Harper Perennial imprint: 588 books
Tinderbox
The Past and Future of Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
“Among many recent books on Pakistan, Mr. Akbar’s stands out….A fine and detailed history of Indian Muslim anger and insecurity.”
—The Economist
In Tinderbox, India’s leading journalist delivers a fascinating narrative history of Pakistan, chronicling the conflict between Muslim...
We Only Know So Much
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
A funny and moving debut novel that follows four generations of a singularly weird American family, all living under one roof, as each member confronts a moment of crisis in a narrative told through a uniquely quirky, charming, and unforgettable voice. Acclaimed short story writer Elizabeth Crane,...
Coming of Age on Zoloft
How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A compelling and troubling exploration of a generation raised on antidepressants, and a book that combines expansive interviews with substantive research-based reporting, Coming of Age on Zoloft is a vitally important and immediately engrossing study of one of America’s most pressing and omnipresent...
The Collected Novels of Charles Wright
The Messenger, The Wig, and Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
“Reading Wright is a steep, stinging pleasure.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times
In this incisive, satirical collection of three classic American novels by Charles Wright—hailed by the New York Times as “malevolent, bitter, glittering”—a young, black intellectual from the South struggles...
Breaking Addiction
A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
“Dr. Dodes’s approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of ‘powerlessness’—a message that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts’ life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr. Dodes is...
Never the Hope Itself
Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR’s correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation’s...
Hilda and Pearl
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
To Frances, an only child living in McCarthy-era Brooklyn, her mother, Hilda, and her aunt Pearl seem as if they have always been friends. Frances does not question the love between the two women until her father's job as a teacher is threatened by anti-Communism, just as Frances begins to learn about...
A Loss for Words
The Story of Deafness in a Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
From the time she was a toddler, Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Their family life was warm and loving, but outside the home, they faced a world that misunderstood and often rejected them.
I Take You
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
From internationally bestselling author Nikki Gemmell comes a tantalizing story of love within marriage—and alongside it.
Under her Chanel suit and designer lingerie, Connie Carven is no longer the typical banker's wife. When Cliff's horrible skiing accident shifts the balance of their relationship,...
Anyone
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge—and wariness**—**of technology to his sophomore novel set in a realistic future about a brilliant female scientist who creates a technology that allows for the transfer of human consciousness between bodies, and the transformations this process wreaks...
The Physics of Baseball
Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed...
Congratulations, Who Are You Again?
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A Good Housekeeping Book of the Month
This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who’s ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.
Little-known author...
by Pat Frank
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
From the author of the classic Alas Babylon comes this riveting story of a Marine captain and his soldiers and their arduous, difficult retreat from Changjin Reservoir to Hungnam during the Korean War—a stirring portrait of courage and sacrifice, now back in print.
*“*These are not stragglers,...
The Slippage
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The Slippage is a wry, wistful tale of marriage, lust, and disconnection from Ben Greenman, the critically acclaimed author of What He’s Poised to Do.
William Day must confront some uncomfortable truths about his life and his future when his wife Louisa asks him to build her house. The take-it-or-leave-it...