Counterpoint Press: 319 books

**“Patterson beautifully parses the consequences of one woman’s fall in this memorable, penetrating, fully achieved novel.” —**The New York Times Book Review   Story Prize and California Book Award finalist Victoria Patterson revisits Newport Beach in This Vacant Paradise, examining the...

The true story of the first women to compete in Olympic track and field comes to life in this “rich and resonant” historical sports novel (Publishers Weekly)****. “A fascinating exploration of a little-known chapter in sports history. With gorgeous, restrained prose and a crystalline...

A West Virginia family struggles amid the booms and busts of the coal industry in this novel from an author called “Appalachia’s Steinbeck” (Jayne Anne Phillips). Set in present day West Virginia, this debut novel tells the story of a coal mining family—a couple and their four children—living...

“Ambitious and distinctive . . . taking us into the lives of two endangered species, Mexican wolves and a Southwest underclass family, equally hunted by fate” (Ivan Doig, bestselling author). Willa Robbins is a master tracker working to reintroduce the Mexican wolf, North America’s most...

“Honor, destiny, caprice, oblivion—Nova’s novel parlays them all into a life-and-death struggle” in this New Yorker Best Book Pick (The Seattle Times). What does it mean to be a decent man? To love well, with fidelity and constancy? These are the lessons posed in this emotional metaphysical...

Thirteen “diamond-sharp stories” of loss, rescue, and redemption told “with precision and a depth of insight and empathy that enfold the reader” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Valerie Trueblood’s second collection of short stories brings readers inside the minds of psychologically...

“Manages to be both warm-hearted and violent at once—a complex, deeply imagined family tale which finds unexpected gifts at its conclusion.” —Kent Haruf, author of Plainsong Hardscrabble ranchers Renny and Ben Cross are estranged, elderly spouses living on opposite ends of their sprawling...

**From the New York Times–bestselling author of Crazy for the Storm. “**Body Heat meets Swimming Pool with an injection of Patricia Highsmith” (The Hollywood Reporter). Nathan is a young artist traveling across Europe in search of the emotional fire that has been missing from his work....

**“Based on the author’s own experiences as a rock journalist in the ‘60s, this trippy novel has bold-faced names (Jimi! Cher! Mick!) and adventures galore.” —**People Magazine Lola Bensky, a nineteen-year-old rock journalist and high-school dropout, is sent by her Australian newspaper...

**“This thoroughly enjoyable historical mystery provides plenty of surprising plot turns and will appeal to readers who enjoyed Ian McEwan’s early novels.” —**Library Journal Winter 1944: northern Italy is a battlefield, with Communist partisans locked in vicious conflict with the forces...

On an Oregon ranch, a young woman struggles to overcome the past: “An eloquent meditation on patterns of grief, loss, and silence between generations” (Publishers Weekly).   Avery is no stranger to the weight of loss, the way it shapes and defines the expanse of a life. The death of her sister,...

“A California woman fights to recover from resurfaced memories of childhood abuse . . . powerfully imagined and profoundly insightful.” —Kirkus Reviews The novel opens with Barbara, who, after remembering incidents of torture at the hands of her father, has quite literally broken down....

A tennis pro tries to escape the shambles of his life and recapture his glory days: “Brown may be the John Updike for a new generation” (Library Journal, starred review). Slow Smith is in a slump. He’s a professional tennis player stuck in his hometown, serving to an empty court. His...

“Mix Nabokov’s Pale Fire with James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia” for an anarchic comic novel by a Donald Barthelme Prize-winning author (Jim Krusoe). English professor Paul McWeeney’s sister has written a book accusing their late father of murdering Elizabeth Short in the notorious...