Algonquin Books

19/07/2024

✨ SWEEPSTAKES ✨
 
, , and are teaming up to give away the ultimate wildlife bundle for book lovers! One lucky winner will receive a collection of books that encourage us to embrace and protect the creatures we share this beautiful planet with. To enter, follow Algonquin, Storey, and Timber on Instagram, like this post, and tag a friend in the comments!
 
The winner will receive:
🐒 BEEP by Bill Roorbach
🦁 THE RESCUE EFFECT by Michael Mehta Webster
🦥 WILDLIFE ANATOMY by Julia Rothman
🦒 WILDLIFE ANATOMY STICKER BOOK by Julia Rothman
🌱 2 GROW WITH US tote bags
 
All qualifying entrants must be 18+ and based in the US. One entry per person. Entry closes at 11:59pm ET on July 31, 2024. One winner will be chosen and notified via direct message on or around August 5, 2024. No purchase necessary. Official rules apply.
 

17/07/2024

🪶Two months until pub day for THE WILDES: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard! And where Angie Kim goes, we know you'll want to follow . . .

In this singularly powerful novel, bestselling author Louis Bayard brings Oscar Wilde’s wife Constance and two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love. Coming September 17th!
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Read more and pre-order, and use code WILDES20 for 20% off at checkout https://bit.ly/3VVV7eN (Exclusions apply. Offer ends 9/17/2024.)

16/07/2024

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Happy pub day to BEEP by Bill Roorbach! In this immensely wise novel, it takes a sweet and personable squirrel monkey, Beep, to help us see the world we live in more clearly.

🐒 While intending only to go deeper and higher into the Costa Rican rain forest to find a mate, Beep instead meets Inga, a kindly American tween on vacation with her family, and inadvertently, often hilariously, Beep makes his way back to Manhattan with her. With Inga's devoted help—and a bit of inspiration from a visiting Greta Thunberg, along with a dramatic zoo liberation—Beep manages to change the destiny of the world.

🔗Head to the link in our bio to read more and to shop, and enter our BEEP sweepstakes for a chance to win a copy of the book, plus a squirrel monkey stuffed animal 🐒

"With a lexicon worthy of Anthony Burgess, our small but mighty hero is quick to recognize the perils facing our fragile world. But Beep is a love story most of all, told with the poetry of a pure heart." —Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Dog of the North

05/07/2024

📖 COVER REVEAL 📖 We're delighted to share the stunning cover for NESTING by Roisín O'Donnell, coming February 18, 2025!

From an unforgettable new voice in Irish fiction comes a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over. Roisín O'Donnell’s extraordinary debut creates a devastating and suspenseful portrait of gaslighting and emotional abuse—and even better, a triumphant story about family, love, and finding a new place to nest. Read more and preorder: https://bit.ly/3xJfrqb

"A story of bravery, love, and redemption, chock full of emotional suspense—I couldn't look away. A high-wire act of a debut." —Chelsea Bieker, author of Madwoman and Godshot

"Such a moving, heartfilled, urgent book." —Jan Carson, author of The Raptures

"Emotionally charged, psychologically nuanced and full of compassion and possibility, I read with my heart in my mouth." —Una Mannion, bestselling author of Tell Me What I Am

02/07/2024

🐒"Wildly beautiful, funny, moving, entrancing, and hopeful . . . a triumph of storytelling." —Kate Christensen, author of Welcome Home, Stranger

🐒 BEEP by Bill Roorbach hits shelves July 16th! This ebullient, funny, and hugely original novel from the author of LUCKY TURTLE is told from the perspective of Beep, a squirrel monkey who—with the help of a brilliant young girl— forges the way forward for a planet in crisis.​ For fans of Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures and Dave Eggers’s The Eyes and the Impossible, BEEP is full of humor, inspiration, and remarkable new ways of understanding how we live.

Read more and pre-order: https://bit.ly/3W5ZljR

25/06/2024

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It's pub day for A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF by Dean Jobb! Catch Me If You Can meets The Great Gatsby meets the hit Netflix series Lupin in this captivating true-crime caper— the story of Arthur Barry, who charmed everyone from Rockefellers to members of the royal family while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s. Hailed by Esquire magazine as “a master of narrative nonfiction”, Dean Jobb once again delivers a stylishly told high-speed ride, perfect for summer reading.

💎 Enter the June sweepstakes for a chance to win a bundle featuring A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF and all the other Algonquin books publishing this month: https://bit.ly/4cD0LYq

"Delectably entertaining . . . [Jobb] seems incapable of penning a dull moment.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Jobb is a master of narrative nonfiction. Mesmerizing.” —David Grann

24/06/2024

Hey NYC friends! Catch Tomas Moniz talking about his brand new novel ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY with Gabriel Bump at P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts this Wednesday, June 26!

Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/45zVcYJ

23/06/2024

Coming 11/12: THE MAGNIFICENT RUINS, the debut novel from Nayantara Roy!

It is the summer of 2015, and Lila De is on the verge of a breakthrough in her career at a prestigious New York publishing house. But when she gets a call from her mother in India, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate, she must confront the legacy of an extended family that she thought she left behind sixteen years ago. For fans of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes and All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, The Magnificent Ruins is an utterly addictive read— read more and pre-order here: https://bit.ly/4cdzcFi

“Gripped me from the first page and moved me to tears on the last . . . This novel will stay close to my heart for a long, long time to come.” —Thrity Umrigar, bestselling author of The Museum of Failures and Reese’s Book Club Pick Honor

21/06/2024

☀️🌔 SWEEPSTAKES☀️🌔
Summer days and summer nights are made for reading, and our sweepstakes includes a book bundle, reading light, a set of colorful glass tumblers, and a bamboo cheese board. Enter for a chance to win: https://bit.ly/3ze9v9a
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Official Rules apply. US only. 18+. Ends 8/2/24.

20/06/2024

SOLVED: The FBI announced today it has identified a suspect in the Shenandoah Murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans 28 years ago, the subject of Kathryn Miles’ book TRAILED.

The man had never surfaced as a suspect in a nearly 30-year investigation of two murders at a secluded campsite in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

20/06/2024

This Tuesday, meet the debonair jewel thief who charmed everyone from Rockefellers to members of the royal family— while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s. A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF is another true crime classic from Dean Jobb, and it just might steal your heart. Read more and pre-order: https://bit.ly/4bbaZhO

“A master of narrative nonfiction. In this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jobb has found his own perfect jewel.”
―DAVID GRANN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon

17/06/2024

🪶Three months until pub day for THE WILDES: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard! Coming September 17th, this singularly powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye and Jackie & Me brings Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love.

Read more and pre-order, and use code WILDES20 for 20% off at checkout: https://bit.ly/3VVV7eN (Exclusions apply. Offer ends 9/17/2024.)

12/06/2024

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Now available in paperback: NIGHTBLOOM by Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese’s Book Club pick His Only Wife! Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, this moving novel about the unbreakable power of female friendship follows two estranged women in Ghana who reconnect in a crisis. "Touching, bold and thought-provoking, this story is one everyone should read," says Onyi Nwabineli, author of Someday, Maybe 🌺 Read more: https://bit.ly/45oVGRb

🔗Enter the June sweepstakes in our bio for a chance to win a bundle featuring NIGHTBLOOM and all the other Algonquin books publishing this month: https://bit.ly/4efybOt

"Stunning . . . Achingly familiar in its scope, yet fresh and utterly new in its telling." — Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Nobody’s Magic

"Blistering . . . Medie offers an unflinching indictment of patriarchal power structures and corrupting complacency." —The Sunday Times (London)

12/06/2024

New York City libraries are facing a $58.3 million budget cut that could force most branches to reduce service to just five days a week. On the Day of Action for Libraries, tell Mayor Eric Adams & New York City Council:

Learn more: https://investinlibraries.org/dayofaction

11/06/2024

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Happy pub day to ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY by Tomas Moniz! In this gorgeous novel, Moniz has created a striking mosaic of desire and belonging, an anthem of q***r and platonic love, and a celebration of friendship and the joy of giving yourself up to the essential force of community—a must-read according to , , and more: https://bit.ly/45cxUYo

🔗Enter the June sweepstakes for a chance to win a bundle featuring ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY and all the other Algonquin books publishing this month: https://bit.ly/4efybOt

"Not only absolutely irresistible but unforgettably profound." —, "Best Books of June 2024”

04/06/2024

You just might meet a new friend at one of Tomas Moniz's events for ALL FRIENDS ARE NECESSARY! Check the graphic to see if he's visiting your city, and read more and pre-order here: https://bit.ly/45cxUYo

"Vibrant, alive, and absolutely devastating in its beauty, All Friends Are Necessary is like a late-night phone call with your best friend—exuberant, confessional, and above all, honest." —Chelsea Bieker, author of Godshot and Madwoman

31/05/2024

☀️🌔 Summer days and summer nights are made for reading— and this season's book recommendations are perfectly tailored for every mood.

Shop new, forthcoming, and classic reads at the link in our bio, and use the code SUMMERNIGHTS at checkout for 20% off: https://bit.ly/3X3uFR4 ☀️🌔

22/05/2024

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Available now: SHAE by Mesha Maren! Following the acclaimed Sugar Run and Perpetual West, this q***r coming-of-age story about addiction, belonging, and the heartbreak of loving a place that doesn’t always love you back is "is a triumph of careful attention to craft, place, and empathy", says The Southern Review of Books. And check out our Stories all this week to see bookseller praise for this beautiful and stunning novel.

✨Enter the May sweepstakes for a chance to win a bundle featuring SHAE and all the other Algonquin books publishing this month: https://bit.ly/3wBoPvL

08/05/2024

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Step right up and enter for a chance to win a voucher for a pair of tickets to the smash Broadway show, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS! Our internationally bestselling novel by Sara Gruen comes to “thrilling, dazzling” life (Time Out New York) in a unique, spectacle-filled new musical with “one of the more remarkable ensembles ever seen on Broadway” (New York Daily News).
 
Nominated for seven Tony Awards, the adaptation of Gruen’s beloved novel has been called “stunning, emotional and gorgeously imaginative” (The New York Times) and “the best new musical on Broadway” (Theatermania).
 
See for yourself. Enter now 🔗 Click the link in bio for more information.⁣⁣⁣

07/05/2024

📚 SWEEPSTAKES 📚
 
In honor of the publication of THEIR DIVINE FIRES by Wendy Chen, we’ve partnered with our friends at  to create the perfect AAPI-inspired bundle! 
 
One winner will receive:
✨ 1 copy of THEIR DIVINE FIRES
✨ 1 copy of SEEING GHOSTS
✨ 1 copy of PACHINKO
 
Enter for a chance to win at the link in our bio!

23/04/2024

📙 SWEEPSTAKES 📙
It's publication day for DAYS OF WONDER, the new novel from New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt! In this gripping, high-drama page-turner, a young woman is released from prison and desperately tries to find and reconnect with the daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier. It's a courageous story about mothers and daughters, guilt and innocence, and the lengths we go for love— and a riveting read.

Read more and enter our April sweepstakes for a chance to win a bundle featuring DAYS OF WONDER and all the other Algonquin books publishing this month at this link: https://bit.ly/3Jxksog

⭐ "Fresh and provocative and deep . . . Leavitt's gift for creating complex, unpredictable yet self-aware protagonists is on full display." —Los Angeles Times

⭐ "Leavitt is clearly in her element here . . . [Days of Wonder] heralds the power of steady perseverance, sturdy faith and the raw restorative power of love." —The New York Times Books

19/04/2024

THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES, the new novel by Julia Alvarez, is out now! We're thrilled that this instant classic by one of the America's great novelists is out in the world— a luminous book about the power of storytelling itself, and whose stories get to be told. And in a rave The New York Times Books review, Luis Alberto Urrea says: “Only an alchemist as wise and sure as Alvarez could swirl the elements of folklore and the flavor of magical realism around her modern prose and make it all sing."

🔗 Learn more and pick up a copy of THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES today: https://bit.ly/3UreRGl

🌿 “Mystical and moving, The Cemetery of Untold Stories
shows why some stories must be told no matter how hard you try to bury them.” —TIME

🌿 "A literary pioneer known for breaking ground in terms of centering the experiences of Latinx women and writing bilingually, Alvarez does so again here." —The Boston Globe

🌿"Dominican-American novelist Julia Alvarez has occasionally flirted with magical realism throughout her career—but in The Cemetery of Untold Stories she takes it to Gabriel García Márquez levels, and the result is sublime." —Apple Books

27/03/2024

📘 COVER REVEAL 📘

We're excited to announce THE WILDES: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard, coming September 17th! In this singularly powerful novel, the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye and Jackie & Me brings Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love. With Bayard's trademark sparkling dialogue, paired with his deep insight into the lives and longings of all his characters—and based on real events—The Wildes could almost have been created by Oscar Wilde himself.

“Witty, poignant, and richly imagined . . . A boldly audacious re-visioning of the martyrdom of Oscar Wilde, one which would have astonished Wilde himself.” —Joyce Carol Oates

"Sad, funny, moving. The dialogue is so spiky and witty it would have made Oscar Wilde simmer with jealousy . . . An extremely enjoyable and rewarding read." —Tan Twan Eng, Booker-nominated author of The House of Doors

Read more and pre-order now! https://bit.ly/3TVrV6g

26/03/2024

Big Fish author Daniel Wallace's first nonfiction book, THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL, is intimate & moving. Part love story, part true crime, part desperate search for the self. The paperback is on sale today: https://bit.ly/4cq41aq

21/03/2024

🎧 Immerse yourself in the riveting story of THE SWAN'S NEST with the audiobook narrated by Nicola F. Delgado!

THE SWAN'S NEST is a tender and engrossing historical novel about the unlikely love affair between two great 19th-century poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett 🦢❤️

Shop the audiobook today: https://bit.ly/3TJqoQS

14/03/2024

We're thrilled to see HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS by literary great Julia Alvarez on The Atlantic's list of The Great American Novels!

"Alvarez’s first novel follows the García sisters, forced to abandon their life of privilege in the Dominican Republic for New York City after their father is found to have participated in a coup attempt. The story moves backwards through time and is told from the perspectives of the four sisters as they experience the freedom and discrimination of the new world, as well as the safety and oppression of the old. Through poetic language and lively dialogue, Alvarez tells a tale that feels universal—about sibling bonds, about fluctuating familial relationships, and about finding one’s place, even as one’s position changes."

Grab a copy of HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS today: https://bit.ly/3IyJP8G

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26/02/2024

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We’ve been cooking up something good! In honor of the publication of SLOW NOODLES by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green, we’re partnering with our friends at and to give away a prize pack celebrating the power of food around the world!

One winner will receive:

✨ 1 copy of SLOW NOODLES
✨ 1 copy of THE HUNGRY SEASON
✨ 1 copy of THE GLOBAL PANTRY COOKBOOK
✨ 1 copy of GASTRO OBSCURA
✨ 2 jars of Fly by Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp

To enter:
1. Like this post
2. Follow , , and here on Instagram
3. Tag a friend in the comments


All qualifying entrants must be 18+ and based in the US. One entry per person. Entry closes at 11:59pm ET on March 4, 2024. One winner will be chosen and notified via direct message from on or around March 5, 2024. This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Instagram.

22/02/2024

We have partnered with the fabulous Southeast Asian subscription box company to create the SLOW NOODLES SET! Loaded with noodle packs, sauces, a gorgeous bowl + chopsticks - & the book, of course. Head to the link in our bio to see everything that's inside, and use code HBG at checkout for 10% off your box order.

20/02/2024

Happy Book Birthday to SLOW NOODLES by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green 🍜

SLOW NOODLES is a haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.

Part memoir, part cookbook, you don't want to miss this inspiring testament to the power of food to keep alive a refugee’s connection to her past and spark hope for a beautiful life. Order now: https://bit.ly/3TfDZzj