Culture

HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION
Author: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.

BORN A CRIME
Author: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.

THE DAILY SHOW (THE BOOK)
Author:Chris Smith

An oral history of the show, based on extensive interviews with Jon Stewart and others.

THE CASE OF BEASTS
Author:Mark Salisbury

Filmmaking secrets, photography and artwork from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” written by J. K. Rowling.

HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES
Author:Brandon Stanton

Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”

SAPIENS
Author:Yuval Noah Harari

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

HUMANS OF NEW YORK
Author:Brandon Stanton

Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by the author.

AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFE
Author: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.

SPQR
Author:Mary Beard

A concise history of ancient Rome.

SPEAKING AMERICAN
Author: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.