Prayer for the Living
Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic.
Tuff Gnarl Limited Edition Preorder
A Good Haunting: Stories
Grandma, What’s That? Countdown to Christmas: A Nine Mile Babies Adventure
The Royal We
The Angel at the Gates
Quiet City Limited Edition Preorder
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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)
This twelve-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of eleven new African poets.
Kumi: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set
This 10-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of nine new African poets.
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Upcoming Events
Carol Mitchell — Politics & Prose, Union Market (Washington, DC)
11/12/26, 7:00pm
Carol Mitchell presents A Good Haunting, in conversation with Lisa Page.
Sam and Joe Eichner — WORD Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)
11/12/26, 7:00pm
Sam and Joe Eichner present Our Greatest Work, in conversation with Toler Wolfe.
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Exclusive Chuck D Preorder
Now available for preorder: the latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D
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Exclusive David Duchovny Preorder Package
The new paperback edition of David Duchovny’s debut poetry collection, About Time, is now available for preorder.
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This year we’ve gotten hundreds (thousands?) of reports that scammers are impersonating (or inventing) Akashic Books staff . . .
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Exclusive Natasha Howard Preorder Package
Our exclusive preorder package for Natasha Howard’s new WNBA memoir is now available for preorder
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Exclusive Gina Gershon Preorder Package
Gina Gershon’s preorder package for her new memoir AlphaPussy is now available!
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