An enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of irony and sarcasm, an analysis of how state and non-state actors leverage digital rhetoric as a twenty-first-century weapon of war, and an examination of the evolution of emoji top the list of best-selling language books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Irony and Sarcasm
Kreuz, Roger J.
MIT Press. 2020. ISBN 9780262538268. $15.95.

2. Rhet Ops: Rhetoric and Information Warfare
Ridolfo, Jim
University of Pittsburgh Press. 2019. ISBN 9780822945895. $40.

3. The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication
Seargeant, Philip
Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781108496643. $79.99.

4. Signs of Difference: Language and Ideology in Social Life
Gal, Susan
Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781108491891. $89.99

5. Language of Roman Letters: Bilingual Epistolography from Cicero to Fronto
Elder, Olivia
Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781108480161. $99.99.

6. Amplifying the Curriculum: Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for English Learners
Walqui, Aida
Teachers College Press. 2019. ISBN 9780807761199. $29.95.

7. Long Live Latin: The Pleasures of a Useless Language
Gardini, Nicola
Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2019. ISBN 9780374284527. $26.

8. Bordered Writers: Latinx Identities and Literacy Practices at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Baca, Isabel
State University of New York Press. 2019. ISBN 9781438475035. $95.

9. Human Language: From Genes and Brains to Behavior
Hagoort, Peter
MIT Press. 2019. ISBN 9780262042635. $150.

10. Syntactic Variation of Spanish Dialects
Gallego, Angel J.
Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780190634797. $99.

11. Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics
Brown, Keith
Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780521747455. $37.99.

12. Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
Metcalf, Allan
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190669201. $18.95.

13. Shared History: Writing in the High School, College, and University, 1856-1886
Lueck, Amy J.
Southern Illinois University Press. 2020. ISBN 9780809337422. $37.

14. Reading Israel, Reading America: The Politics of Translation Between Jews
Asher, Omri
Stanford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781503610057. $90.

15. Changing The Subject: A Theory of Rhetorical Empathy
Blankenship, Lisa
Utah State University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781607329091. $20.95.

16. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Mcculloch, Gretchen
Riverhead Books. 2019. ISBN 9780735210936. $26.

17. What’s Your Pronoun: Beyond He & She
Baron, Dennis E.
Liveright Publishing Corp. 2020. ISBN 9781631496042. $25.95.

18. Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
Adger, David
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780198828099. $25.95.

19. First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life
Moran, Joe
Penguin Books. 2019. ISBN 9780143134343. $16.

20. When Words Trump Politics: Resisting a Hostile Regime of Language
Hodges, Adam
Stanford University Press. 2020. ISBN 9781503610798. $14.