Cold Mountain

“Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task–and has done extraordinarily well by it… a Whitmanesque foray into America: into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul.” —James…

The Accident

The new novel from internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author Ismail Kadare documents an ill-fated love affair, in which passion, jealousy, and obsession collide in the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Country of the Blind

“[Brookmyre’s] characters tend to talk like they’ve read a lot of Elmore Leonard and seen a lot of Quentin Tarantino. . . . [His] books are all about broad humor,…

Before the End, After the Beginning

A raw, honest, and personal new collection of stories from acclaimed storyteller Dagoberto Gilb, “an important voice in American fiction.” (Annie Proulx)…

Barrow’s Boys

“An engrossing and moving story of high endeavour and frustrated hope. . . . Get hold of this book and read it.” –Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph…

The Boyfriend

“There are probably only half a dozen suspense writers now alive who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks, vivid, sympathetic characters, and compelling narratives each time they publish….

The River Swimmer

A stunning collection of novellas from beloved master Jim Harrison, The River Swimmer is a breathtaking portrait of two men, one young and one older, confronting inconvenient loves and the…

The Fourth Angel

High Lonesome

“Barry Hannah writes the most consistently interesting sentences of any writer in America today. . . . High Lonesome collects thirteen stories, a handful of them of startling unexpectedness, with…

Sherlock Holmes

“Rennison does a marvelous job of overlaying his own extensive research on clues from Doyle’s tales of Watson and Holmes, deciphering much for this complex, engaging portrait.” —Irene Wanner, The…