Valeria Luiselli’s novel layers voices and timelines around Mexico City, memory, and identity.

Andrew Roberts’s biography examines Napoleon’s life through both war and governance.

A nonfiction portrait of Robert Peace’s talent, ambitions, and tragic decline.

Siri Hustvedt’s experimental novel explores the border between art and selfhood.

Jaime Hernandez’s graphic novel brings family, memory, and reunion back into focus.

A history of how the United States and the global order were remade after World War I.

Tom Bouman’s crime novel unravels relationships around a violent case in a valley town.

Claudia Rankine’s lyric essay examines how racism presses into everyday life.

A nonfiction investigation into the extinction crisis driven by human activity.

The book tells the final years of the Romanov dynasty as both family history and the collapse of imperial Russia.

A special award recognizing LeVar Burton’s work in reading advocacy and storytelling across media.

A lifetime-achievement award honoring T. C. Boyle’s long career as a writer.