Algonquin Books

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

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

In this dark and comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down…

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

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

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

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

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

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

This nonfiction graphic novel tells the story of Fishs Eddy, an iconic New York City business. It started as an eclectic…

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

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

In The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart takes us on a journey through the underground world and introduces us to one of its most…

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

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

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

Growing up in Enugu, Nigeria, Kambili and her brother Jaja live an upper-class life, detached from the world outside.…

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

Whew, is there a more loaded topic than hair? Race, gender, class, history, body image, sexuality, religion... it's all…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Looking to learn more about record labels? This book dishes the deets on the founding of Merge Records by Mac McCaughan…

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