Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You (October 14, 2025)

Street date October 14, 2025. All book descriptions provided by the publisher.

Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur
By Jeff Pearlman
Mariner Books
Available in Hardcover, ebook, or digital audiobook

Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur remains a subject of immense cultural significance and speculation nearly thirty years after his murder. Despite a multitude of books, documentaries, and even a feature film, much about Tupac’s story remains shrouded and misunderstood. Like many icons who died tragically young, Tupac the man has long been obscured—his edges sanded down, his complexity numbed—by the competing agendas that surround his legacy.

In Only God Can Judge Me, accomplished biographer and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman tackles his most nuanced subject, telling the definitive story of Tupac Shakur in unprecedented depth. In this authoritative look at Tupac’s life, Pearlman skillfully recreates West Coast hip-hop in all its glory, going inside Death Row Records and on the sets of movies like Juice and Poetic Justice to offer the clearest rendering yet of the man who still casts a shadow over modern hip-hop.

But more than just a biography of a complicated figure, Only God Can Judge Me also captures the time and place in which Tupac rose—a singular moment in music history when West Coast hip-hop became a phenomenon and transformed popular culture.

Featuring nearly seven hundred original interviews and never-before-published details from every corner of Tupac’s life, the result offers a singular portrait of one of modern pop culture’s most towering figures. Guided by the voices of those who knew and lived life alongside him, Only God Can Judge Me captures the layers of a man who, even thirty years after his death, remains as elusive as ever.

The Onion Story: How a Band of Misfits, Dropouts, and Sad Sacks Built the World’s Most Trusted News Source
By Scott Dikkers
Matt Holt Books
Available in Hardcover and ebook

In this laugh-out-loud origin story of a world-renowned satirist and “America’s Finest News Source,” Scott Dikkers treats readers to a rollicking trip through the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, chronicling the inception, evolution, and success of The Onion from his view at the helm. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Dikkers recounts the paper’s founding, run-ins with the law, scrapes with death, and raving-mad antics of its staff in chapters like:

• Childhood Trauma Mined for Cheap Laugh
• Hurriedly Collected Life Savings Invested Wisely
• Stop Put to All This Horseplay
• Award-winning Local Author Inspired, Drunk
• Look, Area Man on TV
• Office Internet Briefly Used for Work

If you’ve ever been duped into believing an Onion headline—or simply laughed to avoid crying at how closely its fake news resembled reality—this is your first-person ticket into the newsroom that defined modern satire.

Damaged People: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons
By Joe McGinniss Jr.
Avid Reader Press
Available in Hardcover, ebook, and unabridged audio download

Joe McGinniss was a paradox: a brilliant writer whose dazzling achievements were overshadowed by personal demons. At twenty-six, he became the youngest living author to top The New York Times bestseller list with The Selling of the President, about Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign. Shortly after, he walked out on his wife and their three young children.

His eldest son, Joe McGinniss Jr., became a writer himself, known for the acclaimed novels The Delivery Man and Carousel Court. In Damaged People, he vividly recounts his affectionate yet stormy relationship with his father, capturing moments of tenderness and humor amid chaos and tension.

The elder McGinniss rose to prominence with true crime blockbusters like Fatal Vision, Blind Faith, and Cruel Doubt. But controversy dogged his later career—Janet Malcolm’s The Journalist and the Murderer accused him of exploiting a subject, and allegations of falsification followed his biographies of Ted Kennedy and Sarah Palin. His life was a turbulent mix of success and scandal, marked by alcoholism, depression, and obsessive dedication to craft that left his family struggling.

Now a father himself, McGinniss Jr. wrestles with his father’s legacy while trying to create a stable, nurturing environment for his own son. Damaged People dives deep into the heartbreak of unfulfilled expectations and the beauty of second chances, offering a raw look at what it means to break cycles of pain and become a more present parent.

Welcome to Fabulous Angeles: A Memoir
By Richard A. Lefkowitz
Gilded Coast Press
Available in Hardcover

Did you ever sneak out of the house to hang with your “juvenile delinquent” best friend, scarf down fresh buttermilk doughnuts at three in the morning after smoking weed all day, take a terrifying peyote trip at a Stones concert, crash your parents’ car, ignore your tickets until they went to warrant, and end up in jail for a night—yet feel it was all worthwhile because you got to rub elbows with rock stars, actors, politicians, and even astronauts?

In Welcome to Fabulous Angeles: The Rock ’n’ Roll Adventures of a Wayward Westside Teen, Richard A. Lefkowitz captures the sharp edges of the generation gap dividing him from his Depression-era parents. Ricky, a rebel with a romantic soul, yearns to heed the stirrings of his artistic spirit while trying to find his place in a changing Los Angeles.

Join him for a joyride through the glamour and grit of LA’s backstreets—into all-night escapades and run-ins with police, fueled by love, drugs, and FM radio. With his friend Moxie, Ricky bluffs his way into exclusive parties and concerts, crossing paths with legends like the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, and B.B. King.

Weaving LA and music history, pop culture, and personal reckoning, Welcome to Fabulous Angeles is a raucous and bittersweet coming-of-age memoir that makes you laugh, cry, and sing.

Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
By Joyce Vance
Dutton Books
Available in Hardcover, ebook, and audio

“We’re in this together.”

For years, Joyce Vance has signed off her chart-topping Substack Civil Discourse with those four words. In that time, she has guided readers through an erosion of democratic norms, the felony conviction of an ex-president, and the constitutional crises of the second Trump administration. Here, Vance offers a blueprint for avoiding despair and strengthening civic resilience.

Giving Up is Unforgivable is a clarion call to action, placing our current crisis in historical context and sketching a vision for renewal. A constitutional law professor and former U.S. Attorney, Vance explains the legal framework and political history underpinning our democracy—and why the rule of law still matters.

She empowers readers to take action, individually and collectively, positioning the book as a countermovement to Project 2025 and a rallying cry for citizen engagement to defend democratic institutions.

Buckeye Brotherhood: How Ohio State Navigated a New World to Win a National Championship
By Bill Rabinowitz
Triumph Books
Available in Hardcover and ebook

In Buckeye Brotherhood, Bill Rabinowitz (The Chase) takes readers inside the Ohio State Buckeyes’ legendary run to their first national championship in a decade. Navigating a rapidly changing college football landscape—conference realignments, NIL deals, and a new playoff format—OSU overcame regular-season setbacks to come together when it mattered most.

Featuring in-depth reporting and an unforgettable cast of characters, including newcomers Caleb Downs, Will Howard, and Jeremiah Smith alongside veterans Emeka Egbuka and Jack Sawyer, this is the inside story of how the Buckeyes silenced their critics and returned glory to The Ohio State University.