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Steve Martin Writes the Written Word

With an exclusive new introduction and some never-before-published pieces, a collection of greatest hits from one of the most beloved comedians of our time, Steve Martin, now starring in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Steve… Read More

Never Flinch by Stephen King

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Vulture, Men’s Health, Book Riot, The New York Post, Goodreads, AARP, Paste, and more! From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new… Read More

Bees: A Guide for the Curious by Susan E. Clark

As the world becomes more uncertain and life more stressful, getting outside and connecting with nature is an easy and affordable way to boost our mental and physical health. In Bees, trained biologist and wellness writer… Read More

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

An electrifying story of love, betrayal, and the complicated allure of bougie domesticity “Dinan writes like some kind of demigod. Her fictions make thinkable new realities for how we live and what we might expect from… Read More

A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller • A New York Times “New Nonfiction to Read This Spring” Recommendation • A Guardian “Nonfiction to Look Forward To in 2025” Pick • A Washington Post “Book to Watch For” in 2025 • A Financial Times “What to… Read More

Food Person by Adam Roberts

For fans of Alison Espach’s The Wedding People and Dolly Alderton’s Good Material, a delectable comedy of manners about cooking, ambition, and friendship set in the food world as a young and socially awkward writer takes a job ghostwriting the… Read More

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao

From a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman’s OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet… Read More

Spent by Alison Bechtel

The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction. “Truthful, rueful and delightful.”—LA Times In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new… Read More

The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future by Keach Hagey

“The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“An exemplary blend of biography, financial technology reportage, and futurology.”—Kirkus, starred reviewFrom an acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter… Read More

Nightshade by Michael Connelly

Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after… Read More

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain Before he was Mark Twain, he was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in… Read More

Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen

Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen—laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful Hiaasen heroes “The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a… Read More

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

“Wow! What an incredibly fun book! An ensemble cast of miscreants, monsters, heretics, enemies of God, and a priest embark on a holy quest with improbable odds of success. My first Abercrombie book and it’s… Read More

The Collaborators by Michael Idov

“The Collaborators feels like it can’t wait to be a blockbuster movie, but first it’s a fast-paced, twisty thrill ride of a novel. If you like old-fashioned spy novels, but want an update that’s fewer… Read More

Running the Light by Sam Tallent

“The story of Billy Ray Schafer, a road comic just trying to make it another day, is at turns hilarious and bleak. Tallent has successfully created a wreck of man who you can’t help but… Read More

My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

“I really liked this book. It’s different, engaging, heartbreaking, yet hopeful. All the characters, no matter how important, come to life – some are funny, some not. I love this dad who never gives up… Read More

Roses, In the Mouth of a Lion – Bushra Rehman

“A beautiful coming of age story set amidst the Pakistani community in Queens. About family, community, not belonging and finally finding a different home. Moving and remarkable. A great read!” – Anna, Store Volunteer A New… Read More

Patriot by Alexei Navalny

“We watch the Olympics to marvel at what extraordinary men and women can do. In the same way, read this incredible, often charming, sometimes humorous story of how one ordinary man took on the powers… Read More

Poor Deer – Claire Oshetsky

NOW IN PAPERBACK! “Margaret Murphy is only 4 years old when tragedy sets her life in motion. Living with her mother and aunt has its ups and downs as she tried to navigate the future… Read More

In the Salt — Hays Blinckmann

In The Salt When her mother’s life ends in a mysterious accident, Maggie Atwood must face the legacy of alcoholism and lies that she fled from years before. From the safety of her new life… Read More

A Narcotic Conspiracy — David and Nancy Beckwith

In this latest adventure Will and Betsy Black, those crime-solving financial whizzes, find themselves curious when Geoffrey Oliver Watson III is found dead on his boat near Key West. Then a 50-foot go-fast cigarette boat… Read More

The Rooster Who Loved the Violin — Ben Harrison and Carrie Disrud

The Rooster Who Loved the Violin is a children’s story brought to life by the collaboration of two artists with a flair for the fantastic. Ben Harrison sweeps readers through the lyrical tale of a violin… Read More

The Woman at the Light — Joanna Brady

Inspired by Key West’s colorful history and its female lighthouse keepers in the 19th century, and written by local author and journalist, Joanna Brady. One afternoon in 1839, Emily Lowry’s husband vanishes from Wreckers’ Cay,… Read More