Algonquin Books / Literary / English literature

Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?

by Brock Clarke – Algonquin Books (August 27, 2019)

“A story in which anything and everything can happen, and mostly does. This is a book of many trips—across oceans, back to the past, and, most profoundly, into the infinite deep space of the human heart....

Music of the Swamp

by Lewis Nordan – Algonquin Books (January 09, 1992)

“This is not merely a stellar book. It is absolute ballad put to page.” —Southern Living

Lewis Nordan’s fiction invents its own world--always populated by madly heroic misfits. In Music of the Swamp,...

The Optimistic Decade

by Heather Abel – Algonquin Books (May 01, 2018)

"Abel is a perceptive writer whose astute observations keep the book funny and light . . . An exploration of the limits of idealism . . .  subversive." —The New York Times Book Review

  A smart and sly...

Remind Me Again What Happened

by Joanna Luloff – Algonquin Books (June 26, 2018)

“There is a smudge where my memory is supposed to be.”

Claire wakes in a hospital room in the Florida Keys. She has no idea how she got there or why. The loss of so many memories is paralyzing. Some things...

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

by Brock Clarke – Algonquin Books (September 02, 2008)

"Funny, profound . . . a seductive book with a payoff on every page."—People

A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with...

An American Marriage

Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

by Tayari Jones – Algonquin Books (February 06, 2018)

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK

A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION...

Sugar Run

by Mesha Maren – Algonquin Books (January 08, 2019)

“A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . . Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida

In 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she’s...

The Music Teacher

by Barbara Hall – Algonquin Books (February 10, 2009)

In The Music Teacher, a penetrating and richly entertaining look into the heart and mind of a woman who has failed both as an artist and as a wife, Barbara Hall, award-winning creator and writer of such hit...

The Museum of Modern Love

by Heather Rose – Algonquin Books (November 27, 2018)

An Amazon Editors’ Best Book of December 2018

“Art will wake you up. Art will break your heart. There will be glorious days. If you want eternity you must be fearless.” —from The Museum of Modern Love...

Southernmost

by Silas House – Algonquin Books (June 05, 2018)

“Southernmost engages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes . . . I love this book, and for it, I love Silas House.” —Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina

Asher Sharp is willing to give...

The Lightest Object in the Universe

by Kimi Eisele – Algonquin Books (July 09, 2019)

“A triumphant story for anyone with a shred of faith left in the human spirit.” —David McGlynn, author of One Day You’ll Thank Me What if the end times allowed people to see and build the world...

Prairie Fever

by Michael Parker – Algonquin Books (May 21, 2019)

"Michael Parker has captured a time, place, and sisterhood so perfectly it hurts to turn the last page. A riveting, atmospheric dream of a novel.” --Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara...

Elmet

by Fiona Mozley – Algonquin Books (December 05, 2017)

FINALIST FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE

**The Guardian Best Books of 2017 * December Indie Next Pick * Amazon Best of the Month * Amazon Debut Spotlight * PEOPLE Magazine BOOK OF THE WEEK**

“Beguiling . . ....

A People's History of Heaven

by Mathangi Subramanian – Algonquin Books (March 19, 2019)

“Everything about A People’s History of Heaven is wonderful: the lyrical, light touch of the narrator, the story, the humor, and most of all, the girls. Faced with bigotry and bulldozers, these girls...