Holiday Gift Guide

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To assist your seasonal decision-making, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite HUP books—both new, critically-acclaimed scholarship and time-tested classics.

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2022 Favorites

Cover: Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life, by Adam Adatto Sandel, from Harvard University Press

Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life
Adam Adatto Sandel

Cover: Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation, by Liz Bucar, from Harvard University Press

Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation
Liz Bucar

Cover: Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe, by Charles S. Cockell, from Harvard University Press

Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe
Charles S. Cockell

Cover: Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World, by Eri Hotta, from Harvard University Press

Suzuki: The Man and His Dream to Teach the Children of the World
Eri Hotta

Cover: The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs, by Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter, from Harvard University Press

The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs
Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter

Cover: Objects of Love and Regret: A Brooklyn Story, by Richard Rabinowitz, from Harvard University Press

Objects of Love and Regret: A Brooklyn Story
Richard Rabinowitz

Critics’ Picks

Cover: Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance, by Mia Bay, from Harvard University Press

Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance
Mia Bay

Cover: Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound, by Daphne A. Brooks, from Harvard University Press

Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
Daphne A. Brooks

Cover: The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World, by Marie Favereau, from Harvard University Press

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau

Cover: Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, by Nicole R. Fleetwood, from Harvard University Press

Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Nicole R. Fleetwood

Cover: Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, from Harvard University Press

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Cover: Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness, by Andrew Scull, from Harvard University Press

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
Andrew Scull

Compelling Narratives

Cover: On the Edge: Life along the Russia–China Border, by Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey, from Harvard University Press

On the Edge: Life along the Russia–China Border
Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey

Cover: Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s, by Julian Gewirtz, from Harvard University Press

Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s
Julian Gewirtz

Cover: The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States, by Brian Hochman, from Harvard University Press

The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States
Brian Hochman

Cover: When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance, by Michael S. Neiberg, from Harvard University Press

When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
Michael S. Neiberg

Cover: The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam, by Marc J. Selverstone, from Harvard University Press

The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam
Marc J. Selverstone

Cover: The Legacy of Slavery at Harvard: Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Committee, by the Presidential Committee on the Legacy of Slavery, from Harvard University Press

The Legacy of Slavery at Harvard: Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Committee
The Presidential Committee on the Legacy of Slavery

Vital Issues

Cover: The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations, by Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel, translated by Jodie Cohen-Tanugi, from Harvard University Press

The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel, translated by Jodie Cohen-Tanugi

Cover: Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well, With a New Chapter on Pandemic Resilience, by Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber, from Harvard University Press

Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well, With a New Chapter on Pandemic Resilience
Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber

Cover: Getting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn’t, by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev, from Harvard University Press

Getting to Diversity: What Works and What Doesn’t
Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev

Cover: Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities, by Mahmood Mamdani, from Harvard University Press

Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities
Mahmood Mamdani

Cover: Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times, by Michael J. Sandel, from Harvard University Press

Democracy’s Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times
Michael J. Sandel

Cover: Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe, by Alessio Terzi, from Harvard University Press

Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe
Alessio Terzi

Transformative Conversations

Cover: <i>Wild Grass</i> and <i>Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk</i>, by Lu Xun, translated by Eileen J. Cheng, edited by Theodore Huters, from Harvard University Press

Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk
Lu Xun, translated by Eileen J. Cheng, edited by Theodore Huters

Cover: On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives, by Andrew H. Miller, from Harvard University Press

On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives
Andrew H. Miller

Cover: Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, by Richard Ovenden, from Harvard University Press

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Richard Ovenden

Cover: The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking: Conversations about Art and Performance, by Charles Rosen and Catherine Temerson, translated by Catherine Zerner, with a Foreword by Israel Rosenfield, from Harvard University Press

The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking: Conversations about Art and Performance
Charles Rosen and Catherine Temerson, translated by Catherine Zerner, with a Foreword by Israel Rosenfield

Cover: The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters, by Maria Tatar, from Harvard University Press

The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters
Maria Tatar

Cover: A Greeting of the Spirit: Selected Poetry of John Keats with Commentaries, by Susan J. Wolfson, from Harvard University Press

A Greeting of the Spirit: Selected Poetry of John Keats with Commentaries
Susan J. Wolfson

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