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In his new memoir, Knife, Salman Rushdie tells the unforgettable (and life-affirming) story of the attempt on his life and... more

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Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott is full of empathy, heart and humanity, drawing on personal struggles and triumphs... more

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez is a sharp and rollicking read about the power of art and the... more

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Memory Piece by Lisa Ko is an unforgettable story of art, friendship and coming-of-age that cuts across decades from the... more

Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham is a clear-eyed, charming coming-of-age-story set in the world of power, money, and political campaigns. Cunningham joins... more

There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib plays with time and memory, intimacy and vulnerability, going away and coming home... more

Tessa Hulls’ Feeding Ghosts is a richly woven and visually stunning graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women exploring... more

James by Percival Everett flips the script on an American classic as Huck Finn steps to the side and Jim... more

The Morningside by Téa Obreht is a story of mothers and daughters and finding home, set in an unforgettable building and... more

Piglet by Lottie Hazell is a taut and propulsive novel about women’s ambitions and the quest for fulfillment at... more

Sloane Crosley’s Grief Is for People grapples with challenging subjects of friendship and profound loss with humor and empathy. Crosley... more

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange is a multigenerational saga of Native American heritage and culture, and a stunning follow up... more

“I'm not here to tell the story. I'm here to find the story…”   Cristina Henríquez’s new novel,... more

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring is biographer Brad Gooch’s compassionate and comprehensive look at the artist’s... more

“The big reveal isn't 'who done it', the big reveal is why and what effects does it have?"... more

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Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One... more

“I describe this as a love story steeped in loss.”  How We Named the Stars by Andrés... more

“To have freedom you have to give something up, to have love — to experience love as an action... more

“The peril actually comes from us — our prejudice, our biases, and our conceived threats, not from artificial intelligence, so... more

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“If you write about a person, you're writing about that person because they're special.” The Book of Love by Kelly Link... more

“I am of the mind that a novel should not leave you with a thesis … I think a... more

“I'm interested in the limitations of the mind — like that your brain really does only go down so... more

“I feel like these poems tell stories in and of themselves. And perhaps as an entire collection, they... more

What can we do when our storybook romance ends? Good Material lets us laugh our way through the thick... more

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Filterworld by Kyle Chayka investigates one of our most prevalent yet often unnoticed influences — the algorithms that shape... more

“I really wanted to find connection with these creatures that I'll never meet…”  Sabrina Imbler’s How Far... more

“I hope that when there is laughter, it's laughter made wise by having known real grief — and when... more

Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland gives insight into the human experience through the eyes of a young woman (who may or... more

How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill is edited by Jericho Brown and contains diverse... more

Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois is a fiction debut that blends a coming-of-age story with the themes of lasting... more

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s The Waters follows the interwoven and often complicated lives of a family of women inhabiting an... more

“I think it is a moment where we are thinking a lot about our relationship to the places and... more

The Fetishist by Katherine Min is a darkly humorous and provocative novel of love, revenge, and identity published after... more

Julie Myerson’s newest novel Nonfiction is intricate and raw, featuring themes of motherhood, addiction and what it means to write.... more

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“Our ancestors, our grandparents, love us by not speaking…”    The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan follows... more

“New York is a character in the book, and I hate it when people are like ‘the city's almost... more

“I think it's actually good for discussion, because you want to see a range of variety of books on... more

Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction, The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk puts Indigenous history at... more

Fashion Killa by Sowmya Krishnamurthy offers an in-depth look at the significant cultural intersection between hip-hop music and the... more

Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter is a raw and visceral novel that explores primal desires, shocking secrets and... more

Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad brings to life this divine tale of conflict, love and honor in... more

“It’s important for us to examine those inherited perspectives that … guide the way that we think and feel... more

Ed Park’s Same Bed Different Dreams blends history, technology and pop culture in a novel that spans time and... more

With recent reprints of The Children’s Bach and This House of Grief, Helen Garner’s voice returns in two of... more

In Jeff Tweedy’s newest book World Within a Song, the accomplished musician shares fifty influential songs that have shaped his life... more

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s To Free the Captives combines the beauty of a memoir with a grander... more

“My favorite parts of this book are when you have two characters … talking about what they want from the... more

The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez reflects our complicated and constantly changing world, featuring unlikely connections and even a parrot... more

Set on one day in April in three different years, Day by Michael Cunningham is an intimate analysis of family... more

“Shift in perception is a miracle”   Death Valley by Melissa Broder is part desert survival story, part... more

“I think the bigger stuff isn't going to happen if we can't change the fact that we're not really seeing... more

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new memoir, A Man of Two Faces, is an unconventional and impeccable personal narrative that tackles... more

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow is a haunted house story for those of us who... more

"It does come down to that moment, when as a reader or as a writer entering into a story... more

“There's nothing truer than fiction, because you can always find yourself in the work.” The Berry Pickers by Amanda... more

Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang connects lyrical, dreamy prose and visceral reality in the story of two girls who... more

In Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri translates her own writing from Italian in a feat of language and a love... more

"I think that messy, sort of evolving spiritual element of Black Americans' lives ... has allowed us to survive, and... more

Percy Jackson returns at long last in The Chalice of the Gods. Rick Riordan brings back the characters that... more

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery with illustrations by Matt Patterson... more

“I expect my reader to meet me halfway with their own experiences and fill in the white space, fill in... more

Family Meal by Bryan Washington features the importance of food, friends and connection with a cast of characters working... more

“I want people to read it with joy, just for the story. But I do hope that they'll pick up... more

"I wanted it to feel like stepping off the world..." Blackouts by Justin Torres explores love, loss and the... more

Our October Discover Pick is The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi, featuring musical prose and interwoven stories that cross... more

“Language doesn't just exist on the page … It's about how you embody it.”  How to Say Babylon by... more

Jonathan Lethem’s Brooklyn Crime Novel brings readers to New York in the 70s and the cast of characters it... more

"My biggest goal was to convert people who said they don't like fantasy." V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic series has... more

The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis follows a family through generations from small town Alabama to Philadelphia in the 80s... more

“It really illuminates these questions of privilege and pleasure, and what kind of joy we can look forward to in... more

“This book is the most personal because it is what I feel about the world itself.” The Vaster Wilds... more

Daniel Mason’s North Woods follows one house in the woods of New England as it passes through families (with... more

Wellness by Nathan Hill follows a marriage over decades through a variety of successes, challenges and surprises. Hill joins... more

“I feel like I could actually follow you through this journey and come out of it changed rather than... more

Claudia Dey’s novel Daughter is a stark and beautiful portrait of the complicated dynamic between a young artist and... more

“… this was a book about beauty, and I wanted it to be very honest.”  In Mona Awad’s Rouge, gothic family-drama... more

“My specialty is digging up obscure stories where there are just enough facts to really stimulate the imagination.”  Emma Donoghue’s... more

Maria Bamford’s hilarious memoir Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and a Quest to Belong... more

"There's no higher version of historical fiction to me than that, the feeling of being transported." Zadie Smith’s The... more

“I think that she would have given — to anyone who had been lucky enough to spend time with her... more

“I've been asked, why do you blend genres so much? And the simple answer is that it's what I want... more

Angie Kim’s Happiness Falls is a family drama with an unconventional cast of characters centered around a missing persons... more

“I wrote this very simply to stay alive.”  Alice Carrière’s beautiful and intense memoir of her unconventional... more

“Having that store of memories that history can be, if done well, is a really tremendous form of solace.” Jill... more

“My book is really an attempt to change that conversation and begin to dismantle some of these pressures so that... more

The Detective Up Late is the newest installment in the Sean Duffy series by Adrian McKinty following a detective... more

“Dr. Oppenheimer, Dr. Oppenheimer. I've been waiting decades to meet you!” The inspiration for the new movie Oppenheimer, Kai Bird’s... more

What happens to reality when nostalgia and memory become weaponized? Part speculative thriller, part queer romance, all page-turning excitement and... more

Las Madres follows a group of mothers and daughters between Puerto Rico and the U.S. as they face challenges of... more

"People who love books, we're the last line of reason and discourse…" National Book Award winner James McBride’s newest novel,... more

I Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani is the story of a young Iranian American boy... more

"My overarching goal is to enchant people the way I am enchanted." Explore the ocean and its wonders in Susan... more

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is a rich, multidimensional story of family, love and summer stock theater. Patchett joins... more

"There's always this thing that makes you kind of gravitate towards an idea… that you just feel this kind of... more

"The fantastical worlds, the science fiction worlds offer a place where they can explore..." Light Bringer, the 6th installment... more

“If you're going to go to dark places… then you better go armed with humor.”  Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Russo... more

Writing duo Christine Pride and Jo Piazza return with You Were Always Mine, a timely, tender and thought-provoking novel about... more

“I feel this book is really about America.”  David Lipsky’s The Parrot and the Igloo is not the climate change... more

“And I'm grateful for the times I got to ask questions. I got to be curious, I got to say,... more

“Every reader can have a different opinion at the end between admiration and disgust and nobody's wrong.” The Art... more

“That to me is part of the joy … of memoir, which is — it is all about looking back.”... more

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson is a novel of family and freedom as one young man navigates coming... more

“... what is it like to live your life through the books you read?"  The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt is... more

“What part of yourself is actually in each character?”  Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur is a family drama set on... more

Whether it’s to 18th century Prague or present-day Los Angeles, you’ll find yourself transported with these fast paced and thrilling... more

“This whole life experience is just a ride, and occasionally we get to steer it.”  Jason Mraz’s new album ... more

“I didn't want to get sick of my work … let's write something that I'm going to enjoy.” Open... more

“God, I was an idiot, but I had good legs.” Caroline O’Donoghue’s The Rachel Incident is a witty and emotional journey through... more

Elysha Chang’s debut, A Quitter’s Paradise, is the story of one woman’s journey through family secrets, grief and love... more

“I found in nature that kind of the same appeal that I find in books which is: … they're both... more

“Does one ever move on from someone they love dying?” Lorrie Moore’s I Am Homeless If This Is Not... more

Two authors take on historical fiction with these novels featuring queer love, heartbreak, coming of age and agency with rich... more

These two new novels ask a crucial question: who gets to tell our stories?  Keziah Weir’s The Mythmakers follows... more

These two novels transport readers into rich, vivid historical settings — whether it’s a journey from colonial India to Europe,... more

Powerful women, families of all kinds, fantastical adventures and so much more unite these two spellbinding tales. Juno Dawson’s The Shadow... more

Either/Or, Elif Batuman’s sequel to Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot, is the humorous and relatable ongoing story of a... more

“This is the place; this is the right place for me, it’s home.” Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize-winning... more

“What if we could do anything? Should we do it? What are the consequences?” Ramona Ausubel’s new novel The... more

These two authors tackle important subjects with new research and keen insight. Héctor Tobar’s Our Migrant Souls delves into... more

Starring strong female characters in rich, captivating, historical settings, we can’t wait for you to dive into these two new... more

Tom Hanks (yes, that Tom Hanks) returns to the world of fiction with The Making of Another Major Motion... more

“I've become increasingly cynical about the industry's ability to change itself and how it deals with representation and marginalization.” R.F.... more

“I am a firm believer in consequences.” Brandon Taylor’s new novel, The Late Americans, finds a group of young people at... more

“In 1649, Artemisia Gentileschi wrote, ‘I'll show you what a woman can do.’”  In The Story of Art Without Men, Katy... more

Few people are as funny as Samantha Irby, and her new collection of essays, Quietly Hostile, proves it. Irby... more

Emma Cline, author of the The Girls, returns with her propulsive new novel, The Guest. This is the story... more

Mary Beth Keane’s new novel, The Half Moon, follows a small-town couple navigating the uncertainties of marriage and starting a... more

“When I was working forensics, I always thought, we do this work for the people who need us to do... more

“I have to transport myself, and only then I can transport my reader.” Brinda Charry’s novel, The East Indian, transports readers... more

“It's more than responsibility. It's fear of just sucking — I don't want to write some garbage that people are... more

"I loved that sense of the slow evolution of a community and watching it happen under your eyes." Abraham Verghese,... more

“…A big part of the journey with this book is realizing that people's humanity shouldn't be negotiable.”  Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s... more

These riveting works of nonfiction by two incredible women have powerful narratives on family, race, and the way we get... more

“We all shape our stories in some way, we all try to emerge as the hero of them…” Author of Killers... more

Dennis Lehane, prolific author for both the page and the screen, returns with Small Mercies, a thriller set against the time... more

“I leave that book feeling less alone, because I've been welcomed into somebody else's humanity, and I feel like they've... more

"All of them, in my mind… were wrestling with the same question, which is — what do I do with... more

“You get to learn a bit about the social issue of Native women and girls going missing and that's really... more

“I can even still have my festively neurotic characters, but they can be working their way toward a happy ending,... more

“I never start a book out with ideas. I always start a book out with people in places, and what... more

“It was going to be a story about American instability, and precarity, and what happens when we aren't able to... more

“Loneliness is such a universal experience for so many of us — and I do hope that the book is... more

“We all want the same thing; we want respect and security and to be loved — and that's what storytelling... more

“I live on art. I'm an art vampire, that’s how I sustain myself.”  Jacqueline Holland’s debut novel The God of Endings... more

“As a kid, you don't know any of that. You're just like, wow, this sounds magical, like, how could this... more

“I'm so interested in the moment when the reader takes over … I wanted it to be a book that... more

“Look at all the advances we've made in the last 50 years, look at the way that culture and medicine... more

Who gets to tell our stories? Two debut authors use their powerful voices to show strong female characters navigating family,... more

From the trenches of WWI to the coast of Australia, these two debut novels depict the ubiquity of coming of... more

Family dynamics, for better or worse, are front and center in these two novels from two striking voices in fiction.... more

"I'm also trying to make use of how innate I think curiosity is for people, because curiosity is kind of... more

“I'm interested in how deceptions can make you feel more of yourself or can unlock something in you that you... more

“How do you spot a ‘we should not be friends’ friendship? It's when someone shows you who they are, and... more

"Each time I wrote a story that belonged in this book… It held some pain. It held some love. It... more

“I feel like we're in a real golden age of fantasy that's exploring diversity from lots of different perspectives, and... more

“When you've been disappointed for that long in your life — what kind of people are you? What do you... more

“I'm one of those writers that … I think I know the story I want to write when I'm going... more

“It's a literary, feminist, boarding school murder mystery — everyone's favorite genre.”  I Have Some Questions for You is... more

“No one in this cast believes that they have a home — they have houses, but they don't have homes.... more

“I wouldn't have written the book if I were not hopeful. I mean, the act of writing... more

“Maureen’s journey is about going to the dark — and when you go right into the dark, you then find... more

“For us, horror stories are a long, dark, scary tunnel. You hear sounds you don't want to hear; you see... more

“That was only three years ago, where I read a protagonist I could relate to on a deeper level, for... more

These two novels explore the gulf between expectation and reality, ambition and opportunity, and what happens when life veers off... more

“I love finishing reading a book and thinking, I feel privileged to have read that, I feel dignified. I feel... more

“At any given time, there's a choir of ideas and nagging voices in my head — chatter that I had... more

This Double Shot episode features two authors, one familiar and one who soon will be, each tackling similar themes. Through... more

“I wanted to spend time with a family and haunted house books are always about families.” Grady Hendrix’s bone-chilling novels... more

Two witty novels, two funny women, and two engaging interviews await you in this Double Shot episode of Poured Over.... more

“That's one of those epiphanies - I realized if I wanted to be taken seriously, I needed representation. And who... more

“I remember being in an English class in high school (12th grade actually). We were reading The Mill on the Floss by George... more

“And I always tend to start a book with a very popcorn sensibility, like, oh, well, this’ll be fun, we're gonna... more

“But now, with the rise of new money, it's like there's this moment in India, when new money was eclipsing... more

Our January Discover and B&N Book Club picks have lots in common: both are debut novels with indelible characters and... more

We're closing out 2022 with something new: A Poured Over Double Shot with host Miwa Messer.  Cormac McCarthy doesn’t really do... more

“They have traveled for most of the day using what little daylight the season offers leaving Ferrara Dawn and riding... more

“It is an amazing, amazing translation experience….But it took a long time to get to the point where the language... more

“One of my favorite places to take a little walk around is the public cemetery, which is on a little... more

“Storytelling can just be you understanding yourself, but it turns into something else when it's a shared piece — so... more

“I loved it more than everybody. And afterwards, I thought for the first time, whatever I do, I've got to get... more

“I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. And you know, nobody was expected to be a novelist — that was... more

"One of the ways you can get into my cast of characters is by leaving a very detailed written record.... more

"When I was a kid, I was super, super geeky, it was so nerdy. And all I read was dragon... more

“They're rooted in our culture as well. And because of all that, I think they feel a little bit more... more

“We are writing our stories to the world, as opposed to just reading the old stories. And somehow, some way... more

“I'm really driven by poetry. I'm really driven by language. But also, I'm driven by a desire to connect with... more

“It's hard to be funny, you can't really plan on — you don't know what will land with people…. absurdity... more

“I had never known what it was like to feel full. And I know that sounds like really odd, but... more

“I always feel like as a reader, I always want to go in ready to be changed, ready to be... more

“More people than we realize are works in progress, are trying to figure out a way to think about the... more

“…The idea just kind of spun itself into existence in my head, the world started to form almost immediately —... more

“…It was at the end of an exhibition called The Art of The Troubles. And that had been a little controversial... more

"We don't know our parents, I mean, we think we do; you know, all of us have a practice of... more

“I was always writing, and I think it goes back to that Charlotte's Web thing when I had that experience of... more

“People write medical histories, people write personal case histories, I didn't want to do either. People write memoirs; I wanted... more

“We were doing all of this for people we did not know and could not imagine. And as is the... more

“When I came back, I was thinking about how to tell the story. And I wanted to meet people who,... more

“By making a certain voice, then I'm going to force myself to do new things in that story. The voice... more

“There's kind of an aspect of melancholy that I love as a reader… But I can't write a book that... more

“I was always in a play, always in rehearsals. And if I wasn't in a play, I was counting the... more

"I think the knee-jerk reaction to pandemic literature — that I think a lot of readers might have as well,... more

“I want to tell stories. I hate the whole, don't tell, show mantra because it's not true—it has its like moments like, you know,... more

“He thinks of himself as a character in a fairy tale in a way who's going on a quest. And... more

“I want to escape into these like incredible, immersive situations, really. But I think I try and balance this kind... more

“So you know, something that is a big part of my project…is actually this idea that we deserve pleasure. I... more

“I think I figured a lot of things out literally as I was writing the book. I'm usually an obsessive... more

“I feel like very often when we have stories about womanizing characters, whether we piece those stories out, so we... more

“I did nothing but read the entire time I was writing this….literally every waking moment, I was doing some type of... more

“I think I made a shrewd pick when I chose this character. Because the last thing you want is to... more

“Ever since we left, when I was 13, it's a place that I think about constantly. I think about it... more

“I already had a kind of Don Quixote set up in mind. And so I was like, Wouldn't it be funny if Arthur... more

“This book feels very much…drawing from the Black Saints: Whitney Houston, Paul Mooney, Little Richard, Luther Vandross, almost my own... more

"Well, home is a complicated concept....So you've shaken me awake at three o'clock in the morning. Where's home? I’ll say Zanzibar... more

“I'm heading into my mid 70s and I really want to just get into a novel and live inside it.... more

“I start with the emotion. I don't know what the story is. I don't know who the characters are necessarily.... more

“…In this particular book, I think I wanted to combat the feeling that we were already inundated with, and even... more

“That nine-year-old kid still follows me and is with me and is very much a part of me... And this... more