T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.

“Shakur produces a visceral and strikingly real portrayal of gang life in Los Angeles, replete with sudden and inexplicable violence, revenge, betrayal, ostentatious living, racism, the strong arm of law…

Seven Mile Beach

“Unusual, fast, light, short, suspenseful, meaningful, and filled with an immigrant’s pointed observations about identity and the possibility of changing it. . . . [With an] appealing stench of paranoia…

The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium

“An exhilarating, dissonant ride . . . Dery, one of our most astute contemporary cultural critics . . . relishes his role as curator of America’s bulging cabinet of horrors….

The Forgers

When a suspected forger is brutally murdered, his sister’s lover—himself a notorious counterfeiter of the handwriting of literary greats—is caught in a web of truth and lies that puts his…

Matterhorn

A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.

The Reluctant Sheriff

Master storyteller Chris Offutt’s acclaimed crime series has been praised by Ian Rankin as “righteous Kentucky noir with top notes of Daniel Woodrell and S. A. Cosby,” and in this…

It’s official: Our books are some of the best of 2020!

…Miss Iceland, Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir, translated by Brian FitzGibbon NPR, Best Books of 2020 PopMatters, Best Books of 2020: Fiction Sicily ’43, James Holland Wall Street Journal, Holiday Gift Books…

Grove at Home: November 29-December 5

…with recommendations for readers of all stripes. We’re delighted to have five titles included among this year’s recs: Helen Macdonald’s Vesper Flights, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir’s Miss Iceland (translated by Brian…

Father’s Day Reads: The Technologist

…titans are acting carefully to navigate the future of self-driving cars, to Scandinavia, Korea, India, and, of course, Silicon Valley. The Last Hack / Christopher Brookmyre Sam Morpeth has had…

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