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Comic Relief: Six Classic Novels that Bring the Laughs

These are troubling times and, though our physical bookstore is closed, we want to continue offering our community a respite from the stress

From Colum McCann’s Apeirogon to Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, check out our bookstore’s top...

From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School, check...

Picture books that inspire youngsters to dream big and recognize their potential to be a force for good in the world!

From debut novels like Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (shortlisted for our First Novel Prize) and Julia Phillips’s...

From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Writers Council member Richard Powers’s...

The 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to De’Shawn Charles Winslow for his debut novel In...

Our 2019 First Novel Prize winner, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, shares six books he thinks would make great gifts. You can find each of these...

From Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House to Andrea Long Chu’s Females, check out our bookstore’s top...

This Junior Edition features tales inspired by mythology & folklore. From Anansi to Antigone, these books have deep storytelling roots.