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The Black Brook

Back in print, a reissue of the novel Daniel Handler called “one of my favorite novels on earth” (Christian Science Monitor), now expanded with…

The Black Calhouns

Gail Lumet Buckley tells the story of her dynamic family during the most crucial century in African American history.

Black Dance

“A blazing ode to freedom” (Paris Match) by international bestselling writer and winner of the Prix Femina for Fault Lines, Nancy Huston.

The Betrayal

Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (South Asia and Europe), Helen Dunmore’s sequel to her best-selling novel, The Siege, is an enthralling tale of…

Betty’s Summer Vacation

“With a style that incorporates Brechtian alienation and Alfred Jarry grotesquerie, the deliriously assaultive, brashly funny Vacation defines to perfection the lurid, scandal-starved past…

Between Us Girls

“The sudden appearance, from a void of four decades, of three previously unpublished works by the late British playwright Joe Orton is a cultural…

Beyond the Game

“A book you should read . . . Smith weaves stories of heroes and anti-heroes alike with grace and compassion, getting inside his subjects…

The Bible

“Karen Armstrong preaches the gospel truth in The Bible, explaining how the spiritual guide for one out of three people on the planet came…

Big Girls Don’t Cry

“Weldon’s clever comparisons of yesterday’s mores to today’s spice up this bubbling feminist brew, offering a study of the costs and consequences of the…

The Big One

“The Big One is a rollicking true story of a grand American obsession. You don’t have to be a fisherman to relish David Kinney’s…