| |  | | | How a high school scammed its way to an astounding college acceptance rate | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - With fake transcripts and personal essays filled with lies, T.M. Landry College Prep boasted a 100% college acceptance rate, including to many Ivy League schools
- Two New York Times journalists reveal the scandal and the record of abuse and coercion it covered up
- "Miracle Children is not just an exposé of a college scam, it's a keen dissection of our segregated schools and our segregated rewards" (Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again)
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 | | | A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - What does a single murder in Orange County, California, reveal about the resurgence of white supremacy across the country?
- Through the life and death of Blaze Bernstein, the author of The Nazis Next Door offers a chilling look at racial hatred and violence in the US
- "Kaleidoscopic… A troubling window into the rage that animates America's shadowy far-right networks" (Publishers Weekly)
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 | | | Is the gamification of daily life actually holding us back? | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - "Brilliant and wildly original… The Score is socially attentive, historically literate, and imbued with sensual glee" (The Washington Post)
- A professor specializing in the philosophy of games explores how our obsession with scores and metrics can stand in the way of our true values and desires
- Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak loves this "philosophical look at how we make choices in life"
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 | | | A New York Times bestselling author explores the lasting cultural impact of football | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - One of NPR's most anticipated books of 2026, this is "a smart, rewarding consideration of football's popularity — and eventual downfall" (Kirkus Reviews)
- With his trademark humor and razor-sharp intellect, the author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs analyzes how the sport came to be so deeply ingrained in American culture
- "A great recommendation for the die-hard and casual fan alike" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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 | | | Get your attention back from the forces that monopolize it | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - With tech and financial companies dominating our attention to buy and sell products, learn how to resist, find mental refuge, and reconnect with what truly matters
- Written by an underground collective of activists, artists, and thinkers
- "Attensity! is about how to reclaim one of our most powerful and valuable qualities — our attention — through a path back to the human things that matter: community, care, imagination, and art" (The New Yorker)
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 | | | A gripping account of the political violence that defined the 1970s | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - This incisive look at the origins of modern terrorism "combines journalistic rigor with spy novel–esque skulduggery" (Kirkus Reviews)
- "As irresistible and unputdownable as it is astonishing and relevant" (New York Times bestselling author Simon Sebag Montefiore)
- From a critically acclaimed author and international security correspondent for The Guardian
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 | | | The definitive oral history of the January 6 US Capitol attack | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A "gripping, fast-paced account" (Publishers Weekly starred review) that spotlights firsthand stories from rioters, police, lawmakers, and more
- "This narrative collection provides remarkable insights while pushing readers to think deeply about what it means to be American in the 21st century" (Booklist)
- Written by a veteran Associated Press journalist who reported from inside the Capitol that day
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 | | | Journey into one of the world's wildest jungles with an explorer and conservationist | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Discover the incredible life teeming in the Amazon rainforest — and the awe-inspiring efforts to save it
- "Refreshingly optimistic… Honest yet hopeful" (Publishers Weekly)
- The late Jane Goodall said, "On behalf of the forests that I love, thank you, Paul, for writing this book"
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 | | | An argument for reparations for Black Americans — and a plan for making them happen | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A Georgetown University law professor unpacks the US's long history with reparations and lays out a legal plan for atoning for slavery
- This "bracing history" (Kirkus Reviews) is "the perfect mix of bold vision and practical strategy" (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
- "A devastating and commanding read for anyone who wishes to create a better world and establish the foundations of a just future" (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Marcia Chatelain)
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 | | | The story of the first self-steering bomb and its impact on modern warfare | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - Surveys the Paveway missile's Vietnam War origins, its role in the development of technologies like GPS and personal computing, and more
- "Stern tells this sweeping, complex, and important story with novelistic immediacy and detail" (New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden)
- "The question he poses… will stay with you long after the last page" (New York Times bestselling author Richard Stengel)
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 | | | Learn — and emulate — how the Japanese seek joy | | WHY IT'S READWORTHY: | - A cultural historian offers traditional spiritual lessons from the heart of Japan that will help readers find happiness and fulfillment
- Mary Roach raves, "This book is a triumph!"
- A "fascinating" blend (Katherine May) of cultural reporting, memoir, and self-help
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