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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 5h

Join Michael Lewis on October 16th at Symphony Space in New York to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of THE BIG SHORT and the release of a brand-new audiobook edition narrated by the author.

www.symphonyspace.org/events/micha...

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 1d

FAIRYLAND, based on the book by Alyssa Abbott, produced by Sofia Coppola and directed by Andrew Durham, is in theaters now!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AMM4xa/

Get in the theatre and watch Fairyland now @Fairyland - Official Film Page

TikTok video by rm

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 2d

Congratulations to @murmurshewrote.bsky.social! HOW TO FALL IN LOVE IN A TIME OF UNNAMEABLE DISASTER is the winner of the 2025 Lammy Award for Bisexual Fiction!
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2025 Winners

Congratulations 2025 Lammy Award Winners

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 7d

"An in-depth account of the struggle between the U.S. and China to control TikTok.…gripping….comprehensive….Readers will be riveted." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

@ebakerwhite.bsky.social is on tour now for EVERY SCREEN ON THE PLANET.
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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 8d

My TikTok book is out in stores today!

Why should you read it? Because 1 in 5 Americans now get their news from this thing. We should all understand how it works.

It was inevitable that strongmen would seek to control a tool this powerful. The book is the story of what happened when they did.

W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · Feb 3

The rise of the most effective attention-algorithm ever invented, and the superpower struggle to control it.

EVERY SCREEN ON THE PLANET: THE WAR OVER TIKTOK by Emily Baker-White.

In Stores 9.30.25.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 8d

Check out this week's new releases! Some exciting new fiction titles along with gripping nonfiction are now available wherever books are sold.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 8d

"Blistering, daring, and impossible to set aside....McCloskey belongs on the same shelf as le Carré, Silva, and Matthews." ―The Real Book Spy

THE PERSIAN, from former CIA analyst and best-selling author David McCloskey, is in stores now.
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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 9d

some exciting news: another book! announcing The Devil and Mrs Gooch, a fantasy in which our capricious friend The Devil falls head over hoof for dread entrepreneur Gwendolyn Gooch, and her latest diabolical scheme: the rented apartment. expect torrid results. releasing USA May 2026 from W.W. Norton

cover for The Devil and Mrs Gooch, by Oliver Darkshire, featuring a woman in a flaming ballgown leading a caprine devil by a leash, who stares up at her in adoration. Marked "Household Gramarye Book 2"

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Patrick Farnsworth @lastbornpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

New: @triofrancos.bsky.social joined me to discuss Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, released through @wwnorton.com

www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/the...

Extraction: Green Capitalism’s Frontiers and the Critical Minerals Rush / Thea Riofrancos — Last Born In The Wilderness

Thea Riofrancos joined me to discuss her new book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism , just released through W.W. Norton. The green capitalist energy transition is underway. In what ways...

www.lastborninthewilderness.com

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 9d

"[A] taut political thriller….Fans of John le Carré will have a tough time putting this down." ―Publishers Weekly

THE PERSIAN arrives in bookstores on Sept. 30. Catch David McCloskey on tour.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 11d

Join Emily Wilson and Luke Soucy at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch on September 29th at 7 PM.

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 12d

Congratulations to Mary Roach on her instant New York Times bestseller, REPLACEABLE YOU!

REPLACEABLE YOU is a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy. Grab a copy wherever books are sold.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 13d

Will AI systems ever become sentient? How should we treat them if we feel uncertain? Check out @jeffsebo.bsky.social's TEDx talk on AI sentience.
youtu.be/yEfvhjujKSY

Are we even prepared for a sentient AI? | Jeff Sebo | TEDxNewEngland

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 13d

Take a look at this week's #newreleases! At least one of these books belong on your tbr📚.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 14d

@billmckibben.bsky.social, currently on tour for his new book HERE COMES THE SUN (billmckibben.com/events/), stopped by the New York Times Climate Forward conference today to discuss climate activism.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Does the environmental movement need to change its strategy?

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 16d

‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️

Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 14d

"I'm only a few chapters into @billmckibben.bsky.social's stupendous new book…and I already know it's going to change my outlook forever."

Cory Doctorow on HERE COMES THE SUN.
pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/o...

Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 14d

Read an excerpt from Keisha Blain's new book, WITHOUT FEAR, on @foreignpolicy.com.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/19/p...

The Forgotten Fight for ‘Darker Peoples’ at the Paris Peace Conference

How an alliance between Black American women and Japanese delegates paved the way for modern human rights.

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 16d

"Women like McKinley were not only involved in efforts to expand civil rights at home but they were active in the fight to extend human rights [worldwide]."

Read WITHOUT FEAR author Keisha N. Blain's essay for TIME on Aretha B. McKinley:
time.com/7316791/blac...

The Black Women Who Knew That Civil Rights Were Human Rights

Black women's work linking U.S. and international rights is often overlooked.

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 19d

What do frog skin, polyester hair, and gene-edited pig kidneys have in common? They’re all part of humanity’s quest to swap out ailing parts of our bodies. Listen to KQED's Mina Kim and Mary Roach discuss her new book REPLACEABLE YOU.
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Mary Roach: You’re More Replaceable Than You Know | KQED

From prosthetic limbs to printable organs, Roach joins to talk about the history and complexities of human body replacement and where the science is today. Her new book is “Replaceable You: Adventures...

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 21d

Check out Norton's new releases of September so far! Take your pick out of these exciting nonfiction titles.
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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 21d

From former CIA analyst and best-selling author David McCloskey, "THE PERSIAN proves that David McCloskey belongs on the same shelf as le Carré, Silva, and Matthews" (The Real Book Spy).

In stores Sept. 30. Preorder now.
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 21d

It was great to chat with @emilypont.bsky.social @heatmap.news about my book EXTRACTION. We discussed why mining is so conflictual, the power relations of extractive frontiers, how organized communities fare better & why we should use the public sector to proactively plan + govern. Link ⬇️

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 21d

Don't miss out on a discount for a favorite fall read! WILD AND DISTANT SEAS at 50% off from now until 10/3/25.
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50% OFF Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel

Evangeline Hussey has made a home for herself on Nantucket, though she knows she is still an outsider to the island’s small, close-knit community, one that by 1849 has started to feel the declin...

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · 22d

Tune into Mary Roach's interview about REPLACEABLE YOU on the Talk Nerdy Podcast.
www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/mary...

Replaceable You w/ Mary Roach

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by prolific science writer, and author of eight New York Times bestsellers, Mary Roach. They discuss her newest book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human...

www.carasantamaria.com

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