The Schrödinger Girl
When a young woman appears to split into four different versions of herself, protagonist and behavioral psychologist Garrett Adams must decide what is vision, what is science, and what is delusion.
Catalog Tag: New York City
Black Orchid Blues
Front Page meets Harlem Nights: a riveting and racy historical mystery set in 1920s Harlem.
Boy Genius
Selected for the 2002 Kiriyama Prize Notable Books List & selected as a finalist for an Asian American Literary Award.
Bronx Biannual Issue No. 2: The Literary Journal of Urbane Urban Literature
The second issue of the groundbreaking new literary journal.
Bronx Biannual: The Literary Journal of Urbane Urban Literature
A literary journal’s debut featuring writing from: Donnell Alexander, Federico Anderson, Dana Crum, Michael A. Gonzales, KRS-One, Michael C. Ladd, Ferentz Lafargue, Reginald Lewis, Adam Mansbach, Caille Millner, muMs, and Greg Tate.
Bronx Noir
Best-selling crime writer S.J. Rozan corrals a diverse crew of celebrated authors to highlight the dark magnificence of her native New York City borough.
Brooklyn Noir
New York’s punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today’s best writers.
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics
Brooklyn Noir is back with a vengeance, this time with the masters of yore: H.P. Lovecraft, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and more!
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth
Brooklyn Noir is back, this time with a true-crime vengeance.
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Nearly forty years after breaking his way into public consciousness, the indefatigable godfather of indie features and African American cinema presents a graphic novel that serves as the inspiration for his latest film.
The Dewey Decimal System
Debut novelist Larson presents the first book in a literary-noir series featuring an obsessive-compulsive protagonist in a ravaged New York City.
East Village Tetralogy
The first book of plays from the author of the cult-classic The Fuck-Up (over 100,000 copies in print).
Heart of the Old Country
Basis for the major motion picture The Narrows, starring Kevin Zegers, Vincent D’Onofrio, Sophia Bush, and Eddie Cahill.
Hell’s Kitchen
Armstead Maupin meets Carl Hiaasen in a brilliant black comedy that traces the paths of disparate characters floating through New York, about to collide in a treacherous story that will make you think twice about ever answering a classified ad.
The Immune System
Larson’s antihero storms back in the explosive final installment in the Dewey Decimal hard-boiled, crime-fiction trilogy.
Love Maps
Violence and loss shatter Sarah Marker’s domestic life, causing her to reexamine the roots of creativity and art in New York City.
Manhattan Loverboy
Manhattan Loverboy (MLB) is paranoid delusion and fantastic comedy in the service of social realism.
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics
Following the commercial success of the original Manhattan Noir, mystery titan Lawrence Block explores the historic literary roots of this dark island.
The Nervous System
Larson’s antihero Dewey Decimal is back in this bombastic and soulful sequel to The Dewey Decimal System.
Once There Was a Village
Kapralov’s work revolves around his years living and working as an artist in New York’s East Village in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Perfume Burned His Eyes
A teenager develops an unlikely friendship with Lou Reed in 1970s NYC, in a standout debut from TV/film star Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos, etc.).
The Plot Against Hip Hop
A bad-ass noir novel set in hip hop culture, by best-selling and critically-acclaimed author Nelson George.
Queens Noir
On the heels of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx, the borough of Queens enters the chambers of noir in this riveting collection edited by defense attorney and acclaimed fiction writer Robert Knightly.
Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don’t Have Bruises
An authentic and riveting hip-hop memoir in the Joan Didion tradition from Bronx native Lewis.
South by South Bronx
Undistilled noir in the much-anticipated third novel from the American Book Award–winning Bronx native.
Staten Island Noir
New York’s fifth borough finally enters the Noir Series arena, completing the series tour of the world’s noirest city.
Suicide Casanova
The critically acclaimed psychological drama from the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up and Manhattan Loverboy.
The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory
A riveting coming-of-age story that follows a young woman who squats abandoned buildings with comrades in 1990s New York City.
The System of Dante’s Hell
A reissue of a 1965 novel, a remarkable narrative of childhood and youth, spiraling out of Dante’s Inferno.
Forthcoming Titles
The Five Books of (Robert) Moses
Forthcoming: 7/28/20
A dramatic, playful, brutal, sweeping, and always entertaining reimagining of New York City history, presaging today’s political tyranny.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship out on or before July 28, 2020!
The Darkest Hearts
Forthcoming: 8/4/20
Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George’s D Hunter mystery series.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship out on or before August 4, 2020!
A Million Aunties
Forthcoming: 11/17/20
American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his conception of family during a visit to his mother’s Caribbean homeland.