No matter when you’re reading this, it’s time for Dinner! Dinner with Buddha by Roland Merullo is Algonquin’s long-awaited follow-up to Breakfast with Buddha — one of our best-loved “word of mouth” bestsellers. Have no reservations about digging into Dinner with Buddha. (Reservations, dinner — get it? Heehee.) We find Otto Ringling and Mongolian monk Volya RinpocheContinue reading

We’re so excited to see all of our bookselling friends at Book Expo America this week! Here’s a comprehensive list of all of our featured authors and events throughout the week. If you’ll be at the Javits Center, stop by booth 1039-1139 to say hello. Just follow the soothing sound of Craig singing Yacht RockContinue reading

Get the skinny on our upcoming Fall fiction. Enter for chance to receive a copy of The Algonquin Reader Fall 2015 with author essays and excerpts from soon-to-be-published novels from bestselling authors Robert Goolrick, Jonathan Evison and B.A. Shapiro. There’s the newest PEN/Bellwether Prize-winning novel by Ron Childress.  Plus be a trendsetter in your readingContinue reading

Bernie Madoff’s name is synonymous with swindle. Boston con man Charles Ponzi is infamous for the Ponzi scheme. But there are plenty of lesser-known con men who were as successful and audacious, if not quite as notorious. Dean Jobb, author of Empire of Deception,  presents five such con men — including Leo Koretz, the master swindlerContinue reading

We spent a good portion of this week following the adventures of Kurt Pickens of Owingsville, Kentucky, on his Alaskan cruise. Oh, that buffet! It was a lovely midday vacay as we set sail with author Jonathan Evison during the #TwitterFiction Festival and the tale of Mr. Pickens. Don’t worry if you missed it. We’ve gotContinue reading

Happy paperback publication day for The High Divide! Enter for a chance to win a paperback copy of Lin Enger’s beautifully written novel. Isn’t it time to remind yourself of the reasons you read? In The High Divide, Gretta Pope wakes one morning in 1886 to discover that her husband is gone. Ulysses Pope hasContinue reading