Grove Atlantic: 1452 books

This debut book of poetry from the Plimpton Award–winning author of Census “displays an otherworldly virtuosity . . . coolly seductive and skillfully wrought” (DeSales Harrison, Boston Review).   Called “A young genius” by the Chicago Tribune, Jesse Ball has won acclaim for his novels...

A police detective becomes entangled with a controlling mother, a missing daughter, and a dangerous web of dysfunction in this “terrific page-turner” (The Guardian). Karen Bloom is not the coddling type. This tiger mom is raising her ten-year-old daughter for success—at school, at music...

“Bordihn renders vivid descriptions of the medieval era in this engrossing account of a legendary ruler both revered and reviled.” —Publishers Weekly The Falcon of Palermo opens with the nations of modern Europe just beginning to take shape, while the papacy clings to its temporal power....

These ten stories of “intensity and bravado” by the acclaimed Chicano author explore love, lust, and longing among people struggling to find their way (Jean Thompson, The New York Times Book Review).   Featuring characters of Mexican American heritage, each of these haunting stories is crafted...

A serial killer stalks the streets of post-World War II Berlin in this international bestselling thriller.   Set in a devastated Berlin one month after the close of the Second World War, Berlin has been highly acclaimed. Ben, a German boy retrieving cigarette butts to repackage and sell on the black...

A pair of thematically linked novellas from the acclaimed author of Lizard, Amrita, and Goodbye Tsugumi. In cherished novels such as Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi, Banana Yoshimoto’s warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and...

The long-awaited memoir by “one of the few original American writers of the last century” is a testament to the power of self-acceptance (Gore Vidal). John Rechy, author of City of Night and The Sexual Outlaw, has always known discrimination. Raised Mexican-American in El Paso, Texas, at...

McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the...

“Crime writing of the very highest order … Kate Brannigan has turned into the most interesting sleuthess around” —The Times (U.K.) There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales...

McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the...

McDermid’s Forensics won the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work, and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical. It was also selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month and an Amazon Best Science Book of the Year, and was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition

The fifth and sixth novels starring the self-proclaimed “cynical socialist lesbian feminist journalist” from the internationally bestselling crime writer.   “The macho world of the whodunit has never seen a sleuth like Lindsay Gordon” and now she must investigate the murder of a bestselling...

Thelma & Louise meet Pulp Fiction in this pop-noir thriller. Shooting Elvis is a highly charged, action-packed thriller about a California good girl gone bad. Cute, blond Mary Alice Baker delivers a briefcase to a stranger at LAX for her Harley-riding boyfriend. When it explodes and levels...

By the author of The Long Night of White Chickens: A novel of the perils, passions, and adventures of a young Nicaraguan immigrant trapped in Brooklyn.   Named a Best Book of the Year by Newsday*, the* Los Angeles Times Book Review*, the* Chicago Tribune*, the* St. Louis Post-Dispatch*, and* Publishers...