David Graeber

Bullshit Jobs

From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, […]

Shaun Bythell

The Diary of a Bookseller

Love, Nina meets Black Books: a wry and hilarious account of life in Scotland’s biggest second-hand […]

Teju Cole

Blind Spot

The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young […]

Willy Vlautin

Don’t Skip Out on Me

Meet Horace Hopper, a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah, Nevada, who works for Mr Reece and […]

Bob Woodward

Fear – Trump in the White House

THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT With authoritative reporting […]

Joshua Rivkin

Chalk – The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly was a man obsessed with myth and history — including his own. Shuttling between […]

Roger Daltrey

Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite

Roger Daltrey is the voice of a generation. That generation was the first to rebel, to […]

Ali Smith

Winter

The dazzling second novel in Ali Smith’s essential Seasonal Quartet — from the Baileys Prize-winning, Man […]

Meg Wolitzer

The Female Persuasion

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, an electric novel not just about who we want […]

David Lynch & Kristine McKenna

Room to Dream

David Lynch – co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films such as […]

Barbara Kingsolver

Unsheltered

2016 Vineland Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against an upended world that seems […]

Michelle Obama

Becoming

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the […]

J.C.H. King

Blood and Land – The Story of Native North America

Blood and Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history and achievements of Native North […]

Rafaël Newman

Live Long Enough

Live Long Enough is No 20 in the New Garland Series of poetry books, now published […]

Oliver Sacks

The River of Consciousness

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the […]

Clair Wills

Lovers and Strangers

The battered and exhausted Britain of 1945 was desperate for workers – to rebuild, to fill […]

Viv Albertine

To Throw Away

Every memoir is a battle between reality and invention – but in her follow up to […]

2018-05-26

Rahel & Rose

Rose and Rahel met in 2010 while attending the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City. […]

Rachel Kushner

The Mars Room

Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville […]

Lucia Berlin

Evening in Paradise

Ranging from Texas, to Chile, to New Mexico and New York, in Evening in Paradise Berlin […]

Clare O'Dea

The Naked Swiss

In The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths, Clare O’Dea promises to change the way […]

Xiaolu Guo

Once Upon a Time in the East

When she is born her parents hand her over to a childless peasant couple in the […]

Andy Weir

Artemis

An adrenaline-charged crime caper that features smart, detailed world-building based on real science and the charm […]

Loudon Wainwright III

Liner Notes

Loudon Wainwright III, the son of esteemed Life magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr., is the patriarch […]

Ian Rankin

In a House of Lies

IN A HOUSE OF LIES… Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, […]

Anna Burns

Milkman

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 ‘Milkman is extraordinary. I’ve been reading passages aloud for […]

Ottessa Moshfegh

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so […]

Prosperity Joy

Are The Planets Just For Decoration?

Are The Planets Just For Decoration? is fantastic reading filled with amazing insight and intuitive mastery. […]