Knopf
The Rebels
The Rebels tells the story of a group of young men on the eve of their graduation from a boy’s…
Skylark Farm
Skylark Farm is the Arslanian family’s country retreat. The life of this prosperous Armenian family is touchingly centered on the…
The Communist’s Daughter
Canadian writer Bock’s first novel, The Ash Garden, stunned the literary world, and his second only enhances his reputation. Here…
House of Meetings
Editors' choice
Written as a confession, House of Meetings is the story of two brothers—the unnamed narrator and Lev—and the beautiful, free-spirited…
The View from Castle Rock
In this collection of stories, Alice Munro picks through her family tree – as far back as 18th century Scotland…
The Book Thief
Editors' choice
1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel Meminger, the daughter of a communist, is the eponymous Book Thief, and her story is told…
The Willow Field
The novel tells the life story of Rossie Benasco, from the age of fifteen until he becomes an older man…
The Fetch
The title comes from Nordic lore, which holds that everyone has a “fetch” or double, able to wander and shape-shift…
Another Green World
In 1929, four young Americans journey to an international youth conference in Weimar, Germany, which promises the dawning of a…
By a Slow River
“Bastards, saints – can’t say I’ve ever seen one or the other. Souls are never black or white; they’re all…
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