Berlin

“A far from ordinary thriller. Berlin uses history with a breadth and detail that is startling and convincing . . . One of the best novels I’ve ever read set…

The Delusions of Crowds

And They Shall Be My People

“There are lots of books on what Judaism is about. This is a first-rate book on what Jews are about. And of the distance between the two.” –The Jerusalem Post…

Blitzkrieg

From a well-regarded military historian, a riveting and richly detailed reassessment of one of the most shocking military victories of all time.

Deviant Behavior

“Mike Sager’s keen, journalistic eye and unique voice transfer to fiction with highly entertaining results. Deviant Behavior is a street-level, symphonic portrait of an American city.” —George Pelecanos, author of…

A Diamond in the Desert

Part history, part memoir, part travel guide, this search for the mysteries behind one of the world’s richest cities is “the best book . . . on the Gulf coast…

The Great Leader

A black-comic detective novel in the vein of No Country for Old Men, Jim Harrison’s The Great Leader follows a retired detective in hilarious and bold pursuit of a sinister…

The Hidden War

“[A] remarkable book . . . Borovik manages to convey an intimate sense of the war in Afghanistan with the novelist’s eye for the telling image. . . . Borovik…

The Forever Prisoner

Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the…

Editors on Editing

“A superb collection of essays–wise, original, and “educational” in the best sense of the word. Every publisher, editor, writer and agent should buy at least one copy and then a…