Hailed as “a storyteller of prodigious powers” (The New York Times) and “a legend” (Toni Morrison), Salman Rushdie is the author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, and many more. The Eleventh Hour is his first work of fiction since an attack that almost killed him, and grapples with powerful questions about what happens at the eleventh hour of life.

One of the greatest storytellers ever, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale charts the course of her own life with her signature wit and charm. Book of Lives is “an invaluable glimpse into the mind of a literary giant” (Publishers Weekly) and “the most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century—or ever” (Boston Globe).

“If you keep moving forward, things will get better.” Nick Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic and an American record-holding distance runner. In his memoir, The Running Ground, Nick reveals what running can teach us about life, work, resilience, and leadership. It’s “an endlessly surprising, revelatory, and heart-rending read” (Vogue‘s Anna Wintour).

Called “a superstar” by Trevor Noah and “one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers” by TED, Rutger is a New York Times bestselling author whose books (Moral Ambition, Humankind, and Utopia for Realists) have sold over 2 million copies. In his hugely optimistic keynotes, he helps audiences envision a better future and lay out a bold plan to achieve it.

In Empire of AI, Karen Hao—“one of the foremost tech journalists covering AI” (Dr. Joy Buolamwini)—draws on her years of insider access to OpenAI to show us how thoroughly a small handful of tech companies will alter society. Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, calls it “a heroic work.”