Culture
10 books
By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos,interviews and a production history.
By Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up in South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show,” whose parents were in an illegal (under apartheid) interracial relationship.
By Chris Smith
An oral history of the show, based on extensive interviews with Jon Stewart and others.
By Mark Salisbury
Filmmaking secrets, photography and artwork from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” written by J. K. Rowling.
By Brandon Stanton
Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”
By Yuval Noah Harari
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
By Brandon Stanton
Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by the author.
By Sarah Bakewell
An account of the birth of one of the 20th century's major intellectual movements and the revolutionary thinkers who shaped it: Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and others.
By Mary Beard
A concise history of ancient Rome.
By Josh Katz
The creator of The New York Times dialect quiz provides a guide to how words are pronounced in different parts of the country.