Kate Tighe-Pigott’s BUNN-O is “darkly funny and eerily prescient” Audible Original
Bunn-O examines technology’s unbelievable ability to connect us, as well as its extraordinary power to tear us apart.
Recent Highlights
Nuala O’Connor’s NORA is “an exceptional novel by one of the most brilliant contemporary Irish writers”
Acclaimed Irish novelist Nuala O’Connor’s bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses is a “lively and loving paean to the indomitable Nora Barnacle” (Edna O’Brien).
Alan Jacobs’ BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD “challenges conventional wisdom about why we read and where it can bring us”
From the author of HOW TO THINK and THE PLEASURES OF READING IN AN AGE OF DISTRACTION, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present
HUMANOCRACY by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini is a WSJ bestseller
In Humanocracy, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini make a passionate, data-driven argument for excising bureaucracy and replacing it with something better.
Maggie O’Farrell’s HAMNET wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Set in Stratford, England, in the late 16th century, Hamnet imagines the emotional, domestic, and artistic repercussions after the world’s most famous (though never named) playwright and his wife lose their only son, 11-year-old Hamnet, to the bubonic plague in 1596.
Lynn Coady’s WATCHING YOU WITHOUT ME on the long list for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
“An electrifying, brooding novel about the lengths we go to care for family, and what happens when a stranger places himself at the center of one household.”
Sophie Mackintosh’s BLUE TICKET is “a thrilling and nuanced exploration of what it means to follow one’s own longing to the point of destruction and beyond”
From the author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Water Cure (“ingenious and incendiary”–The New Yorker) comes another mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: What if the life you’re given is the wrong one?
PROTOCOL by Capricia Penavic Marshall will take you “behind the curtain of the highest levels of diplomacy”
President Obama’s former United States chief of protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter—from the international stage to everyday life.
Stephanie Scott’s WHAT’S LEFT OF ME IS YOURS is “a breathtakingly original and haunting concept in the most exquisite prose”
A gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired by a true crime, What’s Left of Me Is Yours charts a young woman’s search for the truth about her mother’s life–and her murder.
Aisholpan Nurgaiv’s THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is an unforgettable memoir from the first female eagle hunter to compete in the Golden Eagle Festival
The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in — and win — one of Mongolia’s most prestigious competitions.
Daniel Mason wins the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
The award comes a week after the publication of Daniel’s story collection A REGISTRY OF MY PASSAGE UPON THE EARTH. The collection includes a National Magazine Award and a Pushcart Prize winner.
MEADOWLARK by Melanie Abrams is “a compelling, taut portrait of love and broken promises”
A haunting novel about the lasting effects of childhood trauma and the resulting choices we make for our children.