An Unnecessary Woman

by Rabih Alameddine

From the author of the international bestseller The Hakawati comes an enchanting story of a book-loving, obsessive, seventy-two-year-old “unnecessary” woman with a past shaped by the Lebanese Civil War….

We Own This Game

by Robert Andrew Powell

“In tackling. . . complex topics, and providing context for the intense competition, Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.”…

Wildlife

by Richard Ford

“Full of prose that makes the reader shiver, Wildlife is a rich and readable story, a genuine narrative. . . . It leaves a sense of hope, a conviction that…

Vacation

by Deb Olin Unferth

“Unferth is one of the most daring and entertaining writers in America today. She is an artist who knows that every sentence is an opportunity to have it all—music, invention,…