Author: William Sutcliffe The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary.A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea...

Peter Biddlecombe Peter Biddlecombe takes us on another irreverent global tour, snubbing his nose at the "gimmick tourists" and carrying on doing what he does best—business, all over the world,...

Robin Hobb In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma.Born on the wrong...

RL StinePUMPKIN POWER!Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke....

Deborah Dwork and Robert Jan van Pelt A riveting examination in words and photos of Auschwitz, from its roots as a violent market town to the concentration camps built during...

Bernard Cornwell Third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond, the Confederate capital, continues through the hot summer of 1862. Captain Nate Starbuck, yankee fighting for...

Noah Hawley From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo comes the thriller of the year.On a foggy summer night, 11...

Anthony Aveni In this fascinating exploration of occult practice, Anthony Aveni takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through time and space to unveil the many ways people have used...

Glenn Frankel Glenn Frankel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as The Washington Post 's Jerusalem bureau chief, pulls no punches in this thorough exploration of the birth...

Brian Moore To Father Paul, the Algonkian Indians are pagans in need of salvation. To the Indians, Catholic priests are greedy and selfish. Accompanying Father Paul on his mission to...

Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling An anthology of fairy stories for adults, this is the sequel to "Snow White, Blood Red". The stories journey through a landscape of...

Michael Rogin The tangled connections that have bound Jews to African Americans in popular culture and liberal politics are at the heart of Michael Rogin's arresting and unnerving book. Looking...