Our 2023 Author of the Year: David Grann
Hardcover $30.00
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023 B&N Author of the Year)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023 B&N Author of the Year)
By David Grann
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Hardcover $30.00
This seamless slam-dunk of epic history-telling from the author of the bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon is an eighteenth-century puzzle of high seas intrigue, a fateful shipwreck, mutiny, and a real-life “Lord of the Flies” descent into mayhem, culminating in a gripping courtroom battle where opposing truths hang in the balance. Rousing, engrossing, and such a ride!
This seamless slam-dunk of epic history-telling from the author of the bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon is an eighteenth-century puzzle of high seas intrigue, a fateful shipwreck, mutiny, and a real-life “Lord of the Flies” descent into mayhem, culminating in a gripping courtroom battle where opposing truths hang in the balance. Rousing, engrossing, and such a ride!
For the past couple of years, our booksellers have tapped an outstanding speculative fiction pick in addition to our book of the year — TJ Klune for his big-hearted Under The Whispering Door and R.F. Kuang for her dark academia epic, Babel. This year, our booksellers wanted to celebrate an author of the year, and….drumroll please…the winner is David Grann. A master of nonfiction, much of it based in first-person reportage and archival digging, Grann uses our history as a mirror to entertain us, make us think, and show us who we are now.
“As a writer I’m rarely speechless, but this is one of those times,” said David Grann, author of The Wager. “It is such an incredible honor to be the first Author of the Year chosen by Barnes & Noble. I am so grateful to James Daunt and the extraordinary B&N team of booksellers not only for this selection but for their unwavering support over the years, beginning with my first book in 2009 and continuing now with Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager. There is no greater joy for an author than knowing that one’s books have found a home with the community of Barnes & Noble readers.”
“David Grann’s body of work has been beloved by both readers and our booksellers since his very first book, The Lost City of Z,” said Shannon Devito, Senior Director of Books, Barnes & Noble.“With the release of this year’s The Wager, Grann has cemented himself as a go-to recommendation for death-defying and meticulously researched nonfiction. Booksellers across the country love to sell anything by David, and the votes unequivocally reflected their love and respect for him.”
Meet David Grann on our Poured Over podcast, taped live at our NYC flagship store on Union Square: