These books were not included in our print edition:

In Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy, Jennifer Carlson ’04, a MacArthur genius award winner, writes that gun purchases surged when the country was rocked by a pandemic, racial unrest, and the unprecedented aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. She shows how gun merchants, who doubled down on conservative politics, have intensified the political divide. [Princeton University Press]

In Short Stories of Life, Love, Choices and Consequences, Tony Abruzzo ’68 aims to pique readers’ empathy with 11 stories—from a priest agonizing over obedience to his religious vows, to a young mentally ill woman asked to perform a mercy killing, and a husband who keeps his World War II experiences secret from his wife. [Austin Macauley Publishers]

In Wealth, Cost, and Price in American Higher Education: A Brief History, Bruce Kimball ’73, an emeritus professor of philosophy and history of education at The Ohio State University, links steep cost increases and stagnating wages at institutions of higher ed with snowballing student debt. The author argues that inequities in higher education impact social mobility and democracy. [Johns Hopkins University Press]

Dr. Gary Simonds ’79, Adv ’17, gives a paranormal twist to Death’s Pale Flag, his psychological thriller about a neurosurgeon who finds himself haunted by ghosts. [Boutique of Quality Books]

In The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent by Ann Jacobus ’81, 18-year-old Del is trying to put her life back together after a suicide attempt and get ready for college as she works to manage depression and alcohol abuse, copes with an unreciprocated crush, and faces her aunt’s terminal cancer diagnosis. Reviewers praise this melancholy young-adult novel as a “hopeful read” that “honestly and courageously explores sensitive topics.” [Carolrhoda Lab]

In a follow-up to his 2016 book Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying), Bill Gifford ’88 draws on recent research to offer nutritional interventions, techniques to optimize exercise and sleep, and tools to address emotional and mental health in Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, coauthored with Dr. Peter Attia. [Harmony]

Encompassing two timeframes—Hollywood in the late 1940s and Broadway, Martha’s Vineyard, and San Francisco in the 1970s—The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly by Katherine A. Sherbrooke ’89 opens with an aspiring fashion designer who becomes the “body model” for Lauren Bacall and the devoted friend of a renowned couturier and his closeted movie-star lover. With a surprising plot twist, the story explores love’s challenges, artistic passion, parenthood, and the consequences of keeping secrets. [Pegasus Books]

Through sources including missionary and Inquisition records, royal surveys, and court documents, Yanna Yannakakis ’89, associate history professor at Emory University, traces how Indigenous communities adapted Spanish court concepts to develop their own legal system to resolve disputes over marriage, self-governance, land, and labor in Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom & Law in Colonial Mexico. [Duke University Press]

CNN chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper ’91 sets All the Demons Are Here, the third in his series of political thrillers, in Montana and Washington D.C., swirling through Evel Knievel’s heyday and the worlds of celebrity tabloid journalism and underground cults in the 1970s. [Little, Brown & Company]

Co-edited by education professor emeritus Andrew Garrod, Black Matters: African American and African College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories includes essays and poems rich with anguish, struggle, and self-determination, written by Dartmouth alums Deirdre Harris ’92, Candice Jimerson ’95, Anthony Luckett ’01, Th’02, B. Coombs ’10, Anise Vance ’11, Andrew Nalani ’16, Tyler Malbreaux ’20, and Sabyne “free” Pierre ’20. [Routledge]

In The Pilot: Planet Gallywood #2, his sequel to The Final Season: Planet Gallywood #1, Andrew G. Smith ’94, writing as Andrew Gillsmith, continues his sci-fi tale, which he describes as “The Truman Show meets The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” [Mar Thoma Publishing]

Licensed clinical psychotherapist and school counselor Phyllis Fagell ’95 identifies a dozen life skills that can help kids navigate challenges—whether they get cut from a team, face social media bullying, bomb on a test, or struggle with body image or identity issues—in Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times. [Hachette Go]

In Fundraiser in Chief: Presidents and the Politics of Campaign Cash, Brendan Doherty ’96, professor of politics at the U.S. Naval Academy, analyzes presidential fundraising in a systematic manner, based on an original dataset of 2,190 presidential fundraisers spanning more than four decades of presidents from Carter to Trump. [University Press of Kansas]

Yale law professor David Schleicher ’00 comprehensively reviews the long history—and unintended consequences—of federal debt relief for struggling states and municipalities in In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. [Oxford University Press]

The Girl from Earth’s End, a charming middle-grade novel by Tara Dairman ’01, tells the tale of a gifted 12-year-old gardener from a mythical island who searches for a plant that might save her papa’s life. [Candlewick Press]

Rebecca Galemba ’03 highlights the experiences of day laborers and others fighting wage theft in Denver, Colorado, and analyzes the widespread problem of wage theft and its disproportionate impact on low-wage immigrant workers in Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in An American City. [Stanford University Press]

Co-authored by Ryan McAnnally-Linz ’06, associate director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most is based on a course his students describe as life-changing. [The Open Field]

Chee Brossy ’07, a member of the Navajo Nation, weaves together history, tribal knowledge, the land, and everyday life in The Strings are Lightning and Hold You In, his lush and moving debut poetry collection. [Tupelo Press]