Basic Books

08/22/2025

"This exciting, original, life-affirming book will change your understanding of the way the natural world works." ―Sy Montgomery

THE CALL OF THE HONEYGUIDE by Rob Dunn is available August 26! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4meMQNS

08/22/2025

"Eugenia Cheng's writing is generous and precise, a soft-serve swirl of the universal and the particular. In a way that few mathematicians can, she writes for everyone." ―Ben Orlin

UNEQUAL is on sale September 2! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4lqoFKF

08/21/2025

"Blueprints sings as a book about math that is also grounded in art." ―New Scientist

Marcus du Sautoy's book comes out September 9th! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4mJ5MDQ

08/21/2025

“An extraordinary resource for anyone who cares about American higher education.” ―Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

PERIL AND PROMISE by Beverly D. Tatum is available September 2! Learn more: https://bit.ly/45pDt6s

08/18/2025

Check out this great review of THE INVENTION OF DESIGN by Maggie Gram from The Spectator ⤵️

It is more than 40 years since Tom Wolfe said to me, in a Chinese restaurant on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue, that ‘Modern’ had become an historical style label. He meant it was not…

08/15/2025

“Tatum is someone with great judgment and sagacity, patience and persistence. An eloquent, personal case for college leadership based on building communal governance and institutional trust.” ―Kirkus Reviews

PERIL AND PROMISE is on sale September 2nd! Learn more: https://bit.ly/45pDt6s

08/15/2025

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