A stunning new biography of Coco Chanel—the high priestess of twentieth-century fashion—that examines her critical place in history and the ingenious powers by which she internalized and transmitted the cultural trends of her time. Learn More
A groundbreaking, magisterial study that explains why, like Walt Whitman, we "love the President personally."
In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly" of aspect came to mean so much to us. Learn More
From Giller-nominated author Anthony De Sa a novel of rare evocative power that captures with clarity and poignancy the space between innocence and knowing for a city, for a community, and most especially for a trio of unforgettable boys. Learn More
From one of the most inimitable writers of our generation, Jack of Spades is an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about the opposing forces within the mind of one ambitious writer, and the line between genius and madness. Learn More
Dashiell Hammett; read by Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, and Donna Postel
From the author of hard-boiled detective fiction classics such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man comes a stunning collection of stories, several of which have never before been published. Learn More
Joyce Carol Oates; read by Julia Whelan, Ray Chase, Donna Postel, Luci Christian, Tamara Marston, and Chris Patton
In these eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals—a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway—in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated. Learn More
A Nazi medal, a blood-stained baby shirt, and decades-old diaries surface among a dead woman’s hidden possessions, with lethal consequences for those she left behind. Learn More
A wickedly funny and subversive look at America’s basic tenets—under the guise of a political thriller—from the bestselling author of The Arsenist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England. Learn More
“A gem of a book. It’s honest and funny, reminding us to live in the moment and to pay attention to those around us. A joy to read.” —Sharon Salzberg, New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness Learn More
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Learn More
On a family vacation in the mountains near Denver, a girl on the brink of starting college and her younger brother leave the hotel to run and bike up a winding mountain road. Hours later, the boy is brought down in an ambulance, the victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident. His sister, however, has disappeared. Learn More
Transcendentalist scholar and former detective Homer Kelly agrees to defend a troubled young poet accused of killing her ex-lover’s new wife. To clear her name he must discover who set her up, and what happened during the two minutes of a Nantucket eclipse. Learn More
History meets mystery in this exciting new middle-grade series set in an alternate London of 1826, where Ada Lovelace (the world’s first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and join forces to investigate the theft of a valuable heirloom. Learn More
Marlon James; read by Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, Ryan Anderson, Johnathan McClain and Robert Younis
2015 Man Booker Prize Winner
From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a masterfully written novel that explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s. Learn More
Newly reinstated to the rank of Detective Inspector, Tom Thorne must once again face the most dangerous killer he ever put in prison. This time, things just might turn out differently—horribly and irreparably so. Learn More
In this extraordinary debut novel reminiscent of The Lovely Bones and Little Bee, a mother watches from the afterlife as her teenage daughter recovers amidst the startling dysfunction of her extended family. Learn More