Metropolitan Books

11/06/2025

It’s , and we’re taking a peek ahead at the essential, illuminating books we have coming in 2026! 💡

From the politics that shape your daily life to the science behind human behavior, these titles aren't just great reads—they’re necessary ones. If you love discovering the hidden forces driving the modern world, keep these on your radar:

⚖️ , by Jennifer Doleac
🤖 , by Jacob Siegel
⚡️ , by Odd Arne Westad
🧠 , by Tom Griffiths
🌉 , by Vincent Coppola

Which of these 2026 essentials are you adding to your TBR list first?

10/14/2025

Today, we mark the publication of Joe Sacco's latest work of graphic journalism, The Once and Future Riot.

In this meticulous and sobering investigation, Sacco turns his focus to the deadly 2013 Muzaffarnagar Riot in Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳. By immersing himself among victims, officials, and perpetrators, he explores the mechanics and narratives of this communal violence—a chilling archetype with profound resonance for all precarious multiethnic societies worldwide 🌎.

This book is a powerful meditation on the role of savagery in a democracy and the fragmentation of truth in the aftermath of bloodshed.

Find out more and order your copy today.

04/16/2025

Check out Andre Perry discussing his new book with David Wessel and Fred Dews. Learn more about what can be done to close the power gap and amplify Black American wealth: https://bit.ly/4czUcr0

02/27/2025

What does mean? Today we're diving into by , on sale 4/15. 🌿

"Black power and the goals we must set to achieve it involve advocating away from individual achievements and toward collective progress and well-being." —from BLACK POWER SCORECARD by Andre M. Perry

Learn More: https://bit.ly/4gUOCQy

01/29/2025

Check out this interview with discussing his upcoming book 🎧
https://bit.ly/3Cizqi1

11/01/2022

THE RADICAL POTTER by Tristram Hunt is now out in paperback! 🙌

Don't miss this scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist: http://ow.ly/wuma50LhOTz

11/01/2022

Happy paperback publication day to ON CONSOLATION by Michael Ignatieff! 🥂

Grab a copy of these timely and profound philosophical meditations: http://ow.ly/QiR150LhOEV

10/18/2022

ACCIDENTAL GODS by Anna Della Subin is now available in paperback! 💫

This provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods illuminates the connection between power and religion. http://ow.ly/Z0ho50L84oT

10/11/2022

Happy paperback publication day to SUNBELT BLUES by Andrew Ross!

Don't miss this eye-opening investigation of America's rural and suburban housing crisis, told from the perspective of living in Disney World's backyard: http://ow.ly/gU9Z50KTbcf

09/23/2022

The LA Times says Orlando Figes' “THE STORY OF RUSSIA is a superb work of narrative essay."

Read the full review here, and pick up a copy of THE STORY OF RUSSIA, out now:

Orlando Figes, whose most recent book is "The Story of Russia," on the country's love of strongmen, the fate of dissenters and how the war will end.

09/22/2022

The reviews are in! THE STORY OF RUSSIA by Orlando Figes "could not be more timely or informative" according to the New York Journal of Books!

THE STORY OF RUSSIA is out now. Read the full review here:

The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes book review. Click to read the full review of The Story of Russia in New York Journal of Books. Review written by Francis P. Sempa.

09/20/2022

THE STORY OF RUSSIA by Orlando Figes is out now!

Don't miss this fresh approach to over a thousand years of Russia's history by one of the experts: http://ow.ly/CwC050KGXs5