Graham Farmelo’s Hawking: His Life and Work draws on previously unseen family letters and diaries. Neil Turok’s September 28 Nature review praises its account of the relationships around the physicist. The US edition is November 24, 608 pages, $38 hardcover—the British review does not mean an American release has already happened. Farmelo’s access makes this a promising fuller portrait beyond the familiar public image. US publication and description · Turok’s review (paywall).