Algonquin Books

By integrating nature more deeply into our lives, we can enhance mental sharpness, creativity, and overall well-being.…

In Pump, Vertebrate zoologist Bill Schutt gets to the heart of one fascinating organ. From one of his favorites — bats…

This work of fiction by Julia Alvarez, author of the best-selling and acclaimed In the Time of the Butterflies, adds…

“It’s not you, it’s me” is the tired trope of a question — but when the you in question is capitalism, it most…

This book celebrates an intersection of of sex work, burlesque performance, social work in the life account of performer…

Bob Tarte moved to the country and hoped for a little bit of piece and quiet. He picked up a bunny, and although it…

As social media has broadened its grasp on humans all over the earth, one of any number of unfortunate side effects has…

In this entertaining and incisive book, author Heather Lende shares her story of running for assembly member (and…

In this new novel from author Jonathan Evison, a father and a daughter retreat into the North Cascades to live in a…

In this true crime story, author Dean Jobb brings the reader back to the 1892 murder trial of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream,…

A profound look into the relationships between humans and animals. Author Richard Louv interviews naturalists,…

Citing fascinating new studies on sports fandom, Larry Olmsted makes the case that the more you identify with a sports…

We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise,…

These are the powerful stories of kid-involved protests in America. Kids have always been on the front lines of the…

In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had…

Models, actors, writers, musicians, and artists talk candidly about their bodies in these essays, lists, comics, and…

100 pithy and skewering three-panel literary summaries, from curriculum classics like Don Quixote, Lord of the Flies,…

Jamal Joseph, formerly known as Eddie Joseph, was on track to graduate from high school and begin a college education at…

A fresh look at racism in the US through the lens of racist monuments. A young journalist interviews people who feel…

"Crazy" has been justly deemed a controversion. With the subjectivity of language and personal mental illness…

Real food matters and being able to recognize it empowers consumers to make smarter choices. Part cautionary tale, part…

A riveting history of punk in Germany behind the iron curtain in the 1970s and 1980s. Radio waves brought the sounds of…

Take a deep dive into the world of an under-appreciated plant with this immersive, often poetic look at life on the…

Lesbian partners known for cross-dressing and creating the kind of gender-bending work that the Nazis would come to call…

A thought-provoking tour of a multitude of ethical questions faced by doctors today, tackling issues that we sometimes…

Sally Kohn explores the roots of hate and investigates how we can, maybe someday, stop it. She talks with former…

An office-worker-turned-metal-shaper visits with fellow artisans—calligraphers, potters, stone carvers, glassblowers,…

At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and…

If you're into cocktails and such, or even just into food, plants, and cultural history generally, this is the perfectly…

John Waters' gleefully subversive Rhode Island School of Design commencement speech, zanily illustrated with line…