Discover Great New Writers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo

We're sure Behind the Beautiful Forevers will be on the shortlist of many of the major literary awards this year. Katherine Boo's meticulously reported account of Mumbai's Annawadi settlement -- with its unforgettable characters surviving under deplorable conditions -- is indelible literature. 

The Rules of Inheritance

Claire Bidwell Smith

Both of Smith's parents were diagnosed with cancer the year she turned 14, and she was orphaned less than a decade later. This is a searingly honest memoir about her rocky adolescence defined by loss -- with all its attendant rage, regret, and desperation -- and her subsequent search for a home. 

Monstress

Lysley Tenorio

These adventurous, breathtakingly original short stories propel us into the disparate lives of people at last-grasp crossroads. Living in the U.S., the Philippines, and places in between, Tenorio's characters are outsiders seeking some kind of connection with the world.
 

Wayward Saints

Suzzy Roche

After the death of her lover and band mate, Garbagio, Mary Saint walked away from her almost-famous band - and that's not the only thing she left behind. Wayward Saints is a charming and compassionate look at what happens when we try to go home again, from folk rocker Suzzy Roche.