A book about unrequited love, parasocial relationships, K-pop fandom, or the loneliness of modern life…

A novel about the complex interior lives of women…

Y/N by Esther Yi: Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant. A provocative literary debut about the universal longing for transcendence and the tragic struggle to assert one’s singular story amidst the amnesiac effects of globalization.

Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, translated by Ann Goldstein: With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, a modern translation by acclaimed Elena Ferrante translator Ann Goldstein, a classic domestic novel that centers the inner life of a dissatisfied housewife living in postwar Rome.

A funny and dystopian workplace novel…

A book about cultural displacement, the global migration crisis, and the politics of labor in the food industry…

A spooky short story collection starring vampires, zombies, and awkward first dates…

Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee: A workplace novel that touches on themes most people know all too well—the relentlessly crushing weight of debt, the recognition that work won’t love you back.

“Disturbing and darkly funny, McGhee’s surrealist debut is sure to keep readers up at night.” —People

Happy by Celina Baljeet Basra: An ambitious, fragmentary novel following a charming young gourmand who leaves his rural village in Punjab with big dreams, only to toil in restaurant kitchens and farms across Southern Europe, using his verdant fantasy life to survive the reality of ever-worsening conditions faced by all migrant workers.

“Bighearted.”—New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice/Staff Pick
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Mouth by Puloma Ghosh: A debut collection that spins tales of creatures and gore to explore grief, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. 

“Sometimes surreal, sometimes horrifying, always startling . . . these stories will unsettle and fascinate in equal measure . . . Like K-Ming Chang’s carnal prose, Ghosh’s delights in even the grotesque sides of sex and rebirth.”—Alice Martin, Shelf Awareness

An absurdist debut in which a tech billionaire attempts to save the world from an animal uprising…

A translated novel about disaffected youth, rebellion, and a world in pieces, set in the past, present, and not-too-distant future…

Vivid, funny, confessional storytelling in the unforgettable voice of a young man in recovery…

Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet: In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a California billionaire who’s promised a time machine that will make everything normal again—whatever that means. 

“For fans of Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This (2021). An off-kilter, hauntingly hilarious debut novel.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornberg, translated by Jack Rockwell and Julia Kornberg: A kinetic, globetrotting novel following three siblings—Jewish and downwardly mobile—from 2001 to 2034, as they come of age against the major crises of the 21st century.

★ “Capturing a lost generation that feels both timeless and particular in its ironic fatalism and its various intellectual, artistic, and political responses to a broken world, this novel will be of interest to the international literary community.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler: Like a sober, millennial Jesus’ Son, the poignant confession of a recovering addict adrift in the fragmenting landscape of America’s middle class. 

“A wise and piercing book.”—Charlie Lee, The New York Times Book Review

A true crime narrative that avoids voyeurism in favor of empathy…

A call to address climate change through a Marxist lens…

A deeper understanding of the direct effects of systemic racism on the health of people of color…

The Rent Collectors by Jesse Katz: A teeth clenching and breathless narrative that explicates the difficult and proud lives of undocumented black market workers who are being extorted by the gangs and fined by the city of LA—in other words, exploited by two sets of rent collectors.

“A riveting and masterful urban narrative.”—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times

Slow Down by Kohei Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom: In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that returning to a system of social ownership we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet.

“Saitō’s proposal is simple, salient, and adapts Marx for the modern day.” —The Millions

Systemic by Layal Liverpool: In the spirit of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body; A science-based, data-driven, and global exploration of racial disparities in health care access.

“A damning investigation of how racism affects health outcomes across the globe . . . The extensive research captures the alarming scope of the problem, yet Liverpool also includes reason for hope.”—Publishers Weekly

A critique of extreme wealth arguing that no one should be a billionaire…

An unconventional and immersive crime novel with a feminist bent…

A biography of your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper…

Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns: The first authoritative trade book to unpack the concept of a cap on wealth, where to draw the line, how to collect the excess and what to do with the money.

“Robeyns’s book is a timely addition to the conversation about extreme wealth—subverting assumptions in a way that may make it easier to accept the (far less dramatic) shifts that may finally be taking place.”—Christina Emba, The Atlantic

My Men by Victoria Kielland, translated by Damion Searls: Based on the true story of Norwegian maid turned Midwestern farmwife Belle Gunness, the first female serial killer in American history. A fictional account of one broken woman’s descent into inescapable madness.

“Kielland plumbs Belle’s inner life through jaggedly rhythmic prose, where what should be obvious is sometimes opaque and what’s often shrouded—female rage—takes center stage.”—Sarah Weinman, The Best Crime Books of 2023, The New York Times

The Chronicles of DOOM by S.H. Fernando Jr.: The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.

“Superbly written, and incredibly well researched, but also full of heart and the pure love and appreciation of any true DOOM fan. Here you get everything you would want to know about the man, the myth, the mask. It is written as compellingly as the origin stories of the greatest superheroes and supervillains. If you love DOOM, I could not more highly recommend this book.”—Tommy Orange, New York Times–bestselling author of Wandering Stars and Pulitzer Prize finalist for There There