Books
July 14, 2026
Summer reads (and more)
Check out a few of our favorite new releases from the UW community (and fill out your summer book bingo while you're at it!).
June 16, 2026
A screaming life
In his new memoir, Kim Thayil, '85, reflects on Soundgarden, Seattle's music scene and his journey from UW student to '90s rock icon.
June 5, 2026
Sex edified
Nicole McNichols' new book, "You Could Be Having Better Sex," explains that sexual well-being is essential to overall health.
May 1, 2026
Returning to Tule Lake
Author Tamiko Nimura traveled into the past to recover her family’s history and her father’s childhood.
April 7, 2026
From feud to fervor
Sujin Witherspoon ties her love for "Survivor" and the Pacific Northwest into her second novel, "Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted."
March 17, 2026
Spring media roundup
Until the cherry trees reach peak bloom, hide from the last leg of the Pacific Northwest's winter and cozy up with a new book from the UW community.
March 3, 2026
Telling an untold story
Pulitzer-winning reporter Evelyn Iritani uncovers the diplomatic exchange of American and Japanese civilians while the two countries were at war.
February 17, 2026
Fiction foray
Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey tells stories in long hand with his novel “Beach of Stars.”
December 12, 2025
Winter media round-up
These new releases from UW alumni and faculty can help you end your year—or start the new one—with Husky spirit.
December 6, 2025
Whiskey and wiretaps
Privacy lawyer Albert Gidari turns detective to flesh out the story of Seattle’s most famous bootlegging couple, Roy and Elise Olmstead.
December 5, 2025
Backwoods dreamer
Patrick Hutchison went from the UW to Argentina to the Cascades, where he bought and restored a primitive cabin, inspiring a best-selling book.
December 4, 2025
Secrets of the deep
Coll Thrush brings a fresh lens to shipwrecks, connecting colonial ambition and Indigenous presence.
November 5, 2025
Seattle's champ returns
"Jeopardy!” host and former UW student Ken Jennings entertains a big crowd while promoting his newest book of puzzles.
October 21, 2025
A passionate endeavor
Ashley Adair found passion in her career (literally) selling romance books. Now, her bookmobile is going from wheels to walls with a permanent location.
October 16, 2025
A history of rupture, a future of repair
In her third poetry collection, teacher and poet Laura Da’ explores Indigenous endurance in the face of erasure.
October 14, 2025
Hidden history of Broadway
A UW course becomes a book about Broadway's roots in immigrant, Jewish, Black and Queer communities.
September 24, 2025
Fall media roundup
In case you needed to add a few more books to your shelf, here are a few new releases from the UW community.
September 18, 2025
Poetic resistance
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha wins her second Washington State Book Award with "Something about Living."
September 11, 2025
Bipartisan by nature
Tom Foley's biographer, Kenton Bird, digs into the former Speaker of the House and UW alum's 30 years in Congress.
September 10, 2025
A life intertwined with history
Carver Gayton's activism and academic brilliance spring from a rich history of aspiration and achievement on both sides of his family.