The Accidental Hunter
The long-awaited reissue of the book that introduced mystery fans to bodyguard-turned-investigator D Hunter.
The Vision Through My Lens: My Life in Basketball and Beyond
Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers
About Time (Paperback)
Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO
Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
82nd Division
Selected by acclaimed poet/novelist Colin Channer for the National Poetry Series, 82nd Division is a lustrous love song to the author’s native Nigeria
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Music Is in Everything
A picture book based on Ziggy Marley’s popular song celebrating music’s many forms, from the sounds of ocean waves to laughter in the family kitchen.
*While supplies last, books ordered through the Akashic Books website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Ziggy Marley!
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Upcoming Events
John Baccigaluppi — Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)
10/3/26, 11:00am
John Baccigaluppi presents Making Music, in conversation with SASAMI.
Larry Crane — Powell’s City of Books (Portland, OR)
10/9/26, 7:00pm
Larry Crane presents Making Music, in conversation with John McEntire.
News & Features
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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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Ani DiFranco Preorder Package and Other Special Offers
Check out these exclusive limited edition packages by Ani DiFranco, Kenny Stills, Steve Schirripa, Jesse Malin, Rick Fröberg, and more.
- Listen to “Imaginary Composition” by Sonnenzimmer
- Listen to “Beginnings, Endings, and Other Musical Figures” by Joseph Fuller
- Listen to “Catastrophe Will Never Let You Down” by Adam Gwon, performed by Margo Seibert
- Listen to “Leave it Alone” by Jason Kaminski
Akashic Insider
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SCAM ALERT!!!
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!
- Exclusive Robyn Hitchcock Preorder Package
- Now Available: Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?
- Akashic Remembers Elizabeth Nunez
- Quarantine Q&A: David Duchovny