The classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, with an introduction by award-winning science fiction writer and scientist David Brin.

An 11-year-old boy at his family’s annual deer hunt is eager to make his first kill. His father discovers a poacher on the land, a 640-acre ranch in Northern California, and shows him to the boy through the scope of his rifle. With this simple gesture, tragedy erupts, shattering lives irrevocably.

Nella Larsen’s brilliant examination of white privilege and Black identity is just as riveting and relevant today as when it was originally published in 1929.

“A tragic story rooted in the . . . facts of American life . . . that loyalty to a Black . . . identity was not only an act of pride, but one of courage.” —The New York Times

Nobel Prize–winning author

In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. A masterful work from Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, sharply translated by Edith Grossman, The Dream of the Celt tackles a controversial man whose story has long been neglected, and, in so doing, pushes at the boundaries of the historical novel.

“In the star-studded world of the Latin American novel, Mario Vargas Llosa is a supernova.” ―The Wall Street Journal

A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America’s Western wilderness in this “wildly funny, infinitely wise” classic (The Houston Chronicle). The author who Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) once dubbed “The Thoreau of the American West” has written a true comedic classic with brains, heart, and soul.

National Book Award Finalist

Out on the frontier of a failed state, Makepeace—sheriff and perhaps last citizen—patrols a city's ruins, salvaging books but keeping the guns in good repair. When refugee emerges from the vast emptiness of forest, Makepeace reconnects with human society and takes to the road, armed with rough humor and an unlikely ration of optimism.

With epic breadth and intimate detail, Ludmila Ulitskaya’s remarkable work tells the story of three school friends who meet in Moscow in the 1950s and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience.

Set in a Bulgaria shaped by borders, memory, and loss, East of the West blends history with absurdity and heartbreak. From stolen relics to impossible love, Miroslav Penkov’s debut stories explore exile, family, and longing with wit and deep compassion—capturing a country where the past never quite lets go.

"...An unapologetic love letter to a culture of many colors."---Kirkus Reviews