New Books for Tough Times
While much of the world slows down, publishing rolls on.
Here are our 20 picks for ideal quarantine reading.
Now the essayist returns with another wide-ranging collection, ably tackling everything from Instagram to politics to weed.

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But a trek across the pond can’t keep some old baggage away.
And if you’re not, well, get ready for a visually striking, celeb-filled (Carrie Brownstein!
introduction to one of the most interesting artists of our time.

Catapult
Have tissues handy for this one.
We won’t tell you what happens next.
And beautifully written, too.

Algonquin Books
The actor delves into his remarkable career, past loves, health struggles, and more.
Sligar’s debut follows a young archivist who gradually loses her grip on reality when her subject dies.
And that’s only the start of it.

Europa Editions
We’ll get to know the man behind all that glitz and iconography, too.

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Random House

Atria Books

The Overlook Press

Abrams Image

Prestel

Avid Reader Press / Simon and Schuster

Hub City Press

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Crown

Simon and Schuster

Scribner

Knopf

Avon

MCD

Ecco