Our society is largely failure averse – but more acceptance of failure would go a long way to making the world a better place. H. Jon Benjamin (actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian) has written a book which explores a wide variety of things that he has failed at and from which society can learn a thing or two. Dutton will publish the hardcover edition on May 1, 2018.

Paul Simon himself not only opened up to acclaimed biographer Robert Hilburn (who was chief pop-music critic for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades) for what has amounted to more than one hundred hours, he also urged his family and friends to speak. This is the biographer’s dream: total access and total editorial control. Simon & Schuster will publish the hardcover edition May 8, 2018.

A book for anyone who has fought a battle in life. Hatch writes of the horrific wound to his leg; of having no choice but to end his military career; of coming home to the country he’d spent his life defending; of the ordeal of getting well physically (eighteen surgeries; twelve months of recovery; learning to walk again); of having to find out who he was as a man apart from the chaotic world of special operations missions;

An unforgettable book by one of the finest reporters of our time, The Last Cowboys is a moving tribute to an American way of life. Pulitzer Prize winner, John Branch has written a gripping portrait of one family’s gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West—and not just its past. W.W. Norton will publish the hardcover May 15, 2018.

Yrsa Daley-Ward, author of the poetry collection BONE and the forthcoming memoir THE TERRIBLE, was featured and interviewed in Vice, who calls her “a master at expressing black pain in a manner that offers a collective catharsis.”

Rachel Khong’s “moving and laugh-inducing” GOODBYE, VITAMIN is a Warby Parker “Books We Love” pick. GOODBYE, VITAMIN has also been nominated for the California Book Award in First Fiction. Henry Holt published GOODBYE, VITAMIN on July 11, 2017.

Jess Arndt’s debut story collection LARGE ANIMALS has been nominated for the California Book Award in First Fiction. Catapult published LARGE ANIMALS on May 9, 2017.

Carola Lovering’s novel TELL ME LIES received a great review from Kirkus, which calls the debut a “very sexy story.” Atria will publish TELL ME LIES on June 12, 2018.

Ashleigh Young’s forthcoming essay collection CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? is a Staff Pick from The Paris Review, which writes, “Young’s voice is soothing, unsure, and searching.” The book was also named one of “The 30 Best Books To Read This Summer” by Elle Magazine. Riverhead books will publish on July 3, 2018.

Sofija Stefanovic’s debut memoir MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA is one of Bustle’s Best 16 Nonfiction Books Coming Out in April 2018. Atria will publish MISS EX-YUGOSLAVIA on April 17, 2018.