Nairobi Noir (Kenya)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o anchors this truly fascinating first East African installment in the Akashic Noir Series.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o anchors this truly fascinating first East African installment in the Akashic Noir Series.
A tightly crafted search for redemption and forgiveness within the shadows of a family’s military past, by the author of Water in Darkness.
A hilarious and poignant novel about growing up, buying in, selling out, and the death of irony.
While supplies last, books ordered through the website will have bookplates SIGNED by Michael Zadoorian!
The long-awaited debut novel from acclaimed author Eteraz; a darkly comic, provocative, and insightful vision of the contemporary American experience.
Akashic Books reissues Nina Revoyr’s inspired and groundbreaking 1997 debut novel about women’s basketball, class, racial identity, and friendship.
A gorgeously written and tightly plotted mystery novel that brings the city of Delhi alive, in ways both enchanting and provocative.
Forthcoming: 4/2/24
A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal and historical demons with both deep despair and savage humor.
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A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal and historical demons with both deep despair and savage humor
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For a limited time, purchase both The Lost Treasures of R&B and The Plot Against Hip Hop together for only $15!
Larson’s antihero Dewey Decimal is back in this bombastic and soulful sequel to The Dewey Decimal System.
We still have a very limited number of the limited edition, signed hardcover copies of The Nervous System available for purchase while supplies last! To place an order, select the “limited hardcover edition” option in the add-to-cart drop-down menu above!
Amy Bloom masterfully curates a star-studded cast of contributors, including Michael Cunningham, Stephen L. Carter, and Roxana Robinson, to portray the city’s underbelly.
Jonathan Safran Foer and Robert Pinsky join Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers to sift through the hidden dirt of the Garden State.
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Beneath the glitter of Mardi Gras lies the sleaze of Bourbon Street; under the celestial sounds of JazzFest, the nightmare screams of a city traumatized long before the storm.
This sequel to the original best-selling New Orleans Noir takes a literary tour through some of the darkest writing in New Orleans history.
Discover some of the best in speculative short fiction from the Caribbean’s up-and-coming voices.
This fourteen-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of thirteen new African poets.
This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
This eleven-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
This limited-edition nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of new African poets.
News Dissector brings together Schechter’s writings on human rights, politics, and the media over a span of four decades of activism and reporting.
Lee Child recruits Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Cara Black, and others to reveal nicotine’s scintillating alter egos.
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A taut thriller set in Florida’s desolate panhandle, part coming-of-age story, all hard-boiled noir
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A gorgeously written and highly entertaining debut novel about a small island’s struggle for independence from Britain.
The Nina Revoyr Digit features excerpts from all four of her Akashic titles: Lost Canyon, Wingshooters, The Age of Dreaming, and Southland.
For a limited time, purchase three of Nina Revoyr’s titles (Wingshooters, Southland, and The Age of Dreaming) together for only $20!
The winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series; published in both English and Spanish.
A haunting, exquisitely written novel exploring the true devastation of the US war in Afghanistan.
A riveting memoir in which Nunez comes to grips with her mother’s passing and her parents’ ambition for their children.
There is nothing like racial injustice in America to teach an outsider the differences between perception and reality.
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This memoir—the first release on best-selling author Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint—about the fathomless loss of a beloved child reveals how tragedy can transform us and make us more fully alive.
The long-awaited reissue of McFadden’s classic novel about a young woman on a journey of self-discovery.
Celebrating the long-awaited release of Staten Island Noir—the fifth and final borough featured in the Akashic Noir Series, the NYC Digit includes the editors’ introducitons and contributions to Brooklyn Noir (Tim McLoughlin), Manhattan Noir (Lawrence Block), Bronx Noir (S.J. Rozan), Queens Noir (Robert Knightly), and Staten Island Noir (Patricia Smith)