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.
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The Family Mansion
An illuminating and unflinching novel exploring England’s 19th-century colonization of Jamaica.
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For a limited time, purchase the “My First Five Books” Ricardo Cortés bundle—Go the Fuck to Sleep, It’s Just a Plant, Party: A Mystery, Sea Creatures from the Sky, and A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola—for 30% off list price.
Upcoming Events
Robyn Hitchcock — Porter Square Books: Boston Edition (Boston, MA)
7/27/26, 7:00pm
Robyn Hitchcock presents Stranded in the Future, in conversation with Brett Milano.
Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Kew & Willow Books (Kew Gardens, NY)
7/30/26, 7:00pm
Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Sara Lippman, author of Hidden River.
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