Akashic Books: 356 books

“In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale’s motto—Lux et Veritas—on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven.” —Kirkus Reviews The image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history...

This book won Japan's prestigious Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Simultaneous publication of paperback and e-book editions. Broad appeal across age groups. Translated from Japanese to English by Charles De Wolf Galleys (and e-galleys via Edelweiss) available in September. Digital...

Imprint curator Kaylie Jones, a successful writer, will help in the promotion. So the book essentially has two authors working full-time to promote alongside Akashic. This book has great MIDWEST potential, and we're hoping to get CBSD and the sales reps invested to help spark interest, as with...

Sterling Watson is one of Dennis Lehane's best friends, and Lehane will help with the promotion. Watson and Dennis Lehane run an annual writers conference in Florida, the faculty of which includes best-selling writers like Laura Lippman, Stewart O'Nan, Andre Dubus III, Tom Franklin, and others....

This is Akashic's first fully Spanish-language publication. It will be published simultaneously with a English-language edition of San Juan Noir. Both editions should be sold in both the US and Puerto Rico. All the stories are originally written in Spanish, except for 3 in English. Brand-new...

Akashic launches this BLACK SHEEP YA imprint with this title and a second YA title by Christopher John Farley. This will be the first in a series of YA novels all starring the same protagonist. Both authors (they are parents of young teenage children) will be very active in book promotion. Publicize...

"While putting a copy of this book on your nightstand would be a sign of good taste, who cares about good taste? Are you willing to be seen reading a book titled Censorship Now!! in public? If so, your skin might burn with funny glances from squares, scolds and looky-loos. But on the inside,...

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A wide range of bestselling and acclaimed writers—from masters of noir to literary lights—explore the milieu of drug culture in this “eye-opening series” (New York Journal of Books).   From Lee Child to William T. Vollmann, Joyce Carol Oates to Sherman Alexie, Eric Bogosian to actor James...

One of the Huffington Post's Best Art Books of 2015 "[Peaches] has teamed up with her longtime tour photographer Holger Talinski to look back at a brazen career that has captured the attention of outsider artists and massive pop stars alike, ranging from Michael Stipe to PJ Harvey to Iggy...

Praise for Percival Everett: “If Percival Everett isn’t already a household name, it’s because people are more interested in politics than truth.”-Madison Smartt Bell, author of The Washington Square Ensemble “Everett’s talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance...

Honorable Mention in the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Longlist! "After the 2010 Haiti earthquake kills her parents, a woman returns to Haiti after leaving it as a child, 25 years ago. A powerful and engrossing story, this read cannot be missed." --Bustle, 35 Most...

Included in MTV.com's "These 17 Music-Themed YA Books Could Be Your Life" A selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. "Meno gives his proverbial coming-of-age tale a punk-rock edge, as seventeen-year-old Chicagoan Brian Oswald tries to land...

"Danny Yzemski tunes out a dysfunctional family with Frank Zappa and Iggy Pop, shaking his countercultural fist at The Man in this eight-track flashback of a novel set in 1970s Detroit." --O, the Oprah Magazine, included in Summer Reading Picks/One of 'O's Top Books of Summer "Beautiful Music...