Atlantic Monthly Press imprint: 271 books
The Rise of Germany, 1939–1941
The War in the West
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
An account of the early years of World War II based on extensive new research: “A genuinely fresh approach . . . exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal).
James Holland, one of the leading young historians of World War II, has spent over a decade conducting new research, interviewing survivors,...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
A New York Times bestseller: The police investigate the death of a veterinarian in Venice, Italy in this “swiftly paced” mystery (The Seattle Times).
When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Guido Brunetti has little...
See What I Have Done
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
“One of America’s most notorious murder cases inspires this feverish debut” novel that goes inside the mind of Lizzie Borden (The Guardian).
On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid: Someone’s killed Father. The brutal ax-murder of Andrew and Abby Borden...
by Mo Hayder
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A “profoundly creepy and creepily convincing thriller” of religious fanatics and hoax debunkers from the Edgar Award–winning author of Hanging Hill (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a secretive religious...
Lost Kingdom
Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
The New York Times–bestselling author delivers “a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii . . . A real gem of a book” (Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot).
Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the...
The Temptation of Forgiveness
A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
In the twenty-seventh novel in Donna Leon's bestselling mystery series, a suspicious accident leads Commissario Guido Brunetti to uncover a longstanding scam with disturbing unintended consequences
The memorable characters and Venetian drama that have long captivated Donna Leon’s many readers...
The Knowledge
A Richard Jury Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The Knowledge is the 24th book in Martha Grimes’s New York Times bestselling Richard Jury mystery series. We are thrilled to have the chance to publish such a major and beloved voice in the mystery world and have committed to this series with a two-book deal.
Grimes has sold over 10 million...
The Perfect War
Technowar in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“Powerfully and persuasively . . . Gibson tells us why we were in Vietnam . . . a work of daring brilliance—an eye-opening chronicle of waste and self-delusion.” —Robert Olen Butler
In this groundbreaking book, James William Gibson shatters the misled assumptions behind both liberal...
by Martha Gellhorn
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
A collection of “first-rate frontline journalism” from the Spanish Civil War to US actions in Central America “by a woman singularly unafraid of guns” (Vanity Fair).
For nearly sixty years, Martha Gellhorn’s fearless war correspondence made her a leading journalistic voice of her generation....
Washington's Immortals
The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
By the award-winning author of Dog Company: a historic account of a Revolutionary War unit’s “tactical acumen and human drama . . . combat writing at its best” (The Wall Street Journal).
In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independence...
Secret Soldier
The True Life Story of Israel's Greatest Commando
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
“A revealing account of a 25-year career in the Israeli special forces . . . adds much to our understanding of Israel’s covert fighting arm.” —Kirkus Reviews
Israel’s premier special warfare commander and counterterrorist specialist, Muki Betser, was born in Israel’s Jezreel Valley...
Dam Busters
The True Story of the Inventors and Airmen Who Led the Devastating Raid to Smash the German Dams in 1943
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
The story of the British-made bombs, Upkeep and Highball, successfully dropped on Nazi dams “has never been told in such depth before” (Daily Mail, UK).
The night of May 16, 1943: Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from an RAF airfield in Lincolnshire, England, each with...
The Unknowns
The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions...
by John Lawton
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
A British agent is drawn to Berlin’s bridge of spies in this “superlative Cold War espionage story” from the author of the acclaimed Inspector Troy series (The Seattle Times).
It’s the summer of 1961, and the inscrutable Khrushchev is developing plans for something that could change the...