Warmer weather is on its way, and with it, a set of incredible new books from Algonquin! Meet your next favorite in this lineup, all hitting the shelves in the coming months.   Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel by Matti Friedman This is the true story of four outsiders whoContinue reading

Blood Highway by Gina Wohlsdorf is “a sensational hard-boiled thriller as tough and uncompromising as its main character, Rainy Cain. Don’t miss this.” So says super-bestselling author Lee Child. Rainy Cain is a tough, smart seventeen-year-old whose primary instinct is survival. That instinct is tested when her life is upended by the sudden appearance ofContinue reading

In honor of Earth Day on Sunday, learn a little bit about some of our creepy, crawling neighbors on Planet Earth with Amy Stewart‘s Wicked Bugs books. It’s fun for all ages — so we’re offering up one copy of Amy’s original, New York Times bestselling book, Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army &Continue reading

So what if you have talent? Then what? Are you ready to MAKE TROUBLE? When the legendary John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person.Continue reading

In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re offering you a chance to win a copy of Lydia Reeder’s new book, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory. At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, beganContinue reading