The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen.“Powerful, thought-provoking. . . . Fans of R.F. Kuang’s Babel will find much to admire here, from the intricate magic system to the unflinching exploration of societal issues.”—BooklistAN ELLE

Wang Wei was one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907). An influential painter and practitioner of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, many of his poems contain concise and evocative descriptions of nature whose elegant minimalism offers subtle expression of a transcendence from everyday life. While this purity of poetic expression is what Wang Wei's reputation is built upon, he lived a courtly life of highs and lows in a tumultuous era, suffering demotions and exile, imprisonmen...

A fairy tale for any age, Jen Wang's The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Publication for TeensWinner of the Harvey Award for Best Children or Young Adult BookParis, at the dawn of the modern age:Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride—or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At n...

**DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICKONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times“A funny, perceptive look at what it means to defy societal expectations…timeless.”—Washington Post“[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is a must-read."—San Francisco Ch...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardOne of The New Yorker's Best Books of the Year • One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2025 • A Financial Times Best Book of the Year • An August 2025 Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book • One of Bookbub's Best Nonfiction of 2025 • A China Books Review Best Book of 2025 • An Inc. Best Business Book of 2025A rivetin...

**PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER • WHITING AWARD WINNER • Smart, moving, and funny, a unique coming-of-age story about a quirky, overworked narrator who seems to be on the cusp of a perfect life but finds herself on a new path of discoveries about everything she thought she knew."Told in a hilarious deadpan that recalls Gish Jen and Nora Ephron." —O, The Oprah Magazine**At first glance, the life of the narrator of Weike Wang’s debut novel seems ideal: she is studying f...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of ChemistryLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Litt...

"A mesmerizing debut fantasy.” —Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame**“A fantastical romp filled with intrigue and suspense.” —**Kirkus ReviewsFearing for her life, an outcast princess joins the rebellion against her own kingdom and family . . . but wh...

National BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and*The* Minnesota Star TribuneNamed a Best Book of the Summer by People, Oprah Daily, and TodayA LibraryReads Top 10 PickHow do we live so that we are satisfied? How can people connect during moments of loneliness? This is the story of Joan Liang...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Selected for the 2023 National Book Foundation's Science + Literature Program.**"**A brilliant and empathetic guide to the far corners of global capitalism." --Jenny Odell, author of How to Do NothingFrom FSGO x Logic: stories about rural China, food, and tech that reveal new truths about the globalized worldIn Blockchain Chicken Farm,...

There’s a mysterious new cat, Taro, in Peaches’s neighborhood, and Peaches wants to be her friend! Pocket Peaches is an adorable, colorful graphic novel for kids about friendship, self-acceptance, and the differences that can actually bring us closer together.2023 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL FOR CHILDREN READING LIST HONOREE“Chock-full of charm with a lovable cast of cha...

Essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing.What we see happening in Ferguson and other cities around the country is not the creation of livable spaces, but the creation of living hells. When people are trapped in a cycle of debt it also can affect their subjectivity and how they temporally inhabit the world by making it difficul...