Riverhead Books imprint: 592 books
Future Perfect
The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted
Combining the deft social analysis of Where Good Ideas Come From with the optimistic arguments of Everything Bad Is Good For You, New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson’s Future Perfect makes the case...
Romeo and/or Juliet
A Chooseable-Path Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
**The New York Times bestseller from the author of How to Invent Everything and To Be or Not To Be
Romeo loves Juliet. Or Rosaline. And Juliet loves Romeo. Or Viola. Or Orlando. It's Shakespeare as you've never played him before.**
In this choose-your-own-path version of Romeo and Juliet,...
Local Girls
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
**Named one of the summer's best books by People, Glamour, The Huffington Post, and Pure Wow
Publishers Weekly Book of the Week
Named one of Refinery 29’s “21 New Authors to Watch” in 2015
The first person to break your heart isn’t always your boyfriend. Sometimes it’s your best friend.**
Maggie,...
by Emma Straub
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
**A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick
The enchanting story of a midwestern girl who escapes a family tragedy and is remade as a movie star during Hollywood’s golden age.**
In 1920, Elsa Emerson, the youngest and blondest of three sisters, is born in idyllic Door County, Wisconsin. Her...
by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
**From the author of The Sound of Things Falling, a "brilliant new novel" (New York Times Book Review) and one of the most buzzed about books of the year!
"One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize...
Woe Is I
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Fourth Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
A revised and updated edition of the iconic grammar guide for the 21st century.
In this expanded and updated edition of Woe Is I, former editor at The New York Times Book Review Patricia T. O'Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles with the same insight and humor that have charmed and enlightened...
Joseph's Bones
Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
“A work of stunning originality . . . Nothing quite like it has appeared in years.”—Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography
In this groundbreaking book, Jerome Segal offers a fresh and vigorous reexamination of the oldest part of the Bible.
What if we knew nothing about Judaism...
The Yoga of Max's Discontent
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
**“A beautifully rendered epic journey . . . . The novel works on many levels and excels at them all.” —New York Journal of Books
In this captivating and surprising novel of spiritual discovery—a No. 1 bestseller in India—a young American travels to India and finds himself tested...
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Native America from 1890 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR
"An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait... Treuer's powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves...
by Maile Meloy
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
**One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009-- now adapted into the feature film Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart-- award-winning writer Maile Meloy's short stories explore complex lives in an austere landscape with the clear-sightedness that first endeared her to readers. Don't miss her...
by Jonathan Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
A hilarious re-imagining of the heroes of the Old Testament for a modern world-and the neurotic, demanding reader.
In the beginning...there was humor.
Sure, it's the foundation for much of Western morality and the cornerstone of world literature. But let's face it: the Bible always needed...
A Full Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
An in-depth biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, the founder of Lipton Tea-a portrait of a remarkable self-made man and intrepid sailor.
Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams....
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music.
Before Carrie Brownstein became...
by The RZA
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
From the founder of the Wu-Tang Clan—celebrating their 25th anniversary this year—an inspirational book for the hip hop fan.
The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he's learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout student...