Tim Johnston, the author of Descent, used to make his living as a carpenter, a carpenter to the stars — well, one rock star, one day, one time. Here’s the story of that day. • • • The last time I was in the same room with a rock star, I didn’t know who theContinue reading

Get ready for our freshly blooming fiction with your own copy of The Algonquin Reader: Spring 2015. We publish the Reader each book season to give you a sneak peek of our new novels and a look behind the curtain of the authors’ process. The authors share essays about how they came to write theirContinue reading

Read some of our bestselling novels for just $1.99 this month — and get free previews of  soon-to-be-bestselling (fingers crossed) books coming out this fall. Each one of these e-books contains a sneak peek of the author’s upcoming book. You can see the future – now! It’s like your own version of Back to theContinue reading

Does this sound like a book you’d like to read? Outstanding. . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone.” —Esquire “Tim Johnston’s high-wire literary thriller . . . will leave you gasping.” —Vanity Fair “The story unfolds brilliantly, always surprisingly, but the gloryContinue reading

We’ll keep this short and sweet (and with a raw egg, too) for those of you who might be too bleary-eyed for much Jan. 1 reading. Courtesy of  Of All the Gin Joints, written by Mark Bailey and illustrated by Edward Hemingway, here’s actor Robert Mitchum’s hangover cure: Mitchum’s Eye-Opener 2 ounces bourbon 3 ouncesContinue reading

In a shocking twist, book lovers are as fanatical about giving books as they are about reading them. While some people tailor their gift titles to each individual recipient, others have go-to books that fit the bill time and time again. We asked around the office to find out some Algonkians’ go-to books. •Elise Howard,Continue reading