A sprawling novel that blends a love story, a ghost story, and immigrant life around a cinema, tracing desire, loss, and memory across generations.

A sprawling novel that blends a love story, a ghost story, and immigrant life around a cinema, tracing desire, loss, and…

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography Winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize A New Yorker Best Book of the Year For the 75th anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell’s still-radical ideas and why they are critical today. George Orwell dedicated his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society and politics. Now, the uncanny parallels between the interwar era and our own—rising inequality, censorship, and challenges to traditional social hierarchies—make his writing even more of the moment. Invocations of Orwell and his classic dystopian novel 1984 have reached new heights, with both sides of the political spectrum embracing the rhetoric of Orwellianism. In Orwell’s Ghosts, historian Laura Beers considers Orwell’s full body of work—his six novels, three nonfiction works, and brilliant essays on politics, language, and the class system—to examine what “Orwellian” truly means and reveal the misconstrued thinker in all his complexity. She explores how Orwell’s writing on free speech addresses the proliferation of “fake news” and the emergence of cancel culture, highlights his vivid critiques of capitalism and the oppressive nature of the British Empire, and, in contrast, analyzes his failure to understand feminism. Timely, wide-ranging, and thought-provoking, Orwell’s Ghosts investigates how the writings of a lionized champion of truth and freedom can help us face the crises of modernity.

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography Winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize A New Yorker Best Book of th…

An essay collection or long-form non-fiction work focusing on club culture, nightlife, and issues of 'safety' and 'health' in urban life (based on cited sources).

An essay collection or long-form non-fiction work focusing on club culture, nightlife, and issues of 'safety' and 'healt…

WINNER of the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize "For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness. If its subtitle promises “redemption,” the book itself delivers something more honest: stories about people broken by powers larger than they are and who nonetheless find the will to fight on." — Ben Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review "Katz has constructed a riveting and masterful urban narrative." —Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times Baby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA’s most predatory gangs, the Columbia Lil Cycos—so desperate that he agrees to kill an undocumented Mexican street vendor. The vendor, Francisco Clemente, had been refusing to give in to the gang’s shakedown demands. But Giovanni botches the hit, accidentally killing a newborn instead. The overlords who rule the Lil Cycos from a Supermax prison 1,000 miles away must be placated and Giovanni is lured across the border where, in turn, the gang botches his killing. And so, incredibly, Giovanni rises from the dead, determined to both seek redemption for his unforgivable crime and take down the gang who drove him to do it. With The Rent Collectors, Jesse Katz has built a teeth clenching and breathless narrative that explicates the difficult and proud lives of undocumented black market workers who are being extorted by the gangs and fined by the city of LA—in other words, exploited by two sets of rent collectors.

WINNER of the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize "For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness.

A 2024 novel about Cuban heritage, migration, motherhood, and the heartbreaking way young men drift through life searching for meaning; received positive critical response.

A 2024 novel about Cuban heritage, migration, motherhood, and the heartbreaking way young men drift through life searchi…

都市と個人の疎外、日常の奇妙さを視覚的かつ詩的に描く漫画シリーズの第1巻。風景描写と人物描写が魅力。

都市と個人の疎外、日常の奇妙さを視覚的かつ詩的に描く漫画シリーズの第1巻。風景描写と人物描写が魅力。

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History Winner of the James Beard Media Award in Food Issues and Advocacy The first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control, a Fast Food Nation for the Black Lives Matter era In 1779, to subjugate Indigenous nations, George Washington ordered his troops to “ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more.” Destroying harvests is just one way that the United States has used food as a political tool. Trying to prevent enslaved people from rising up, enslavers restricted their consumption, providing only enough to fuel labor. Since the Great Depression, school lunches have served as dumping grounds for unwanted agricultural surpluses. From frybread to government cheese, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground draws on over fifteen years of research to argue that U.S. food law and policy have created and maintained racial and social inequality. In an epic, sweeping account, Andrea Freeman, who pioneered the term “food oppression,” moves from colonization to slavery to the Americanization of immigrant food culture, to the commodities supplied to Native reservations, to milk as a symbol of white supremacy. She traces the long-standing alliance between the government and food industries that have produced gaping racial health disparities, and she shows how these practices continue to this day, through the marketing of unhealthy goods that target marginalized communities, causing diabetes, high blood pressure, and premature death. Ruin Their Crops on the Ground is a groundbreaking addition to the history and politics of food. It will permanently upend the notion that we freely and equally choose what we put on our plates.

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History Winner of the James Beard Media Award in Food Issues and Advocacy…

The sequel to The Puzzle Master, involving a puzzle box set in Japan (forthcoming).

The sequel to The Puzzle Master, involving a puzzle box set in Japan (forthcoming).

A poetry collection that moves between private memory and public investigation, tracing family history, ancestry, and the self.

A poetry collection that moves between private memory and public investigation, tracing family history, ancestry, and the self.

Kelly Link's debut novel, expanding her short-fiction sensibility into a longer form.

Kelly Link's debut novel, expanding her short-fiction sensibility into a longer form.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • A NEW YORKER AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Many of us know that the Moon pulls on our oceans, driving the tides, but did you know that it smells like gunpowder? Or that it was essential to the development of science and religion? Acclaimed journalist Rebecca Boyle takes readers on a dazzling tour to reveal the intimate role that our 4.51-billion-year-old companion has played in our biological and cultural evolution. Our Moon’s gravity stabilized Earth’s orbit—and its climate. It drew nutrients to the surface of the primordial ocean, where they fostered the evolution of complex life. The Moon continues to influence animal migration and reproduction, plants’ movements, and, possibly, the flow of the very blood in our veins. While the Sun helped prehistoric hunters and gatherers mark daily time, early civilizations used the phases of the Moon to count months and years, allowing them to plan farther ahead. Mesopotamian priests recorded the Moon’s position in order to make predictions, and, in the process, created the earliest known empirical, scientific observations. In Our Moon, Boyle introduces us to ancient astronomers and major figures of the scientific revolution, including Johannes Kepler and his influential lunar science fiction. Our relationship to the Moon changed when Apollo astronauts landed on it in 1969, and it’s about to change again. As governments and billionaires aim to turn a profit from its resources, Rebecca Boyle shows us that the Moon belongs to everybody, and nobody at all.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that mos…

In 1955, a Black family passing as white moves to an all-white suburb, and a teenage boy’s search for the truth exposes the town’s racist secrets.

In 1955, a Black family passing as white moves to an all-white suburb, and a teenage boy’s search for the truth exposes…

A debut collection that follows the Collins family and their circle across decades and cities, tracing work, secrets, celebrations, and the lives they build.

A debut collection that follows the Collins family and their circle across decades and cities, tracing work, secrets, ce…

『The Bondwoman’s Narrative』に関する実証的研究。作者と作品の来歴を再検証し、作家史の謎に迫る学術的研究。

『The Bondwoman’s Narrative』に関する実証的研究。作者と作品の来歴を再検証し、作家史の謎に迫る学術的研究。

Cultural criticism that reexamines the relationship between art and the immoral acts of its creators. Analyzes the conflict between fan devotion and ethical responsibility.

Cultural criticism that reexamines the relationship between art and the immoral acts of its creators.

"On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and several children at the bottom of a cliff beside the Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators soon concluded that the crash was a murder-suicide, but there was more to the story: Jennifer and Sarah Hart, it turned out, were a white married couple who had adopted the six Black children from two different Texas families in 2006 and 2008. Behind the family's loving facade, however, was a pattern of abuse and neglect that went ignored as the couple withdrew the children from school and moved across the country. It soon became apparent that the State of Texas knew very little about the two individuals to whom it had given custody of six children. As a journalist in Houston, Asgarian became the first reporter to put the children's birth families at the center of the story. We follow the author as she runs up against the intransigence of a state agency that removes tens of thousands of kids from homes each year in the name of child welfare, while often failing to consider alternatives. Her reporting uncovers persistent racial biases and corruption as children of color are separated from birth parents without proper cause. The result is a riveting narrative and a deeply reported indictment of a system that continues to fail America's most vulnerable children while upending the lives of their families"--Back cover.

"On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and several children at the bot…

An ambitious, multi-layered novel praised by critics; it won the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

An ambitious, multi-layered novel praised by critics; it won the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

A 2023 adult horror graphic novel noted for its dense, unsettling atmosphere.

A 2023 adult horror graphic novel noted for its dense, unsettling atmosphere.

A wide-ranging reassessment of twentieth-century South Asia for a general readership, covering partition, migration, state formation and global contexts.

A wide-ranging reassessment of twentieth-century South Asia for a general readership, covering partition, migration, sta…

A multi-perspective narrative exploring revenge, justice, and community tensions; a recent work.

A multi-perspective narrative exploring revenge, justice, and community tensions; a recent work.

Recent poetry collection addressing political and historical themes, community and language, offering a poetic response to contemporary American society.

Recent poetry collection addressing political and historical themes, community and language, offering a poetic response…

A novel inspired by real deaths at a Florida reform school, exploring past violence, justice, and the recovery of memory.

A novel inspired by real deaths at a Florida reform school, exploring past violence, justice, and the recovery of memory.

One of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a “brilliant” and “mesmerizing” (Popular Science) new way to look at math—focusing on questions, not answers Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New Scientist Best Book of the Year Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity—most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one right answer, or those who were told that the “dumb” question they asked just proved they were bad at math. But Cheng shows why people who ask questions like “Why does 1 + 1 = 2?” are at the very heart of the search for mathematical truth. Is Math Real? is a much-needed repudiation of the rigid ways we’re taught to do math, and a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline. Written with intelligence and passion, Is Math Real? brings us math as we’ve never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.

One of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a “brilliant” and “mesmerizing” (Popular Science) new way to look…

A middle-grade dual-timeline novel following two Black girls—one escaping a dystopian U.S. in 2111 and one living in Charlottesville during the COVID-19 pandemic—exploring generational trauma through imagination and resilience.

A middle-grade dual-timeline novel following two Black girls—one escaping a dystopian U.

Faraz Ali returns to his hometown in Pakistan and, through his involvement in covering up a girl's death, the novel explores guilt, family, homecoming, and questions of justice.

A comprehensive biography of J. Edgar Hoover that examines his life and the influence he exerted on twentieth-century American politics and society. Based on extensive primary sources, it traces the rise of the FBI, Hoover's relationships with political power, and the interplay between his private life and public actions.

A comprehensive biography of J. Edgar Hoover that examines his life and the influence he exerted on twentieth-century Am…

A memoir recounting a nine-week journey across Guatemala, Mexico, and the Sonoran Desert, telling the story of a child's solitary migration and survival.

A memoir recounting a nine-week journey across Guatemala, Mexico, and the Sonoran Desert, telling the story of a child's…

An examination of the American judiciary through the lens of women and the law, combining history, recent cases, and commentary on the state of justice in the U.S.

An examination of the American judiciary through the lens of women and the law, combining history, recent cases, and com…

A long, philosophically inflected novel combining personal memory and fantastical narration; widely acclaimed internationally.

A long, philosophically inflected novel combining personal memory and fantastical narration; widely acclaimed internationally.

A short comic following Kimana's Sunday morning hair-washing routine, celebrating Black women's everyday life and self-care.

A short comic following Kimana's Sunday morning hair-washing routine, celebrating Black women's everyday life and self-care.

Illustrated short comic written by Jamila Rowser that celebrates Black women's hair care rituals, friendship, and culture.

Illustrated short comic written by Jamila Rowser that celebrates Black women's hair care rituals, friendship, and culture.

A historical study examining racially motivated lethal violence during the Jim Crow era and the role of legal institutions and public authorities in enabling and concealing those crimes. Using documents and testimony, it uncovers how local law enforcement and judicial systems handled murders of Black people and argues for justice and accountability.

A historical study examining racially motivated lethal violence during the Jim Crow era and the role of legal institutio…

A mystery set against the comics industry that explores identity and secrets; winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller).

A mystery set against the comics industry that explores identity and secrets; winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book…

An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career - new and collected poetry from one of Canada's most honoured and significant poets Spanning almost four decades, Dionne Brand's poetry has given rise to whole new grammars and vocabularies. With a profound alertness that is attuned to this world and open to some other, possibly future, time and place, Brand's ongoing labours of witness and imagination speak directly to where and how we live and reach beyond those worlds, their enclosures, and their violences. Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems begins with a new long poem, the titular "Nomenclature for the Time Being," in which Dionne Brand's diaspora consciousness dismantles our quotidian disasters. In addition to this searing new work, Nomenclature collects eight volumes of Brand's poetry published between 1982 and 2010 and includes a critical introduction by the literary scholar and theorist Christina Sharpe. Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems, features the searching and centering cantos of Primitive Offensive; the sharp musical conversations of Winter Epigrams and Epigrams to Ernesto Cardenal in Defense of Claudia; the documentary losses of revolutions in Chronicles of the Hostile Sun, in which "The street was empty/with all of us standing there." No Language Is Neutral connects language, coloniality, and sexuality. Land to Light On explores intimacies and disaffections with nationality and the nation-state, while in thirsty a cold-eyed flâneur surveys the workings of the city. In Inventory, written during the Gulf Wars, the poet is "the wars' last and late night witness," her job not to soothe but to "revise and revise this bristling list/hourly." Ossuaries' futurist speaker rounds out the collection, and threads multiple temporal worlds - past, present, and future. This masterwork displays Dionne Brand's ongoing body of thought - trenchant, lyrical, absonant, discordant, and meaning-making. Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems is classic and living, a record of one of the great writers of our age.

An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career - new and collected poetry from one of Canada's most honoured a…

A fantasy novel reimagining mythic weaponry and heroism, examining cycles of power and violence.

A fantasy novel reimagining mythic weaponry and heroism, examining cycles of power and violence.

A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live (Ed Yong, author of An Immense World). A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature, including: ·the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs, ·the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams, ·the bizarre, predatory Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena), ·the common goldfish that flourishes in the wild, ·and more. Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family, community, and care can be found in the sea, from gelatinous chains that are both individual organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs that have no need for the sun, nourished instead by the chemicals and heat throbbing from the core of the Earth. Exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and coming of age, How Far the Light Reaches is a shimmering, otherworldly debut that attunes us to new visions of our world and its miracles. WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award One of TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year • A PEOPLE Best New Book • A Barnes & Noble and SHELF AWARENESS Best Book of 2022 • An Indie Next Pick • One of Winter’s Most Eagerly Anticipated Books: VANITY FAIR, VULTURE, BOOKRIOT

A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invi…

Three teenagers struggle to shape their futures under a repressive regime in 1969 Czechoslovakia, and a public act of protest sets off a government investigation.

Three teenagers struggle to shape their futures under a repressive regime in 1969 Czechoslovakia, and a public act of pr…

An epic novel that reimagines Zambian history across generations through myth, family saga, and speculative invention.

An epic novel that reimagines Zambian history across generations through myth, family saga, and speculative invention.

A biography that examines Richard Holbrooke's ambition, flaws, and role in shaping late-20th-century American diplomacy.

A biography that examines Richard Holbrooke's ambition, flaws, and role in shaping late-20th-century American diplomacy.

A collection of essays that explores race, family, and embodied experience through Emily Bernard's perspective as a Black woman.

A collection of essays that explores race, family, and embodied experience through Emily Bernard's perspective as a Black woman.

A sharp examination of prosecutorial power that questions sentencing, bail, discretion, and the machinery of mass incarceration.

A sharp examination of prosecutorial power that questions sentencing, bail, discretion, and the machinery of mass incarceration.

Set in 1990s Topeka, the novel follows a debate star and his family while probing the link between language, power, and identity.

Set in 1990s Topeka, the novel follows a debate star and his family while probing the link between language, power, and identity.

A graphic novel that quietly follows a couple trying to build a future, a home, and a family in a tense near future.

A graphic novel that quietly follows a couple trying to build a future, a home, and a family in a tense near future.

A research-driven history book that reexamines white women's role in slaveholding in the American South.

A research-driven history book that reexamines white women's role in slaveholding in the American South.

A suspense novel that traces the aftershocks of racial violence in Los Angeles through two families connected by old trauma.

A suspense novel that traces the aftershocks of racial violence in Los Angeles through two families connected by old trauma.

A poetry collection set in an occupied town where silence becomes a form of resistance after a boy is killed.

A poetry collection set in an occupied town where silence becomes a form of resistance after a boy is killed.

A wide-ranging exploration of love, truth, and meaning that connects lives from Johannes Kepler to Rachel Carson.

A wide-ranging exploration of love, truth, and meaning that connects lives from Johannes Kepler to Rachel Carson.

A young adult novel set at a Swaziland boarding school where two girls discover friendship across class and racial divides.

A young adult novel set at a Swaziland boarding school where two girls discover friendship across class and racial divides.

An expansive fantasy novel that blends African history and myth as a mercenary searches for a missing child.

An expansive fantasy novel that blends African history and myth as a mercenary searches for a missing child.

This story collection portrays Black middle-class life in schools, workplaces, families, and online spaces with satire and unease. It examines self-representation, racial stereotypes, and communal expectation through characters whose pain and humor often sit side by side.

A sharp, funny, and unsettling collection about contemporary Black identity.

A major biography of Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became a defining orator, editor, and political activist of nineteenth-century America. It follows not only the public hero but also the family life, ideas, and political conflicts that shaped his meaning across time.

A sweeping biography that places Frederick Douglass at the center of American freedom and its contradictions.

Written as a letter to his mother, this memoir examines the body, addiction, violence, lies, and love in the life of a Black man raised in Mississippi. Through intimate personal history, it confronts the weight that racism, poverty, gender, and family damage can place on a body.

A memoir in the form of a letter, tracing the weight of body, memory, and America.

This nonfiction account follows the author's years as a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the migrants, deaths, and institutional violence he encountered along the U.S.-Mexico border. His position inside the system intersects with the lives of those crossing it, revealing the human cost of border policy.

A report from inside border enforcement that listens for the human voices behind the line.

This novel alternates between the AIDS crisis in 1980s Chicago and a woman's reckoning with loss in 2015 Paris. Through friendship, art, family, and the breaking and remaking of community, it follows wounds and memories that endure across generations.

A novel of a community living through loss and of those who carry its memory afterward.

This graphic novel moves between a crew repairing ruined structures in space and memories of love and separation at boarding school. With soft color and spacious visual storytelling, it explores friendship, romance, loss, and the desire to find someone again.

A lyrical science-fiction graphic novel where cosmic repair work meets the memory of first love.

This work of narrative history follows Germany from the aftermath of the First World War to the end of the Second through the records of foreign travelers, diplomats, reporters, students, artists, and athletes. By foregrounding uncertainty, fascination, blindness, and resistance as they appeared at the time, it shows fascism becoming part of everyday scenery.

Casual diaries and letters by travelers carry the atmosphere of the Third Reich into the present.

Korede, a nurse in Lagos, has repeatedly cleaned up after her dazzling younger sister Ayoola kills her boyfriends. When the doctor Korede secretly loves becomes drawn to Ayoola, the sisters' bond, guilt, and uneasy silence begin to come apart.

Dark humor and the ache of sisterhood come sharply alive in a sequence of brief chapters.

Taking its title from the jazz standard, this poetry collection considers the restlessness of love, the gap between memory and history, and the risk of belief after loss. Philosophical reflection and lyric pressure meet in voices moving between intimacy and solitude through Phillips's exacting syntax.

Because love offers no guarantee, the poems become gestures against despair.

This investigative nonfiction account traces the American opioid crisis from the spread of OxyContin outward into communities across the country. Through long reporting, it connects pharmaceutical marketing, failures in health care, social collapse, and the struggles of families and advocates confronting addiction.

The story of a painkiller expands into a national crisis involving corporations, medicine, families, and entire communities.

This young adult novel in verse follows Xiomara, a Dominican American girl in Harlem, as poetry helps her face family, faith, desire, and the scrutiny placed on her body. The verse form itself becomes the medium through which a girl who feels unheard claims her voice.

A young adult novel where writing poems becomes a way to reclaim one's voice.

Library of America's 2018 Innovator's Award recognized its publishing and cultural work in preserving American writing and making it accessible to readers. The honor concerns the organization's continuing contribution, not a single book.

A special award for an organization devoted to preserving and sharing American writing.

Terry Tempest Williams's 2018 Robert Kirsch Award was a lifetime achievement honor for her literary and civic work on the American West and the environment. It recognizes a body of writing that connects nature, land, faith, and political responsibility.

A lifetime achievement honor for writing on the American West and the environment.

ニューヨークを舞台にした短篇集。移民家庭の若者たちが直面する孤独や欲望を率直かつ鮮烈な文体で描き出す。

ニューヨークを舞台にした短篇集。

Laura Dassow Walls's Henry David Thoreau: A Life reinterprets Thoreau's life and thought through the contexts of naturalism and the history of science. It broadens the familiar image of Thoreau and presents him as a writer, thinker, and observer of nature.

A biography that rereads Thoreau through naturalism and intellectual history.

Benjamin Taylor's The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered is a memoir that traces family and personal memory through the year around Kennedy's assassination. Beginning with childhood experience, it quietly layers family life, loss, and the atmosphere of an era.

A memoir that follows one year around the Kennedy assassination.

Nancy MacLean's Democracy in Chains traces the influence of radical free-market thought on American politics. It examines the relationship between democracy, capitalism, and policymaking with strong historical depth.

A historical study of how radical free-market thinking reshaped democracy.

Mohsin Hamid's Exit West is an allegorical novel about fleeing a city consumed by war. Using the fantastical device of magical doors, it explores migration, refuge, and the changing shape of love and community.

An allegorical novel about escape through magical doors.

Leslie Stein's Present is a lyrical graphic work that moves through New York City and memory. The present-day life of a bartender overlaps with younger memories, and everyday moments connect in a loose, flowing structure.

A lyrical graphic work tracing the city and memory.

Dan Egan's The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a nonfiction study of the environmental history and crisis of the Great Lakes. It follows the effects of invasive species, pollution, and development policy while asking what the waterways' future might hold.

A nonfiction account of the environmental history and crisis of the Great Lakes.

Joyce Carol Oates's A Book of American Martyrs is a novel about violence shaped by religion and politics. Through two opposing families, it portrays the fracture lines of an American society in which convictions collide.

A story of two families caught in violence shaped by religion and politics.

Patricia Smith's Incendiary Art: Poems is a poetry collection that looks sharply at historical violence and personal loss. It burns images of violence against Black bodies and the grief of mothers into the page through multiple forms and forceful language.

A poetry collection that sears violence and loss into memory.

Robert Sapolsky's Behave is a sweeping book that investigates the biological foundations of human behavior. Connecting hormones, the brain, evolution, and social environment, it asks why people move toward both good and bad actions.

A major work on the biology behind human behavior.

Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down is a novel in verse about a boy who takes a one-minute elevator ride on his way to revenge after his brother is killed. Through a chain of brief encounters, it brings the cycle of violence and the weight of feeling into focus.

A novel in verse built around a one-minute elevator ride toward revenge.

Glory Edim's Innovator's Award honored her work building the Well-Read Black Girl community and broadening diversity in publishing. The recognition centered on community-building around reading, not on a single new book.

A special award recognizing the founder of Well-Read Black Girl.

John Rechy's Robert Kirsch Award is a lifetime achievement honor recognizing his long career across gay and Chicano literature. It celebrates his whole literary legacy, not a single book, especially his portrayals of people living on the margins of city life.

A lifetime achievement honor for a writer central to gay and Chicano literature.

A large-scale American novel that moves across decades to explore estrangement and possible reconciliation between a mother and son.

Family memory, politics, and pop culture overlap to reveal the shape of contemporary America.

The first volume of a biography of Hitler, tracing his rise from youth through the political and social forces that brought him to 1939.

It portrays the making of a dictator through both personal history and the atmosphere of his era.

Wesley Lowery's They Can't Kill Us All is reported nonfiction centered on Ferguson and Baltimore, tracing the deaths that fueled protest and the movement that followed. Built from field reporting and interviews, it examines police violence and racial inequality in the United States.

A field-reported account of Ferguson, Baltimore, and the ongoing struggle over racial justice.

Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time is an oral history built from the voices of people who lived through the collapse of the Soviet Union. Loss, nostalgia, and social change emerge through a dense collage of testimony.

A long-form oral history of life after the Soviet collapse.

Adam Haslett's Imagine Me Gone is a novel about the intergenerational impact of depression and anxiety within one family. It follows the same household from multiple perspectives as love and breakdown unfold at once.

A family novel that traces love and breakdown alongside the effects of depression.

Nick Drnaso's Beverly is a graphic novel that quietly follows awkward conversations and unease among young people in the suburbs. As fragments of everyday life drift out of alignment, suppressed emotion and the threat of violence slowly surface.

A graphic novel about the anxiety and isolation hidden inside suburban life.

Benjamin Madley's An American Genocide is a historical study of the violence and mass killing inflicted on California Indians between 1846 and 1873. It examines state and federal involvement, Indigenous resistance, and the violent foundations of modern California.

A historical study that brings the violence against California Indians into clear view.

Bill Beverly's Dodgers is a crime novel that follows young people from Los Angeles as they are drawn into a world of violence. Through a journey shaped by flight and threat, it explores friendship, loyalty, and the weight of choice.

A crime novel about a dangerous journey taken by young men from Los Angeles.

Rosmarie Waldrop's Gap Gardening: Selected Poems is a selected volume that gathers four decades of poetic work. It brings together highly experimental poems that trace the spaces between language, absence, perception, and memory.

A selected volume spanning forty years of poetry and the spaces between words.

Luke Dittrich's Patient H.M. is reported nonfiction that follows the case of the amnesiac patient H.M. and the history of neuroscience built around him. It blends the author's family history with questions of medical progress, ethics, and the fragility of memory.

A work of nonfiction about neuroscience, memory loss, and a family secret.

A historical fantasy in which a teenage girl discovers the secret of a tree that reveals truths when fed lies.

In a world where science and belief collide, a single lie can summon a devastating truth.

Rueben Martinez's 2016 Innovator's Award honored his work in expanding Latino and Chicano reading culture through his bookstore and community activism in Santa Ana. The recognition was for his broader cultural contribution, centered on Librería Martinez, not on a single new book.

A special award recognizing a career of community bookselling and cultural advocacy.

Thomas McGuane's Robert Kirsch Award is a lifetime achievement honor recognizing his long literary career shaped by the American West. It celebrates the full body of his work rather than a single new title.

A lifetime achievement honor for a writer closely associated with the American West.

A novel about brothers in Nigeria whose lives are altered by a prophecy and the gradual breaking of family bonds.

A childhood game drifts toward a tragic chain of events that cannot be undone.

A biography of Isamu Noguchi that traces his life and work and places him within twentieth-century art.

It digs into Noguchi’s path across sculpture, gardens, and design through letters, interviews, and archival material.

A nonfiction study of how corruption undermines national security, built from case studies around the world.

It reframes corruption not as isolated wrongdoing but as a structure that destabilizes societies.

A novel centered on the raconteur-auctioneer Highway that playfully asks what gives objects, stories, and value their worth.

A whimsical tale of teeth and storytelling comes alive in the industrial outskirts of Mexico City.

A graphic memoir that recounts a childhood spent moving between Syria, Libya, and France from a child’s perspective.

A childhood shaped by family ambition and political pressure is rendered in vivid drawings and sharp detail.

A history book that follows the political tensions leading to Rabin’s assassination and the people involved in the murder.

It traces how one assassination reshaped Israel’s political landscape.

A novel centered on a DEA agent’s war with a cartel, dramatizing the violence and corruption of the Mexican drug war.

The conflict expands into a system too vast and complex to be halted by one man’s obsession.

A selected volume that revisits four decades of Jorie Graham’s poetry and traces the evolution of her voice and form.

From early work to new poems, the book reveals how the poet’s thinking and sensibility have changed over time.

A biography of Alexander von Humboldt that shows how he helped recast nature as an interconnected system.

Humboldt’s life as explorer and thinker leads directly into the roots of modern environmental thought.

A poetry collection that gives voice to the residents of Seneca Village and reconstructs the memory of a lost community.

It joins historical record and imagination to bring the vanished life of the village back into view.

This Innovator’s Award recognizes James Patterson’s career achievements rather than a single book.

There is no single matching title here; the award honors the author’s overall body of work.

This recognition honors Juan Felipe Herrera’s overall literary contribution, so no single book is identified.

The award recognizes a career as a poet and writer rather than one title.

Valeria Luiselli’s novel layers voices and timelines around Mexico City, memory, and identity.

Andrew Roberts’s biography examines Napoleon’s life through both war and governance.

A nonfiction portrait of Robert Peace’s talent, ambitions, and tragic decline.

Siri Hustvedt’s experimental novel explores the border between art and selfhood.

Jaime Hernandez’s graphic novel brings family, memory, and reunion back into focus.

A history of how the United States and the global order were remade after World War I.

Tom Bouman’s crime novel unravels relationships around a violent case in a valley town.

Claudia Rankine’s lyric essay examines how racism presses into everyday life.

A nonfiction investigation into the extinction crisis driven by human activity.

The book tells the final years of the Romanov dynasty as both family history and the collapse of imperial Russia.

A special award recognizing LeVar Burton’s work in reading advocacy and storytelling across media.

A lifetime-achievement award honoring T. C. Boyle’s long career as a writer.

A debut novel that follows a Zimbabwean girl's migration, loss, and coming of age.

Away from home, a new life begins for children who have already lost too much.

A biography of Simón Bolívar that also maps the history of Latin American independence.

To follow the liberator's life is to follow a continent's history.

An investigative nonfiction work examining medical decisions and deaths at a hospital after Hurricane Katrina.

In a disaster zone, how far can life-and-death judgment be pushed?

A novel in which a Tokyo girl's diary and the life of an island novelist intersect through memory and time.

Letters and diaries connect two lives separated by the Pacific.

An autobiographical graphic memoir tracing a young woman's experiences across Europe.

Fragments of travel and memory shape one woman's passage into adulthood.

A history book that re-reads Europe in 1914 through the chain of decisions that led to World War I.

War emerges not from accident, but from accumulated choices.

A London-set detective novel published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

The detective pursues not just a case, but a knot of tangled relationships.

A wide-ranging collected volume of Ron Padgett's poetry.

Lightness and humor gather into a single career-spanning volume.

A report-style nonfiction book that examines the future of population and the environment around the world.

It looks at the planet's limits while still searching for choices ahead.

A two-part graphic novel diptych about the Boxer Rebellion, collecting Boxers and Saints.

The same history is reframed through two stories from opposite sides.

A novel set over a New England wedding weekend that uses social comedy to explore class and family strain.

Behind the celebration, discomfort and truth slowly surface.

A biography of Lyndon Johnson that reconstructs the transfer of power at the center of American politics.

The road to the presidency is rendered with all the weight of power.

Narrative nonfiction about Mumbai’s Annawadi settlement, where poverty, hope, and inequality collide.

In the shadow of a glittering city, daily survival becomes a contest.

A novel about a young soldier’s single day after war, exposing the emptiness of patriotism and spectacle.

Around the celebrated soldiers, the spectacle slowly reveals its hollowness.

A graphic collection of short comics that move between humor, sadness, and formal invention.

Scattered stories come together as a richly textured reading experience.

A history of the Compromise of 1850 and the crisis over slavery and union that surrounded it.

A story of compromise on the edge of national rupture, told through the drama of Congress.

A murder mystery in suburban Dublin that exposes family breakdown and the unease beneath an ordinary neighborhood.

A familiar neighborhood turns steadily more uneasy.

A selected volume of poems from 1962 to 2012 that traces a voice continually reinventing itself.

Within a single volume, a poet’s voice keeps changing with time.

A report on the science, evolution, and environmental pressures shaping breasts and breast health.

A familiar part of the body becomes a lens on health and environment.

A YA novel about a girl who struggles to find a place at home and in school while facing her own feelings.

Every time she looks up, the unsaid parts of her life grow a little lighter.

A fragmented autobiographical novel that traces memory, war, and the afterlife of displacement in Bosnia.

A life reassembled from the broken pieces left behind by war.

A biography of Clarence Darrow that examines the tensions between law, politics, and reform in modern America.

Darrow’s life emerges as a portrait of an era as much as of a lawyer.

A major study of how intuitive and deliberate thinking shape judgment, choice, and error.

Why we err, and how the mind’s two systems help explain it.

A novel that moves between virtual worlds, spiritual longing, and family fracture to examine modern consciousness.

Where technology and spirituality meet, reality starts to blur.

A graphic novel that follows Rachel as she navigates clan tradition, family responsibility, and a struggle for security.

A young person searches for a place inside a story of inheritance and survival.

A sweeping history that reinterprets the transcontinental railroads as a foundation of modern American power and corruption.

Were the railroads symbols of progress, or engines of power?

A time-travel novel in which the Kennedy assassination becomes the point of departure for a meditation on history and consequence.

If the past can be changed, can the future be saved?

A poetry collection that traces a mind suspended between restraint and impulse in lucid, spare language.

Hesitation and resolve reverberate within the same voice.

A sweeping history of economic thought told through the lives and struggles of the people who shaped it.

How economics became a force that reshaped human destiny.

A young-adult novel that explores the gap between romantic expectation and reality with light, sharp dialogue.

The story begins not with a perfect meet-cute, but with awkward, honest feeling.

A nonfiction account that reconstructs Crazy Horse's final days and the mystery surrounding his death from historical sources. It follows testimony from both military and Native American perspectives and opens out into the political tensions surrounding the event.

A history of Crazy Horse's death told through the wider context of the war.

A Southern suspense novel in which a boyhood secret and present-day violence collide in a small Mississippi town.

A quiet town is slowly overtaken by wounds buried in the past.

A representative selected volume gathering Maxine Kumin's poems from 1990 to 2010.

A collected volume that gathers a voice meant to be read across decades.

A nonfiction portrait of George Price that explores the scientific search for the origins of altruism.

It moves between a brilliant life and the stubborn riddle of altruism.

After Sophos is kidnapped, Eugenides and the Queen of Eddis search for him while rival powers maneuver over the throne of Sounis.

A vanished heir, shifting loyalties, and a kingdom where every promise has a price.

A debut novel about two young men in a declining Pennsylvania steel town, where economic hardship and violence narrow the choices for everyone involved.

A debut novel about two young men in a declining Pennsylvania steel town, where economic hardship and violence narrow the choices for everyone involved.

A biography of photographer Dorothea Lange that follows her life, work, and vision as she chronicled American hardship and resilience.

A biography of photographer Dorothea Lange that follows her life, work, and vision as she chronicled American hardship and resilience.

A nonfiction account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath that follows Abdulrahman Zeitoun as he tries to protect his home and help others, then becomes trapped in a climate of suspicion and abuse.

A nonfiction account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath that follows Abdulrahman Zeitoun as he tries to protect his home and help others, then becomes trapped in a climate of suspicion and abuse.

A raw novel tracing a thirty-year marriage, with domestic intimacy, compromise, desire, and grief laid bare.

A raw novel tracing a thirty-year marriage, with domestic intimacy, compromise, desire, and grief laid bare.

A sweeping history of California in the postwar era, tracing prosperity, cultural change, and the tensions hidden beneath abundance.

A sweeping history of California in the postwar era, tracing prosperity, cultural change, and the tensions hidden beneath abundance.

A crime novel about a former paramilitary killer haunted by the dead and driven toward revenge in post-Troubles Belfast.

A crime novel about a former paramilitary killer haunted by the dead and driven toward revenge in post-Troubles Belfast.

A poetry collection in which Brenda Hillman uses water, ecology, and everyday life to build meditative, experimental poems.

A poetry collection in which Brenda Hillman uses water, ecology, and everyday life to build meditative, experimental poems.

A biography of physicist Paul Dirac that explores his life, brilliance, and emotional reserve at the center of quantum theory.

A biography of physicist Paul Dirac that explores his life, brilliance, and emotional reserve at the center of quantum theory.

This historical nonfiction title introduces the people and events of the civil rights movement in a way that is accessible to younger readers.

It follows the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery through the eyes of the young people who took part.

A formally inventive graphic novel about an architect whose life collapses and sends him into a search for meaning, identity, and love.

A formally inventive graphic novel about an architect whose life collapses and sends him into a search for meaning, identity, and love.

The 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.

A novel of immigrant loneliness and urban dislocation.

The 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography went to Simon Sebag Montefiore's Young Stalin.

A biography of Stalin before he became Stalin.

A memoir by a literature professor at West Point that reflects on what it means to read books in the space between war and peace. Through conversations with cadets headed to Iraq and Afghanistan, Samet shows how literature shapes the thoughts and feelings of young people preparing for military service.

A quiet memoir that explores what it means to read literature between war and peace from a West Point classroom.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Alice Greenway's White Ghost Girls.

A debut novel shaped by postwar Hong Kong and fractured memory.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography recognized Neal Gabler's Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination.

A biography of Walt Disney and the creation of his cultural empire.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam.

A study of Theo van Gogh's murder and the strains of multicultural tolerance.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction went to Abraham B. Yehoshua's A Woman in Jerusalem.

A novel of grief, distance, and urban routine.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Translation recognized Hillel Halkin's English translation of Abraham B. Yehoshua's A Woman in Jerusalem.

An English translation that carries the novel's emotional and political tensions.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower.

A deeply reported history of al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller went to Michael Connelly's Echo Park.

A Los Angeles police novel about a cold case and a city under pressure.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry went to Frederick Seidel's Ooga-Booga.

A sharp, often darkly playful collection of poems.

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction went to Coe Booth's Tyrell.

A Brooklyn teen tries to hold family life together under pressure.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation, a novel about a child soldier.

A child-soldier novel that confronts violence, loss, and survival.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography went to Hilary Spurling's Matisse the Master, a major biography of Henri Matisse.

A major biography of Henri Matisse focused on his mature years.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Anthony Shadid's Night Draws Near, a book about Iraq during America's war.

A reported account of ordinary lives under the shadow of war in Iraq.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction went to Gabriel García Márquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores, a novella of late-life longing.

An aging narrator confronts love late in life.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Translation recognized Edith Grossman's English translation of Gabriel García Márquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores.

A late-life novella of memory, desire, and loneliness.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History went to Adam Hochschild's Bury the Chains, a history of the British abolition movement.

A narrative history of the long campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller went to Robert Littell's Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation.

A spy novel about deception, memory, and layered identities.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry went to Jack Gilbert's Refusing Heaven, a collection of poems.

A late collection marked by quiet intensity and emotional clarity.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology went to Diana Preston's Before the Fallout, a history of science from Marie Curie to Hiroshima.

A sweeping history of science leading from discovery to Hiroshima.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction went to You & You & You, the English translation of Per Nilsson's novel by Tara Chace.

Three young lives intersect in a quietly shifting story.

The 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction went to Per Nilsson's You & You & You, translated by Tara Chace.

Three young lives intersect in a novel about choice and turning points.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Lorraine Adams's Harbor, a novel that follows an arrival at Boston Harbor and traces themes of migration, isolation, and fragile belonging.

Set around an arrival in Boston Harbor, the novel follows uncertain lives and the possibility of starting over.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography recognized Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan's de Kooning: An American Master, a biography of Willem de Kooning and his artistic career.

A detailed portrait of Willem de Kooning and the making of an American master.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography recognized Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan's de Kooning: An American Master, a biography of Willem de Kooning and his artistic career.

A detailed portrait of Willem de Kooning and the making of an American master.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Evan Wright's Generation Kill, a frontline account of the Iraq War.

A frontline account of the Iraq War written from embedded reporting.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction honored Colm Toibin's The Master, a novel centered on Henry James.

A novel that turns Henry James's private life into fiction.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History went to Geoffrey R. Stone's Perilous Times, a history of free speech in wartime.

A historical study of free speech under wartime pressure.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller went to Kem Nunn's Tijuana Straits, a borderlands novel set along the California-Mexico coast.

A borderland thriller shaped by danger, surf, and the possibility of redemption.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry went to Richard Howard's Inner Voices, a selected volume of poems spanning 1963 to 2003.

A selected volume gathering nearly four decades of poetry.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology went to Charles Wohlforth's The Whale and the Supercomputer, a nonfiction book about climate change in the Arctic.

A science narrative about climate change at the Arctic frontier.

The 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction went to Melvin Burgess's Doing It, a frank novel about teenage sexuality and relationships.

A candid young adult novel about teenage desire and emotional risk.

American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization by Neil Smith is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization remains a work that continues to attract readers.

The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United States by Ross Terrill is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United States remains a work that continues to attract readers.

Train by Pete Dexter is an award-winning work.

Train remains a work that continues to attract readers.

An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America remains a work that continues to attract readers.

Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos is an award-winning work.

Soul Circus remains a work that continues to attract readers.

Collected Later Poems by Anthony Hecht is a poetry collection shaped by memory and the passage of time.

Collected Later Poems remains a work that continues to attract readers.

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation by Philip J. Hilts is a nonfiction work that traces history and social structures.

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation remains a work that continues to attract readers.

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning work.

A Northern Light remains a work that continues to attract readers.

A long story that intertwines history and personal stories, set in the Czech Republic and Eastern Europe. A multilayered fiction that skillfully interweaves issues of memory, ideology, and identity.

A long story that intertwines history and personal stories, set in the Czech Republic and Eastern Europe. A multilayered…

A detailed account of Lyndon Johnson's activities in the Senate and his rise to power. This book carefully traces political maneuvers and personal qualities, and reveals key moments in American political history.

A detailed account of Lyndon Johnson's activities in the Senate and his rise to power. This book carefully traces politi…

An essay on the issues of children and sexual education, and the limits of protection and censorship. A discussion paper that sharply criticizes the point that overprotection and excessive regulation actually hinder children's understanding.

An essay on the issues of children and sexual education, and the limits of protection and censorship. A discussion paper…

Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan.

Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan.

A history book that depicts the transformation of the political map of the Middle East, centering on the 1967 Six-Day War. A work that examines the influence of military decisions and international politics, and the formation process of the modern Middle East.

A history book that depicts the transformation of the political map of the Middle East, centering on the 1967 Six-Day Wa…

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute.

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hir…

A collection of poems depicting personal memories and the passage of time, centered around images of water and nature. A collection of works that evoke deep emotions and perceptions through fragments of everyday life.

A collection of poems depicting personal memories and the passage of time, centered around images of water and nature. A…

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge.

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and p…

"Helmut: A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves.

"Helmut: A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on…

A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographical study that provides a comprehensive portrait of the president, including aspects of policy making, personality, and leadership.

A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographica…

This is a non-fiction book that exposes the structure of American labor and poverty through fieldwork in which the author himself works as a low-wage worker. It reveals the harshness of life and the inconveniences of the system.

This is a non-fiction book that exposes the structure of American labor and poverty through fieldwork in which the autho…

"I don't want to think about Paulie.

"I don't want to think about Paulie.

A historical study that depicts the changes in American politics around the 1960s, centering on Barry Goldwater. A detailed examination of the rise of conservatism and the transformation of political culture.

A historical study that depicts the changes in American politics around the 1960s, centering on Barry Goldwater. A detai…

警察小説の伝統を踏襲しつつ人物描写を重視した犯罪小説。 It depicts how past incidents cast a shadow on the present, the inner workings of investigations, and carefully depicts the social background.

警察小説の伝統を踏襲しつつ人物描写を重視した犯罪小説。 It depicts how past incidents cast a shadow on the present, the inner workings of investigat…

A work that combines poetic prose and storytelling. With themes of love, memory, and the breakdown of relationships, he expresses the complexity of personal history and emotions through formal experimentation and keen observation.

A work that combines poetic prose and storytelling. With themes of love, memory, and the breakdown of relationships, he…

A historical story about the classification of clouds and the development of meteorology. A book that vividly depicts the history of science and changes in views of nature, centering on the achievements of amateur meteorologists.

A historical story about the classification of clouds and the development of meteorology. A book that vividly depicts th…

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.

A group novel about the love and identity of young people. The characters' bonds and loneliness are depicted in the collision of city and countryside, tradition and modernity. A story interwoven with cultural alienation and individual desire.

A group novel about the love and identity of young people. The characters' bonds and loneliness are depicted in the coll…

A portrait of the complex man at the center of the Civil War.

A portrait of the complex man at the center of the Civil War.

A non-fiction piece that examines U.S. government policy and military and political strategy at the end of the Cold War, with a focus on the Reagan administration and the Star Wars concept. Describe the background of strategic decisions and changes in international politics.

A non-fiction piece that examines U.S. government policy and military and political strategy at the end of the Cold War…

From a married man consummating a hazy summer affair and getting lost in a reverie that explains the far-away look in his eyes" ("Coitus") to a recently widowed mother who must decide what to do with a video of her honeymoon love-making ("The Widow Predicament"), David Means probes the depths of the human heart.

From a married man consummating a hazy summer affair and getting lost in a reverie that explains the far-away look in hi…

A historical study that delves into issues of speech, responsibility, and collaboration in postwar French society from the Third Republic through the postwar trial and execution of French writer Robert Blasillac.

A historical study that delves into issues of speech, responsibility, and collaboration in postwar French society from t…

Essentially a police procedural, this book poses serious questions about habeas corpus in a murder trial where the death penalty is exacted.

Essentially a police procedural, this book poses serious questions about habeas corpus in a murder trial where the death…

"In this book-length poem, Gjertrud Schnackenberg tells the story of Oedipus, and of "what happens outside the play," in the experience of the god who is its presiding oracle: Apollo, the god of poetry, music, and healing.

"In this book-length poem, Gjertrud Schnackenberg tells the story of Oedipus, and of "what happens outside the play," in…

The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavor.

The medical achievements of the post-war years rank as one of the supreme epochs of human endeavor.

Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much.

Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before h…

With compassion, humor, and striking insight, Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the love between a mother and her daughter.

With compassion, humor, and striking insight, Amy and Isabelle explores the secrets of sexuality that jeopardize the lov…

A comprehensive biography that depicts the tension between creativity and private life as a female writer through the life and works of French writer Colette.

A comprehensive biography that depicts the tension between creativity and private life as a female writer through the li…

"In Sidewalk, Mitchell Duneier takes us back to the streets of the Village, but finds a scene very different from the one Jacobs described.

"In Sidewalk, Mitchell Duneier takes us back to the streets of the Village, but finds a scene very different from the on…

"In Sidewalk, Mitchell Duneier takes us back to the streets of the Village, but finds a scene very different from the one Jacobs described.

"In Sidewalk, Mitchell Duneier takes us back to the streets of the Village, but finds a scene very different from the on…

A collection of multiple novels. Explore themes of freedom and change through stories that intertwine personal and social history.

A collection of multiple novels. Explore themes of freedom and change through stories that intertwine personal and socia…

A comprehensive historical study that depicts post-World War II Japanese society based on a wide range of historical sources and details political, economic, and cultural changes during the occupation.

A comprehensive historical study that depicts post-World War II Japanese society based on a wide range of historical sou…

A collection of poems with themes of restoration and regeneration. A collection of works that express personal grief and universal rebirth in poetic language.

A collection of poems with themes of restoration and regeneration. A collection of works that express personal grief and…

A historical essay that intertwines stories of science, faith, and family, based on the correspondence and relationship between Galileo and his daughter Maria Celesta. It brings out the human side of scientists.

A historical essay that intertwines stories of science, faith, and family, based on the correspondence and relationship…

Eugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder "what I was doing here on the planet Earth.

Eugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder "what I was doing here on the pla…

A colonial adventure novel set in Borneo that follows travel, conquest, and cultural dislocation.

A colonial adventure novel set in Borneo that follows travel, conquest, and cultural dislocation.

A biography of Charles Lindbergh that balances heroism, fame, and contradiction.

A biography of Charles Lindbergh that balances heroism, fame, and contradiction.

A nonfiction account of the Rwandan genocide and the international failure to stop it, built from testimony and reporting.

It traces the reality of a massacre the world looked away from.

A prose work that follows a walk along the English east coast while tracing the memory of empire and the sense of collapse beneath it. Photographs, quotations, and association accumulate until the weight of history rises from the details of the landscape.

With each step, the shadow of history rises from the landscape.

An academic history that provides an overview of human medical history, summarizing the development of medicine, its social impact, and changes in the medical system from a broad perspective.

An academic history that provides an overview of human medical history, summarizing the development of medicine, its soc…

A poetry collection that traces childhood memory and poetic growth through dense, fragmentary language. Private experience rises together with the atmosphere of an era.

Fragments of memory begin to take shape as poems.

A nonfiction history of blood that moves across medicine, war, and commerce. It shows how blood, both a therapeutic resource and a commodity, generated a global system of circulation and ethical conflict.

Blood is both a symbol of life and a resource deeply tied to commerce and power.

A story about a teenage girl traveling with an older woman while confronting questions of belonging and family. It balances humor with urgency and gives the coming-of-age arc a strong sense of movement and independence.

On the road, a girl learns the work of living and the work of becoming herself.

A collection of short stories depicting urban poverty and people's daily lives. It delicately depicts the hardships and hopes of the characters, and sheds light on their social periphery.

A collection of short stories depicting urban poverty and people's daily lives. It delicately depicts the hardships and…

A biographical study that traces the life of Whittaker Chambers and reveals his ideological changes and his place in 20th century American political history.

A biographical study that traces the life of Whittaker Chambers and reveals his ideological changes and his place in 20t…

A nonfiction work that depicts the cultural friction between the Hispanic community and medical institutions through the treatment of a child, and questions the limits of cultural understanding and medical care.

A nonfiction work that depicts the cultural friction between the Hispanic community and medical institutions through the…

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A definitive study that depicts the overall picture of the Russian Revolution based on a wide range of historical materials and analyzes in detail how social and political factors influenced the development of the revolution.

A definitive study that depicts the overall picture of the Russian Revolution based on a wide range of historical materi…

An anthology of poetic reflections.

An anthology of poetic reflections.

"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache.

"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache.

A memoir of childhood in Ireland, shaped by poverty, faith, and family hardship. It keeps a strained sense of humor even as it traces the pain of memory and the will to survive.

A grim childhood is told with quiet humor.

A journalist reporting from the Bosnian War traces the point where ordinary life gives way to violence. Personal testimony and wartime cruelty are tightly intertwined throughout.

A field-level account of how war reshapes human relationships.

Set during India’s 1975 Emergency, this novel lets four lives slowly intersect. Within the weight of history, solidarity and stubborn dignity keep coming back into view.

A long, ծանր novel that still leaves room for human endurance.

This nonfiction book treats the Black Sea coast as a crossroads of myth, trade, empire, and borderland history. It rereads the meeting point of Europe and Asia through the sea itself.

A history where sea, myth, and empire overlap.

A poetry collection built from family, marriage, and childhood memory. It explores intimacy and social distance in a voice that is delicate, controlled, and precise.

Private memory becomes a way to reconsider the shape of relationships.

A clear, accessible guide to scientific skepticism as a practical tool for everyday judgment. It presents an approach to pseudoscience and superstition in an inviting, conversational voice.

It connects trust in science to the choices people make every day.

Mark Merlis's debut novel about repressed desire and the collapse of an academic world.

Cracks in a closed world become visible through the protagonist's desire.

The first volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography, following her life from childhood to 1949.

Memory, politics, and growth overlap quietly in autobiographical form.

A memoir about a boy raised as white who discovers that he is Black.

The color line turns unexpectedly inside a family story.

A historical novel set in 1930s Manila, following architect Kay Fischer as a mysterious man leads her into a buried past of love and secrets.

The memories of 1930s Manila quietly unsettle a woman in the present.

A cultural history of advertising in America that traces how advertising has shaped consumer culture and social values.

Advertising has done more than sell products; it has shaped the form of desire itself.

Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of Dante's Inferno, aiming to balance the original music of the poem with readability in English.

Dante's hell is heard anew in modern English.

Edward O. Wilson's autobiography, tracing his path from an insect-obsessed boyhood to a leading figure in evolutionary biology.

A quiet self-portrait of a scientist who spent his life looking closely at nature.

"Set in Czechoslovakia in the early 1980s, during the waning years of Communist rule, Martin M.

"Set in Czechoslovakia in the early 1980s, during the waning years of Communist rule, Martin M.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own dea…

In this controversial and monumental book - arguably his most important - Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomacy is.

In this controversial and monumental book - arguably his most important - Henry Kissinger illuminates just what diplomac…

In the mid-1840s, thirteen-year-old Gemmy Fairley is cast ashore in the far north of Australia and taken in by Aboriginals.

In the mid-1840s, thirteen-year-old Gemmy Fairley is cast ashore in the far north of Australia and taken in by Aborigina…

A sociohistorical study that uses historical materials to clarify the formation and social dynamics of gay men's urban culture, set in New York in the early to mid-20th century.

A sociohistorical study that uses historical materials to clarify the formation and social dynamics of gay men's urban c…

"Carolyn Forche is known as one of our most important contemporary poets.

"Carolyn Forche is known as one of our most important contemporary poets.

A scientific book that introduces empirical research on natural selection and evolution through observation of the evolutionary process using Galapagos finches as its subject, and explains the modern significance of the theory of evolution.

A scientific book that introduces empirical research on natural selection and evolution through observation of the evolu…

"Remember what it was like to fall in love - wildly, hopelessly in love - for the first time? Paul Kafka's gloriously romantic debut novel recaptures love's first days in a sparkling, bittersweet tale of awakening and longing.

"Remember what it was like to fall in love - wildly, hopelessly in love - for the first time? Paul Kafka's gloriously ro…

A biographical study that reconstructs the life and legend of Daniel Boone, a symbol of the American pioneer era, based on historical sources and examines the differences between pioneer myths and reality.

A biographical study that reconstructs the life and legend of Daniel Boone, a symbol of the American pioneer era, based…

A study that analyzed the social position and identity of Mexican Americans. Discusses the complex relationships between immigrants and minorities.

A study that analyzed the social position and identity of Mexican Americans. Discusses the complex relationships between…

A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story of Taylor and Turtle, first introduced in The Bean Trees.

A phenomenal bestseller and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for fiction, Pigs in Heaven continues the story o…

An academic book that discusses the influence of the discovery of the new world on the reception of classical texts and analyzes the dynamics of tradition and discovery through historical examples.

An academic book that discusses the influence of the discovery of the new world on the reception of classical texts and…

A collection of poems that deals with loss, memory, and personal reminiscence. A collection of works that depict universal emotions through personal experiences.

A collection of poems that deals with loss, memory, and personal reminiscence. A collection of works that depict univers…

A technological historical reportage that provides historical and technical explanations of the discovery of fuzzy logic, a computer technology, its applications, and its impact on society.

A technological historical reportage that provides historical and technical explanations of the discovery of fuzzy logic…

A technological historical work that jointly describes the discovery of fuzzy logic technology and its application to society. Follows the process of conceptualization and practical application.

A technological historical work that jointly describes the discovery of fuzzy logic technology and its application to so…

A work of literature depicting the African American community, poignantly depicting issues of family, cultural conflict, and self-identification.

A work of literature depicting the African American community, poignantly depicting issues of family, cultural conflict…

A biographical study that meticulously depicts Eleanor Roosevelt's life from her childhood to the early years of her public life, and examines the formation of her public and private life and her role in 20th century American politics.

A biographical study that meticulously depicts Eleanor Roosevelt's life from her childhood to the early years of her pub…

Observing totalitarian and authoritarian governments falling around the world, Fukuyama develops an hypothesis that the end state of all this change will be liberal democracy everywhere (The End of History), and considers how people will react (The Last Man).

Observing totalitarian and authoritarian governments falling around the world, Fukuyama develops an hypothesis that the…

The final volume of the graphic novel that tells the story of the Holocaust and family using anthropomorphic animals. A work that powerfully presents issues of memory, trauma, and generational inheritance.

The final volume of the graphic novel that tells the story of the Holocaust and family using anthropomorphic animals. A…

A historical report that depicts the relationship between the state, society, and individuals through the fate of five Jewish families in Italy during the fascist period. It reveals the complex aspects of persecution, cooperation, and resistance.

A historical report that depicts the relationship between the state, society, and individuals through the fate of five J…

A collection of poems that explore themes of injustice and personal loss. Combining political issues and personal experiences, he poetically depicts the difficulties of modern society.

A collection of poems that explore themes of injustice and personal loss. Combining political issues and personal experi…

A collection of scientific essays that considers the evolution and cultural characteristics of humans through comparison with great apes, and offers suggestions regarding human behavior and the future.

A collection of scientific essays that considers the evolution and cultural characteristics of humans through comparison…

A collection of works dealing with second-generation immigrants, family, and the conflicts of love. It delicately depicts the influence of differences in cultural backgrounds on personal relationships and self-perception.

A collection of works dealing with second-generation immigrants, family, and the conflicts of love. It delicately depict…

A detailed biographical study that depicts the changes in American politics and government from the early to mid-20th century through the life and times of Harold L. Ickx.

A detailed biographical study that depicts the changes in American politics and government from the early to mid-20th ce…

An essay that analyzes the causes of political distrust and the weakening of democratic processes in the United States, and asks questions about political participation and the renewal of institutions.

An essay that analyzes the causes of political distrust and the weakening of democratic processes in the United States…

In these eleven stories, Allan Gurganus--author of the highly acclaimed *Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All*--gives heartbreaking and hilarious voice to the fears, desires and triumphs of a grand cast of Americans.

In these eleven stories, Allan Gurganus--author of the highly acclaimed *Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All*--giv…

A social history that follows the 20th century's large-scale black migration (Great Migration) and analyzes the impact of migration on cities, culture, and politics.

A social history that follows the 20th century's large-scale black migration (Great Migration) and analyzes the impact o…

Collection of poetry in praise of those men and women who work at many diverse jobs.

Collection of poetry in praise of those men and women who work at many diverse jobs.

A reportage/investigation report that examines the actual situation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and reveals the cause of the accident, subsequent response, and damage.

A reportage/investigation report that examines the actual situation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and re…

A landmark biography by historian Geoffrey C. Ward, drawing on thousands of original documents—many never before published—to trace Franklin Roosevelt's formative years. From his cloistered upbringing as a patrician youth to his emergence as a serious contender for the presidency, Ward chronicles FDR's early political career, his complicated marriage to Eleanor, and his extraordinary comeback from the paralysis of polio that would have ended a lesser man's public life.

A classic of American biography that explores the origins of FDR's indomitable will and extraordinary political charisma.

A wide-ranging collection of intellectual essays exploring the transformation of culture and technology in the twentieth century. Crossing five domains — nature, history, language, art, and human evolution — the book examines how technology has fundamentally altered human values and ways of thinking. Drawing on the new science of chaos, computer art, and Baconian empiricism, it traces how modern people have, like figures disappearing through a skylight, drifted ever further from traditional conceptions of nature and culture. Written by a former director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, this stimulating work of cultural criticism blends literary scholarship with a deep engagement with science.

Humanity is now disappearing through the skylight — slipping outside the culture it has nurtured — and almost no one has noticed.

A collection of twelve stories set in Irish villages and cities, tracing the lives of women shaped by loneliness, love, and loss. Like images cast by a magic lantern, memories and desires surface through O'Brien's passionate and exacting prose. Family tensions, village gossip, romantic longing, and nostalgia for the Irish landscape run through each story. Between an opening sequence of eccentric village portraits and the title story's Dublin party, every tale quietly illuminates lives held together by little more than endurance.

Stories that hum with secrets -- the lantern's beam falls on the hidden longings and quiet solitude of Irish lives.

A painstaking biographical inquiry into the life of Rodrigo Diaz, the legendary eleventh-century Castilian warrior known as El Cid, disentangling historical fact from myth. Drawing on primary sources, Fletcher scrutinizes the conventional image of the devout Christian hero and reveals instead a more complex figure who served as a mercenary under Muslim rulers. The book illuminates how the heroic legend was constructed against the turbulent backdrop of medieval Spain's political, religious, and cultural conflicts.

A vivid portrait of a man who lived through the Reconquista, cutting through layers of myth and legend to reveal the historical reality beneath.

A collection of poems and prose poems rooted in the Mesabi Iron Range of Minnesota. Through recurring symbolic figures—the Giant, the child, and the boy—Caddy transforms the everyday relationship between father and son into something approaching myth. Vivid memories of growing up in a mining town, close observations of nature, and intimate family scenes accumulate into a meditation on what it means to belong to a place.

Mining-town memories and natural detail converge in a collection that renders the bond between father and son with mythic depth.

A detailed nonfiction account of how Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine and successfully completed the largest clinical trial in history in 1954. Smith traces the polio epidemics that terrified America in the first half of the twentieth century, the organized support of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes), and the broader question of public ownership of scientific knowledge—as captured in Salk's famous refusal to patent the vaccine. The book is also the story of the countless people who worked alongside him.

When asked who owned the patent on the vaccine, Salk answered, 'The people, I would say.' Smith brings this defining moment of scientific generosity to life with vivid, engaging prose.

A detailed historical account of Martin Luther King Jr. and the early years of the civil rights movement. A large book that clearly shows the power balance of the times from both the individual and movement perspectives.

A detailed historical account of Martin Luther King Jr. and the early years of the civil rights movement. A large book t…

A novel set in the countryside or suburbs that satirically depicts family and community dynamics and social norms. Exploring the conflict between individual desires and social constraints.

A novel set in the countryside or suburbs that satirically depicts family and community dynamics and social norms. Explo…

A memoir that frankly describes his unstable family environment during his childhood and his growth. The difficulties and hopes in the process of self-formation are vividly depicted.

A memoir that frankly describes his unstable family environment during his childhood and his growth. The difficulties an…

A cultural history that discusses the establishment of the Hollywood box office and the role of Jewish immigrants. Analyzes the connection between immigration and popular culture, and sheds light on the formation process of the film industry.

A cultural history that discusses the establishment of the Hollywood box office and the role of Jewish immigrants. Analy…

A long poem in three parts, a poetic narrative that deals with themes of time, life, and loss. A work that combines deep personal reflection and lyricism.

A long poem in three parts, a poetic narrative that deals with themes of time, life, and loss. A work that combines deep…

A selection of poems about wartime experiences and urban scenes. A collection of works that convey the feelings of the time through frank storytelling and clear language.

A selection of poems about wartime experiences and urban scenes. A collection of works that convey the feelings of the t…

A study that closely observed and analyzed reconciliation and conflict resolution behaviors in primates. This is a comparative essay that draws out implications for human society from animal behavior.

A study that closely observed and analyzed reconciliation and conflict resolution behaviors in primates. This is a compa…

A reportage that explains the structure and history of the US Federal Reserve System (FRB) and the impact of monetary policy on the national economy. It details the functions and political relationships of central banks and reveals the reality of financial power.

A reportage that explains the structure and history of the US Federal Reserve System (FRB) and the impact of monetary po…

A story about love and memories over the years. The passage of time, human passion, and the transformation of society are depicted in soft strokes, highlighting the complexities of love and aging.

A story about love and memories over the years. The passage of time, human passion, and the transformation of society ar…

A biography that focuses on the real-life model of James Joyce's character Molly Bloom and explores her life and background. Carefully reconstructing the interface between literature and reality.

A biography that focuses on the real-life model of James Joyce's character Molly Bloom and explores her life and backgro…

An important historical study that comprehensively examines the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. This book provides a detailed analysis of issues related to political and social transformation and race relations, and discusses the significance and limits of reconstruction.

An important historical study that comprehensively examines the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. This book pro…

A collection of poems, including new works and anthologies, that carefully depict human experience through elaborate form and clear language. A collection of works that utilize traditional techniques in contemporary poetry.

A collection of poems, including new works and anthologies, that carefully depict human experience through elaborate for…

He is known for his poems that explore themes of urban life, personal experiences, illness, and loss. His works are characterized by sharp expressions of the atmosphere of the times and the suffering of individuals.

He is known for his poems that explore themes of urban life, personal experiences, illness, and loss. His works are char…

In De blinde horlogemaker spelen zowel Paley als Darwin een belangrijke rol.

In De blinde horlogemaker spelen zowel Paley als Darwin een belangrijke rol.

A historical novel that depicts the life and spirituality of Native Americans in multiple layers. The story is told from the perspective of the characters, with themes of cultural preservation and transformation, and community revitalization.

A historical novel that depicts the life and spirituality of Native Americans in multiple layers. The story is told from…

A biography that provides an overview of the background of Ernest Hemingway's life and works. A detailed examination of the influence of the writer's literary development and personal life.

A biography that provides an overview of the background of Ernest Hemingway's life and works. A detailed examination of…

An academic study that analyzes the role of doctors during the Nazi era and the psychology of killings using medical care as a pretext. A sharp depiction of the effects of authority and the breakdown of ethics.

An academic study that analyzes the role of doctors during the Nazi era and the psychology of killings using medical car…

A collection of poems, including new works and selected collections. This collection of poems explores themes of life, memory, love and loss, and presents a body of work that is balanced in form and emotion.

A collection of poems, including new works and selected collections. This collection of poems explores themes of life, m…

A collection of works that depict the importance of local history and personal experiences through long pieces and descriptive essays that connect history and humanity.

A collection of works that depict the importance of local history and personal experiences through long pieces and descr…

A detailed reportage on South Africa under apartheid. It depicts the structure of institutional discrimination and its impact on daily life based on field interviews, and makes clear the reality of racial issues.

A detailed reportage on South Africa under apartheid. It depicts the structure of institutional discrimination and its i…

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985.

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985.

A biography that academically examines the life and poetry of Alexander Pope. Describes in detail the background of 18th century English literature as well as the poet's thought formation process.

A biography that academically examines the life and poetry of Alexander Pope. Describes in detail the background of 18th…

A comprehensive historical study that elucidates the establishment and social transformation of the Soviet Union from an internal perspective. It carefully depicts the structure of the political system and changes in the lives of citizens, contributing to an understanding of Soviet history.

A comprehensive historical study that elucidates the establishment and social transformation of the Soviet Union from an…

A collection of poems from the early to middle period. Incorporating regional characteristics, history, and personal memories, she poetically develops a postcolonial perspective.

A collection of poems from the early to middle period. Incorporating regional characteristics, history, and personal mem…

This extensive anthology includes excerpts from plays and novels plus stories, fairy tales, and many poems.

This extensive anthology includes excerpts from plays and novels plus stories, fairy tales, and many poems.

A collaborative social-science study of American individualism and the fraying of community in the 1980s.

The habits that shape a culture also shape its civic life.

A collaborative social-science study of American individualism and the fraying of community in the 1980s.

The habits that shape a culture also shape its civic life.

A collaborative social-science study of American individualism and the fraying of community in the 1980s.

The habits that shape a culture also shape its civic life.

A collaborative social-science study of American individualism and the fraying of community in the 1980s.

The habits that shape a culture also shape its civic life.

A collaborative social-science study of American individualism and the fraying of community in the 1980s.

The habits that shape a culture also shape its civic life.

A novel of Ojibwe family life in North Dakota, told through shifting voices and fractured memory.

Fragments of family history accumulate into a shared place.

Michael Scammell’s biography traces Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life and writing through exile, repression, and political conflict at the center of twentieth-century Russian literature.

It follows the exiled writer’s life from both literary and political angles.

A historical account of Custer and the Little Bighorn, blending battlefield history with Plains Indian history.

The memory of the battlefield opens out into the layered history of the American West.

A selected-poems volume by X. J. Kennedy that turns wit, form, and everyday observation into sharp lyric comedy.

Everyday absurdity becomes poetry through exacting craft.

The Cervantes Prize honors a lifetime contribution to Spanish-language literature, so this entry does not correspond to a standalone book.

The prize recognizes a body of work rather than a single title.

A theory book that rethinks the relationship between economics and cities by arguing that cities generate wealth.

It revisits the structure of the economy from the city outward rather than from the nation inward.

A novel that moves from Prague to London and follows interior lives shaped by love and political pressure.

Private love always sits in the same room as historical weight.

A biography of Kafka that presents intellectual work and the shadow of anxiety as intertwined forces in his life.

It traces the contours of tension and isolation behind the works.

An essay collection that reads popular culture and power relations through episodes from eighteenth-century France.

Small anecdotes reveal the deeper structure of society.

A landmark edition collecting Charles Olson’s long poem and securing its place in American poetry.

A definitive edition that invites a fresh reading of the poem as a whole.

A novel rendered in fragments, portraying people adrift in Berlin at the end of the Weimar Republic.

The city’s glitter and collapse share the same streets.

Walker Percy's Lost in the Cosmos uses the form of a self-help book to satirically probe modern selfhood.

Under a strange self-help guise, the book asks what the self really is.

Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark is a historical novel centered on Oskar Schindler and the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust.

Based on true events, it tells how courage and chance saved lives.

Seymour Hersh's The Price of Power is an investigative portrait of Henry Kissinger's influence in the Nixon White House.

The book reconstructs what happened at the center of power through exhaustive reporting.

Fernand Braudel's The Wheels of Commerce traces the foundations of capitalism through exchange, trade, banking, and commercial networks.

The book reads the economic structure of the premodern world through markets and trade.

James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover is a long poem built from Ouija-board conversations and meditations on love, the dead, and cosmic order.

Private conversation expands into cosmology in poetic form.

M.F.K. Fisher's Consider the Oyster is a witty food essay on the history, handling, and enjoyment of oysters.

A witty book that shows how richly one ingredient can be written about.

Examines the biological, political, social, and moral consequences of nuclear warfare and asks how such a holocaust might be prevented.

Examines the biological, political, social, and moral consequences of nuclear warfare and asks how such a holocaust migh…

A priest, a nun, an anthropologist with CIA connections, a soldier of fortune and the contraband runners he joins are all drawn into events in a Central American country on the brink of revolution.

A priest, a nun, an anthropologist with CIA connections, a soldier of fortune and the contraband runners he joins are al…

A biography detailing the life and thoughts of Ralph Waldo Emerson (a transcendentalist thinker). Connecting personal history and intellectual history to clarify 19th century American thought.

A biography detailing the life and thoughts of Ralph Waldo Emerson (a transcendentalist thinker). Connecting personal hi…

Historical research that examines revolution and social change in China over the long term. The book carefully depicts political movements, social backgrounds, and the roles of key figures, deepening understanding of 20th century Chinese history.

Historical research that examines revolution and social change in China over the long term. The book carefully depicts p…

A collection of poems that criticize the nuclear age and modern society. A poetic fusion of personal experience and political themes, presenting a strong warning and expression of emotion.

A collection of poems that criticize the nuclear age and modern society. A poetic fusion of personal experience and poli…

A hard-boiled work that delves into family secrets and social shadows, with a private detective as the main character. The story revolves around complex human relationships and moral dilemmas.

A hard-boiled work that delves into family secrets and social shadows, with a private detective as the main character. T…

This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaking retelling of a man's time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.

This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaki…

A chronicle of a woman's life told first through Freud's letters, then through a case history of her analysis, and finally through conventional narrative.

A chronicle of a woman's life told first through Freud's letters, then through a case history of her analysis, and final…

This biography of young Theodore Roosevelt covers his youth when he demanded a strenuous life despite his asthma, weak eyes, and patrician family.

This biography of young Theodore Roosevelt covers his youth when he demanded a strenuous life despite his asthma, weak e…

A study that presents a different perspective on American history. This essay deals with settlement, migration, and social transformation, and examines the American historical perspective and its complexity.

A study that presents a different perspective on American history. This essay deals with settlement, migration, and soci…

A collection of poetic works that explore race, gender, and self-expression. A group of works that utilize powerful linguistic expressions and a sense of rhythm to present the intersection between the individual and society.

A collection of poetic works that explore race, gender, and self-expression. A group of works that utilize powerful ling…

A novel about vision and memory. Weaving together local landscapes and personal experiences, he creates an introspective portrait of American society and culture.

A novel about vision and memory. Weaving together local landscapes and personal experiences, he creates an introspective…

Non-fiction with themes of journalistic independence and ethics, and the relationship between power and the media. Examining the role of the press in democracy and its limits through specific reporting cases.

Non-fiction with themes of journalistic independence and ethics, and the relationship between power and the media. Exami…

Widower Will Barrett of Linwood, North Carolina, and Allison Vaught--two alienated souls both questioning their faith in God--together heal one another and return to a Christian community that rejects their methods of healing.

Widower Will Barrett of Linwood, North Carolina, and Allison Vaught--two alienated souls both questioning their faith in…

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book.

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book.

A collection of poems that explores the themes of language, the individual, and social tensions. Contains a collection of works that explore contemporary issues and the expressive possibilities of poetry, ranging from short poems to long poems.

A collection of poems that explores the themes of language, the individual, and social tensions. Contains a collection o…

Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical.

Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical.