Literary

One of Lovecraft's most celebrated works, At the Mountains of Madness follows a group of explorers on an antarctic…

If the grind of everyday life is squelching your sense of wonder, here's a dose of the most powerful magic of all:…

Never before have so few lines conveyed such a wealth of meaning as in John Porcellino’s quietly riveting book about…

NPR's Best Book of the Year: A mixed-race punk rock musician is confronted with the the real dangers of being Black in…

Inspired by a bag labeled "To Throw Away Unopened" she found when sorting through her mother's possessions after her…

With whimsical yet mysterious illustrations from artist and author Trisha Leigh Shufelt and quotes from the great Edgar…

In this vividly imagined and elegantly achieved tarot deck, take a journey back through time and literary history to the…

The Art of Ramona Quimby explores the evolution of an iconic character in children's lierature—and, arguably, in…

Valérie Plante stood up to the patriarchal power system of her city, took down an incumbent, and became the first woman…

In a world where we’re more connected than ever, why is it that we’re also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of…

Good bookshops are questions without answers. They are places that provoke you intellectually, encode riddles, surprise…

Travel along with Patti Smith as she draws out her dreamscape in front of you in her year of solitude. Grappling with…

Dive deeper into the lives and work of the world's most awesome women writers. With sections such as "Banned,…

Celebrating 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world.…

Organise your thoughts (or draft your Jane Austen fanfic) with this sturdy, sparkly Pride and Prejudice journal.…

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library—a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled…

George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short…

In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself…

Over the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at…

As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved…

Sharpen your enjoyment of fiction reading with this entertaining guide to the novel. Learn about the parts that go into…

A smart, charming book of relationship advice drawn from the western literary canon, applied to the modern era of online…

Mitchell S. Jackson writes with nuance and brilliance about learning to survive in one of the whitest cities in…

Yes, life is brutish and - as evidenced by social media - truly full of shit sometimes. Enter philosophy professor…

Dana, a young, Black writer, is repeatedly sent back in time from her late 20th Century cosmopolitan life in Los Angeles…

Age 39 and lonely in an unfulfilling marriage, literary academic Chris Kraus channels her frustration and creative…

A hypertext memoir, in a series of vignettes, some in the style of a choose-your-own adventure novel that traps you in…

Color the costumes, the drawing rooms, and the characters from your favorite Austen novels: Pride & Prejudice, Emma,…

Where did the occult detective genre get its start? Today, we have such classics as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The…

In late-1980s rural Ohio, bright but mostly friendless Barry Nadler begins his freshman year of high school with the…