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Last Girl Before Freeway The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers Leslie Bennetts Little, Brown, $28 Can we talk? This biography of the comedian looks not only at her life but also at the effect she had on American comedy and culture. Buffering Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded Hannah Hart Dey Street, $23.99 The host of the popular YouTube series “Drunk Kitchen” presents personal essays about love, sex, faith, family and more. Love for Sale Pop Music in America David Hadju Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27 The longtime music critic, writing as both a historian and an unabashed fan, takes a fresh look at pop music, tracing a line from Bessie Smith to EDM. Around the Way Girl Taraji P. Henson with Denene Millner Atria/37 INK, $26 Henson, who stars as the incomparable Cookie in “Empire,” writes frankly about her experiences as a black actress in Hollywood and her life as a single mother. The Keys DJ Khaled Crown Archetype, $18 All he does is win, and now he wants to teach you how: The Miami hip-hop sensation presents the keys to his success, such as “Don’t

play yourself ” and “Don’t deny the heat.” ever Born a Crime Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah Spiegel & Grau, $28 The comedian and host of “The Daily Show” recounts — both hilariously and movingly — the challenges of growing up mixed-race in South Africa, which was still under apartheid when he was born in 1984. You Can’t Touch My Hair And Other Things I Still Have to Explain Phoebe Robinson Plume, $16 paper A collection of comic essays about race, politics and pop culture from the comedian and co-host of the popular podcast “2 Dope Queens.” How to See Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art David Salle W.W. Norton, $29.95 Art doesn’t have to be intimidating, the painter argues in this essay collection about contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein. The Daily Show (The Book) An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests Chris Smith Grand Central Publishing, $30 The satirical news show as experienced by its staff and guests, including Samantha Bee, Lewis Black, Glenn Beck, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, John Hodgman, Craig Kilborn, John Oliver and Larry Wilmore. Beatles ’66 The Revolutionary Year Steve Turner Ecco, $27.99 The story of the year the Fab Four ditched their clean-cut image, stopped touring, got political and released “Revolver,” one of rock’s most influential albums. I Am Brian Wilson Brian Wilson with Ben Greenman Da Capo Press, $26.99 The Beach Boys legend once thought he just wasn’t made for these times, but in his new memoir, he reflects on his brilliant career and his successful struggle against his personal demons.