The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognizes some of the most outstanding nonfiction works published in the U.S. each year. Join us for a special discussion featuring this year’s nominees. Moderated by RUTH DICKEY, executive director of the National Book Foundation. …
The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognizes some of the most outstanding fiction works published in the U.S. each year. Join us for a special discussion featuring this year’s nominees. Moderated by NATALIE GREEN, director of programs and partnerships for the National Book Foundation.…
The National Book Foundation’s National Book Awards recognizes some of the most outstanding works of translated literature published in the U.S. each year. Join us for a special discussion featuring this year’s nominees. Moderated by NATALIE GREEN, director of programs and partnerships for the National Book Foundation.…
Sociopath: A Memoir by PATRIC GAGNE, PH.D., shares her struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often-misunderstood mental disorder. After lying, stealing, and committing violent acts throughout her childhood, Gagne learned she was a sociopath. Only when she falls in love does she realize that she isn’t a monster – and embarks on a journey to change her fate. Buy Sociopath: A Memoir – Gagne…
In PRESTON L. ALLEN’s I Disappeared Them: A Novel, serial murderer “The Periwinkle Killer” hides in plain sight as an affable family man with children and a loving wife. But at night he roams Miami’s streets, adhering to a twisted moral code. STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES’ I Was a Teenage Slasher: A Novel begins in a small Texas town driven by oil and cotton, where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Here, Tolly Driver is a good kid with potential – and cursed to kill.…
In CLAIRE LOMBARDO’s Same As It Ever Was: A Novel, after years of emotional turbulence, 57-year-old Julia finally feels that she has a firm handle on things. But an announcement from her son, an impending separation from her teenage daughter, and a resurgence of the past bring back the threat of life on a razor’s edge. In ROXANA ROBINSON’s Leaving: A Novel, college lovers Sarah and Warren reconnect after a chance meeting and embark on an intense affair.…
In Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion, fashion journalist and historian NANCY MACDONELL chronicles how the Nazi invasion of France in 1940 cut the capital of fashion from the rest of the world and opened the doors to the rise of the nearly $500 billion American fashion industry. JULIE SATOW’s When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion examines the 20th-century American department store,…
ALLY CONDIE’s The Unwedding: A Novel begins with a wedding at a beautiful resort – an event that turns tragic when Ellery discovers a dead body the morning of the ceremony. As she grieves the loss of her own marriage – and another guest dies – she realizes she’s not the only one whose future is no longer guaranteed. ASHLEY ELSTON’s First Lie Wins: A Novel follows Evie, shrouded in a fictitious identity crafted by a mysterious boss.…
DEBORAH PAREDEZ’s American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous explores the impact divas have had on her life and on American culture. Tina Turner’s spellbinding performances, Celia Cruz’s command of the male-dominated salsa world, and the excellence of Venus and Serena Williams not only shaped her life, Paredez argues, they’ve challenged American ideas about feminism and freedom. In My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music’s Black Past, Present, and Future, ALICE RANDALL chronicles her search for the first family of Black country music,…
With Christmas nearing, two women swap homes. One has been lying to her family about her engagement and just wants to get away; the other is an artist who needs money to hold on to her beachside cottage. In JAYNE ALLEN’s The Most Wonderful Time: A Novel, their stories tangle to combine romance, self-reflection, and a little holiday magic. In TAYLOR HAHN’s A Home for the Holidays: A Novel, Mel loves the celebratory season – a time her mother always made magical,…
In JENNIFER CROFT’s The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel, eight translators visit a renowned author in a primeval Polish forest, who then mysteriously vanishes – leaving them to become entangled in a web of paranoia, isolation, and obsession. In A.J. FINN’s End of Story: A Novel, a reclusive mystery novelist sends his longtime correspondent a cryptic message: “I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story. You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.” Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime?…