Prospect Park Books: 64 books

Life is never peaceful in Chris Erskine's house, what with the four kids, 300-pound beagle, chronically leaky roof, and long-suffering wife, Posh. And that's exactly the way he likes it, except when he doesn't. Every week in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune (and now and then in many other...

Admissions rates of 6 percent? Kids applying to thirty-two colleges? Sixteen-year-olds with more impressive resumes than Fortune 500 CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind? Why yes, it has! J.D. Rothman, the Neurotic Parent of blog fame, takes readers on a hilarious satiric journey through today’s insane...

Created by the folks behind the very successful Eat: Los Angeles guidebook, Drink: Los Angeles is a nifty pocket guide to the best pubs, cocktail bars, coffeehouses, wine bars, dive bars, tea houses, juice cafes, boba spots, and neighborhood watering holes across Los Angeles. Smart, curated, honest, and reliable.

“A lighthearted memoir of new friends, delicious food, and culture shock . . . A brisk chronicle of a family’s (mis)adventures in Vietnam” (Kirkus Reviews). During the 2008 recession, Karin Esterhammer was laid off from her job as a travel writer for the Los Angeles Times. No longer able...

Written by a seasoned writer, Odd One Out will appeal to a broad audience An alternately funny and warm novel that plays out like a mystery A perfect fit for contemporary trade sales that will be look perfect next Tom Perotta or David Nichols on the fiction table

Jim Kempton has spent his life traveling and surfing the world, along the way learning to cook the world's best beach-loving dishes. Now he's sharing his vividly colorful, richly flavorful, and vibrantly healthful collection of more than 90 recipes, along with stories of the best waves, markets, restaurants,...

The daughter of a mommy blogger escapes fame—and gets even—in this “satirical exploration of the modern American family” (Publisher’s Weekly).   Before there were Real Housewives and Tiger Moms, there was Ruth Sternberg, the hugely popular First Mother of Mommy Blogging—or as Ruth’s...

This cookbook is “filled with fantastic versions of the chef’s singular California-European cooking” that made his beloved restaurants and cafes so famous (LA Weekly). One of Eater National’s Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014 One of Tasting Table’s Best Upcoming Cookbooks In...

The third in the Paperback L.A. series focusing on culture, people, humor, and zeitgeist of L.A. Editor is respected as a former magazine editor and communications chief for a prominent social-justice nonprofit Focus will be on smart, entertaining short pieces, not esoteric or archly...

The Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Helen of Pasadena offers a “charmingly funny and effortless read” about new love, new life, and Shakespeare (Library Journal, starred review)****. English professor Elizabeth Lancaster is living her perfectly orchestrated, perfectly dull life...

When grifter Radar Hoverlander gets tangled in a dangerous con in Austin, “Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen fans should be pleased” (Publishers Weekly). After pulling world-class cons in California and New Mexico, Radar Hoverlander and his crew—including girlfriend and grift artist, Allie...

Otherwise Fables gives new wit and depth to the beloved mode of the fable Written by respected Belgian scholar and professor emeritus of literature at prestigious Caltech Author has published widely in the fields of poetry, drama, fiction, art history, literary theory, and translations from French and German Book will be supported by a generous marketing and advertising budget

The path of an American life—told in Tarot cards: “A wonderful read . . . evocative of a John Irving novel . . . Beautifully written and deeply rewarding” (Booklist). This dazzling debut novel follows its midwestern narrator from childhood to old age as he examines the touchpoints and...

An HR exec and part-time private eye searches for a deadly corporate consultant in a mystery with “a smooth noir vibe [and] a satisfying series of twists” (Kirkus Reviews). Chuck Restic’s life as a part-time private investigator is going just fine. As a corporate HR manager, he has a...