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Ever been to Spain's baby-jumping festival? What about the Oregon Vortex? Or the quietest room in the world? Well, here's your new travel bucket list, more than 600 oddities strong.

While many now view The Daily Show as a beloved American media institution, Jon Stewart's righteously irreverent late-night talk show didn't emerge fully formed out the gate. This comprehensive account of the show's ascendancy takes you into the writers room, out into the field with the correspondents, and behind the desk with the man in charge as they turned a scrappy satirical news show into a phenomenon.

This debut book of reportage is a deeply personal and clear-eyed look at sex and dating today, from a writer who is "single, straight, and female" -- and clearly brilliant. [en]Covering topics like internet dating, porn, and polyamory, Witt describes her own minute reactions, the zeitgeist, and the historical context of gender and sexuality with equal facility. While you'll learn a lot about sex in our futuristic present, this addictive read is also about what a strange and confusing thing it is to be a person today, with limitless options and no idea what to do with them.

When two Ghanaian sisters are violently torn from their families in the 18th century, it's not the end of their story but a beginning. The family tree from which Effia and Esi are plucked continues to branch outward, through the Gold Coast and beyond to Europe and America, and we follow every descendent on his or her own journey. Get a raw, unvarnished look at how family folklore weighs on each subsequent generation, and marvel at how Gyasi brings together far-flung characters who will never meet.

BoJack Horseman production designer Lisa Hanawalt is an idiosyncratic artist in her own right, and this year released her second graphic novel of sorts -- though what you'll find between the covers vacillates wildly in length and subject matter. From cheeky watercolor doodles and snort-worthy snack puns, to behind-the-scenes restaurant narratives and blow-by-blow movie retellings, each page offers an unfiltered glimpse at Hanawalt's wide-eyed point of view.

Many books attempt to establish a sense of place, but few feel as lived-in, finely observed, and emotionally rich as Brit Bennett's Southern California. It breathes -- but it also scars. A love triangle about a teenage girl who gets involved with her pastor's football star son, The Mothers skillfully moves across time and raises the psychological stakes with every chapter. It's a tender, introspective novel that unfolds like a Netflix drama you'd cancel plans to binge. Instead of descending into turgid melodrama or belabored twists, Bennett keeps her characters grounded in the particulars of the sun-speckled world she's created.

The Nest is a bespoke cupcake of a book. In her debut novel, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney crafts a poignantly funny portrait of a New York family going to war over the remains of a trust fund. Like one of filmmaker Nicole Holofcener's wry romantic comedies, the story asks you to sympathize with people who live relatively cushy lives -- cars are crashed, literary magazines are discussed, white wine is consumed -- but Sweeney never hesitates to tweak their cluelessness or highlight their charms. She's a satirist who knows laughter and empathy aren't in opposition. In fact, they go perfectly together.

After cracking us up with his writing for years, ex-MTV VJ.Dave Holmes finally wrote a whole damn memoir, structured around a playlist from the music superfan. Each song corresponds to an experience in Holmes' life, from his time closeted in Catholic school to becoming a VJ. It's perfect for music nerds and comedy fans alike.