern   Women’s History Month is a time to honor women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. That is what makes the month of March ...

By Shalra Azeem & Keshav Bansal Black History Month is a time to honor the past, celebrate resilience, and amplify voices that not only shaped history, but the present as ...

By Asha Ahn, Spring 2025 intern.   Black history is a testament to resilience and the relentless pursuit of justice. As we honor Black History Month, we’re highlighting an essential ...

By Keshav Bansal and Shalra Azeem     February marks the celebration of Black History Month, a time to reflect on the incredible contributions, struggles, and triumphs of Black Americans ...

By Sade Collier, Fall 2024 intern ‘Tis the season for gifting books. To close out the year, we’re highlighting eleven books published in 2024 that received starred reviews. Find below a ...

In recognition of International Human Solidarity Day, and as part of Universal Human Rights Month, The New Press has prepared a Human Rights Reading list! International Human Solidarity Day began ...

By Naomi Tomlin, Fall 2024 Iintern   The end of the year is a time to reflect and recommit. Although this has been a year of uncertainty and disappointment, it ...

By Sade Collier, Fall 2024 intern Anyone seeking to concern themselves with domestic and foreign policy should consider the prolific archive from Noam Chomsky’s tenure as a linguist and social ...

By Naomi Tomlin, Fall 2024 intern   In honor of legendary author and oral historian Studs Terkel, we’ve put together excerpts from five of his most iconic books. Terkel defined ...

By Sade Collier, Fall 2024 intern   To celebrate National Author’s Day, we wanted to highlight the stellar work of authors who recently published debut books here at The New ...

Lore Segal was a master storyteller known for capturing the immigrant experience with wit and a keen eye, with the New York Times Book Review once saying, “Lore Segal may ...

Rooted in the American labor movement, Labor Day honors the landmark achievements in the struggle for workers’ rights that has continued from generation to generation. The fight to secure fair ...

  Women’s Equality Day honors the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. In celebration of this landmark success ...

  Silver Repetition: A Novel By Lily Wang In a word, SILVER REPETITION is dreamy. Lily Wang’s debut novel “brims with delicate imagery and flights of imagination” (@publishersweekly). When the ...

As 2023 comes to a close, we’re highlighting the books we published this year that received starred reviews and other major endorsements—for your gift-giving needs or just for planning your ...

In our opinion, there is no better day than one spent out in the sun with the company of a good book. While most people lean on romance, mystery, or ...