Laughing Shall I Die

By Tom Shippey

Laughing Shall I Die

Being fearless in battle was important, but shuffling bravely off the mortal coil mattered more.

Cancer Crossings

By Tim Wendel

Cancer Crossings

A sportswriter and historian gets personal with a memoir about his sibling’s illness.

Recursion

By Blake Crouch

Recursion

This tour-de-force work of speculative fiction will make believers out of the genre's doubters.

Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel

A “foul-mouthed Tom Sawyer” navigates Brisbane’s seamy underbelly in this ambitious, unwieldy Aussie debut.

The Limits of the World: A Novel

This ambitious debut tackles the themes of belonging and loneliness across time and oceans.

The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts

An insider's look at the reign-in-progress of the Supreme Court’s top judge.

Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator

An insider’s take on one of America’s least understood, most potentially dangerous industries.

Smoketown

By Mark Whitaker

Smoketown

Recalling a time when African-American literati and glitterati called Pittsburgh home.