Stressed out about the election? Dreading the return of the Big Dark? Consider some of these titles to get you through a challenging month.
November has plenty to offer for the home cook. Tieghan Gerard returns with 120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food in Half Baked Harvest Quick and Cozy, while the incomparable Martha Stewart celebrates her 100th book with 100 of her favorite recipes in Martha the Cookbook. Bakers have much to check out this month: share showstopping baked goods from The Great British Baking Show Comfort Bakes; Christina Tosi reveals 101 must-have moves for your kitchen in Bake Club; pastry chef Nicola Lamb combines easy-to-follow, science-based advice with 100 reliable and delicious recipe in Sift; Melissa Weller presents a master class on the science of dough and the art of making bread at home with Very Good Bread; and Jessica Seinfeld shares 100 dessert recipes for those who want more with just a little less in Not Too Sweet. Bryan Ford celebrates the cultures and stories behind 150 recipes in Pan Y Dulce; Trap Kitchen’s latest fuses Caribbean cuisine with their signature sensibilities and flavors in Wah Gwaan; James Beard Award-winning chef Nok Suntaranon highlights 100 bold, spicy recipes in Kalaya’s Southern Thai Kitchen; and Sonoko Sakai takes a fresh new approach to Japanese cuisine in Wafu Cooking. Top chef winner Brooke Williamson puts vegetables front and center in Sun-Kissed Cooking while Lisa Kyung Gross collects brilliant tips, secret methods & favorite family recipes from around the world in The League of Kitchens Cookbook. Or, simply sit back and enjoy mouth-watering recipes and the high-flying stories behind them with Willie and Annie Nelson’s Cannabis Cookbook.
Celebrities have much to say this month. Actor/singer/TV personality Keke Palmer reveals the secret to controlling your narrative in Master of Me while Jaleel White takes you on a memorable journey through the peaks, valleys, and plateaus of fame and fortune in Growing Up Urkel. Josh Brolin pens a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable, with From Under a Truck and Tim Matheson discusses his seven decades in the Hollywood trenches in Damn Glad to Meet You. Standup comedian Youngmi Mayer interrogates whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings in the unforgettable memoir I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying.
In literary memoir, Oliver Sacks, of one of the greatest observers of the human species, reveals his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society through his Letters, and Orhan Pamuk shares illustrated notebooks of daily observations he recorded over 14 years in Memories of Distant Mountains. And if you can’t get enough politics, consider Angela Merkel’s memoir, including her 16 years as the leader of Germany, in Freedom, or see what Bill Clinton’s life after the White House is like in Citizen.
Jim O’Heir, Parks and Recreation’s Jerry (or, well, Garry/Larry/Terry/Barry, depending on the episode) authors a loving tribute to the beloved sitcom in Welcome to Pawnee; from Jeremy Enger comes the untold story behind Ted Lasso, the show that kicked its way into our hearts in Believe; and Ann Hood invites fifteen writers to investigate their personal relationships to Gilmore Girls in Life’s Short Talk Fast. In music, Rob Sheffield takes an intimate look at how Taylor Swift reinvented pop music with Heartbreak is the National Anthem; Peter Ames Carlin pens an electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium with The Name of This Band is R.E.M.; and from Marcus J. Moore comes a stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever, in High and Rising. Bill Zehme reveals all about the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture in the much-anticipated biography Carson the Magnificent and Lesley Ann Jones provides an intimate biography of Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac’s “mother figure,” in Songbird.
In science, Sy Montgomery provides readers with a new appreciation of the world’s most familiar bird in What the Chicken Knows and Armin Schmitt uncovers the secrets of the Prehistoric Age in The Lost World of the Dinosaurs. Alan P. Lightman enlightens us with a gorgeously illustrated exploration of the science behind the universe’s most stunning natural phenomena in The Miraculous from the Material while Vince Beiser investigates the race for the resources that will shape the future in Power Metal.
Zen Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno shares 99 Tips to relinquish control and free yourself up for what matters in How to Let Things Go; Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle invites us to join in the healing power of love during these divided times in Cherished Belonging; Emily Jamea reveals five secrets to create connection and cultivate passion in Anatomy of Desire; and Tricia Hersey encourages us to escape from grind culture and dehumanizing systems with the visionary guide We Will Rest! Provocateur Jordan Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world in We Who Wrestle with God. And finally, Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta offer a framework for making progress in your career in Job Moves.
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