Akashic Books Ignition: 146 books

“A Huck Finn for our environmentally damaged age, lost on a river, and moving downstream with humane monsters and monstrous humans.” —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning author Two fourteen-year-old runaways hell-bent on reaching California end up aboard the Tamzene, a mysterious...

The author of Foamers returns to a postapocalyptic world where a band of survivors must dodge humans transformed into monsters . . . After surviving a devastating pandemic and a disastrous attempt to halt it with a vaccine, Kade has found out the hard way that the world is more populated than...

Los Angeles Times bestseller: A memoir by the M*A*S*H actor revealing his hardscrabble childhood, his life in Hollywood, and his passion for human rights. Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and his five seasons on Providence, Mike Farrell is also a writer, director, and producer—and...

Tragedy upends a Long Island town in a crime novel that “captures the familiar rhythms of summertime, following young people on the edge of violence” (Kirkus Reviews).** Turnbull is a working-class town full of weary people who struggle to make ends meet. Evictions, alcoholism, and random...

“Fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary Kay Andrews will enjoy this grown-up Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a story of risk, reward, loss, and love” (Booklist). A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week and a New York Post Required Reading Pick It all starts when four unsuspecting women, on...

The author of Got returns with another suspenseful work of “gritty street noir” (Publishers Weekly).   “There’s a new player stepping into the street-lit spotlight, and he’s one to watch. . . . Urban libraries have to get Got.” —Library Journal, on D’s debut novel Got   It’s...