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Paradise of Thorns, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

The story of a mother and son who reconcile after a lifetime of separation, only to find themselves facing separation once again. When Tom Wilson was fifty-three years old, he learned he was not who he thought he was. He discovered he'd been a victim of Canada's "sixties scoop"—a tragic period...

The New York Times bestselling author of Korean American traces his twisted path to adulthood in New York City at the dawn of the digital era—from ASMR YouTube fame and pop star dreams to internet friends and the love of a good dog. In Spaghetti Junction, Eric Kim—New York Times food...

From the author who redefined motherhood for the modern age comes an unflinchingly honest account of midlife, identity, and recovery By her mid-forties Angela Garbes had built a good life. She was a successful author with a loving husband, two kids, and a thriving community. Her writing on...

Sunday Always Comes! is the triumphant and deeply personal memoir of Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson, chronicling his rise as a young, defiant leader and his pivotal role as one of the "Tennessee Three." Sunday Always Comes! traces Justin Pearson’s evolution from a student...

A feat of narrative reporting that grapples with familial understanding and conflict, and a parable for understanding the country’s current division, and how we got here—a gripping and powerfully relevant story for our moment. Meet the Joyners: a Southern family that reflects the schism at...

He had been, in all the important ways, an impeccable father. And he had been, in all the important ways, a terrible son. James Wood grew up in a household shaped by evangelical fervour, social ambition and the peculiar faultlines of English class. His mother, Sheila, was anxious, aspirational...

From the acclaimed author of What She Ate, the story of five couples whose dreams, experiments, and triumphs fueled a revolution at the kitchen table. In Big Appetites, the journalist and culinary historian Laura Shapiro introduces readers to some of the cooks and activists who turned their...

A book to lift your spirits: inspiring stories of people’s happiest moments from a journey to every country in the world It is said that fewer people have visited every country in the world than have been to space. On May 30, 2025, Michael Angelo Zervos became one of them. In every country he...

Derrick Bell is perhaps best known for the principled stand he took at Harvard in 1990 when he quit his tenured position on the law-school faculty to protest the school's failure to grant tenure to a black woman. Now a visiting professor at New York Law School, Bell is still deeply interested in...

A multigenerational memoir of working-class womanhood in 20th century Britain, centring on the extraordinary family history of one of our greatest living novelists - Pat Barker Patricia Margaret Drake was not a wanted child. Born in 1943 in the working-class north-east of England, her arrival...

Who was Anaïs Nin? To some, she was a towering literary figure, whose late-life fame following the publication of her diaries changed the reading habits of a generation. To others, she was a failed novelist, better known for her affair with Henry Miller. Readers might know her best for her...

La extraordinaria historia de Reyna Grande—que comenzó en su exitosa autobiografía La distancia entre nosotros—continúa ahora en esta fabulosa travesía para encontrar su lugar en los Estados Unidos como universitaria latina de primera generación y como escritora. Reyna Grande tenía...

The perfect Christmas gift, this beautiful book explains how the bearded, red clad, big bellied, reindeer driving jovial gent came to be the face of Christmas, and reveals the historical origins of Saint Nicholas over seventeen hundred years ago in the Eastern Roman Empire. In a winding, magical...

As irreverent as it is insightful, MONA turns the repressed Muslim girl trope on its head as Azra, academic by day and stripper by night, navigates a double life and a political awakening. Azra Liaqat Khan’s ordinary Muslim American childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina transforms after her...

２０２５年度（第35回） Bunkamuraドゥマゴ文学賞受賞作 みんな、なに食べて、どう生きてるんだろ？ 福島第一原発事故から14年、国道六号線(ロッコク)を旅して綴った 温かくておいしい記憶 再生と希望に出会うノンフィクションエッセイ。

READ BY THE AUTHOR: A sensory celebration of Appalachian culinary traditions, and a call to reclaim the lost rituals, recipes, and food folklore of the places you call home. Amanda Held Opelt’s childhood was shaped by the shared, multi-generational table that brought everyone at her Granny’s...

Edmond Biré retrace la destinée d’Armand de Pontmartin (1811-1890) et la place de ses écrits dans les lettres françaises. Entre biographie et étude critique, il suit le parcours d’un homme de plume au cœur du XIXe siècle, éclaire ses choix, son style et les idées qui traversent son œuvre, et interroge leur résonance.

Barbara Jordan spoke for many Texas women when she told a reporter, "I get from the soil and spirit of Texas the feeling that I, as an individual, can accomplish whatever I want to, and that there are no limits, that you can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit." Indeed, the...

A debut memoirist’s hopeful and brave coming-of-age story of surviving a turbulent youth—neglected first by her father, then as a teen in foster care—and going on to find a sense of belonging and a new lease on life in a semi-nomadic Kenyan community. Eager to leave her life as a foster...