House Odds

“Odds favor a good time for the reader as DeMarco faces his eighth case: a looming insider trading scandal with potentially fatal consequences. . . . One of the most…

Hitching Rides with Buddha

“Humorous, honest.” –Kliatt…

Goose and Tomtom

David Rabe, the celebrated playwright of Hurlyburly, explores the struggle between hope and anguish in the human spirit in this story of two small-time jewel thieves….

Goodbye Tsugumi

“Yoshimoto’s words are considered, and each of them has the weight of a small, perfectly round stone dropped into a still pool. . . . In Tsugumi the author has…

A Girl Could Stand Up

“Elray Mayhew is one of the truly original literary heroines of the past few decades. . . . A Girl Could Stand Up is the kind of novel that one…

From Where You Dream

“Butler shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness, and seriously aspiring writers should receive this text/manifesto in the same light.” —Publishers Weekly (starred…

The Fourth Angel

Far from Heaven, Safe, and Superstar

“Writer-director Todd Haynes makes you drunk on movies again. Talk about movie heaven–this is it. No film this year cuts a straighter path to the heart.” –Pete Travers, Rolling Stone…

Cosmos

“Cosmos is a vicious and uncompromised little gem of the obscene.” —Adam Novy, The Believer…

Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I

Anne Boleyn may be best known for losing her head, but as Tudor expert Tracy Borman reveals in a book that recasts British history, her greatest legacy lies in the…