Grove Atlantic: 1452 books

The first major biography of one of Old Hollywood’s greatest directors.   Sometime partner of the eccentric Howard Hughes, drinking buddy of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, an inveterate gambler and a notorious liar, Howard Hawks was the most modern of the great masters and one of the first...

“A probing biography of the enfant terrible of 1960s and 1970s film-making . . . exhaustive and endlessly intriguing.” —Booklist Written by the film critic and historian David Weddle, this fascinating account does critical justice to an important body of cinema as it spins the tale of...

Sebastian Faulks’s pick for the Guardian’s best books of 2017, a Financial Times and Economist best book of 2017 in politics, and a Sunday Times (UK) best book of 2017. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice pick. Enemies and Neighbors is a big, textured, and, crucially, balanced...

A wide-ranging collection of essays on millennial American culture that “marshals a vast pop vocabulary with easy wit” (The New York Times Book Review).   From the far left to the far right, on talk radio and the op-ed page, more and more Americans believe that the social fabric is unraveling....

“Meditative and unique, a lovely read for any spiritual person, Muslim or not.”-Publisher's Weekly Few books in history have been as poorly understood as the Qur’an. Sent down in a series of revelations to the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur’an is the unmediated word of Allah, a ritual, political, and...

In this “richly imagined” dystopian vision, mankind must find a way to survive as modern civilization slowly comes apart (O, The Oprah Magazine). When Earth ran dry of oil, the age of the automobile came to an end; electricity flickered out. With deprivation came desperation—and desperation...

A “deeply affecting” account of a community of students planning an extraordinary prom night (Entertainment Weekly). Journeying through “a year in the life of a suburban Pennsylvania public school,” Wonderland takes us to Pennsbury High, whose spring dance is a beloved tradition and...

“A sweeping, well-written, long-view history” of Native American societies and “a sad epic of misunderstanding, mayhem, and massacre” (Kirkus Reviews). In this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed historical account of the Native American peoples, James Wilson weaves a historical narrative...

Along with Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter holds an undisputed place in the front ranks of contemporary dramatists. In volume two of his collected works, the plays and revue sketches mark a period of transition, as Pinter’s characters and settings become more recognizably realistic,...

May 4th, 1970. A week earlier President Nixon has ordered American ground forces into Cambodia to pursue the Vietcong. By the end of the day four students will be shot dead by the National Guards in the grounds of Kent State University. On the other side of the Atlantic, it's a brilliant sunny morning...

Phone is a major new work from one of England’s most acclaimed and highly regarded contemporary writers. Umbrella was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and Shark received praise from the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, and the New Yorker. Phone has been published in the UK to...

By June 1941, Germany’s war machine looked to be unstoppable. The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had bombed London, while German U-boats wrought havoc on Allied shipping on the Atlantic. And yet, as James Holland shows at the start of The...

One of the most exciting new literary projects of recent years, Freeman's is the brainchild of literary critic and writer John Freeman, former editor of Granta. Featuring fiction, essays, and poetry from some of the best-known writers around the world and from new voices, Freeman's is a cross between...

As a Hollywood film producer, Art Linson has had a hand in producing some of the most unforgettable films of the last half century--Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Untouchables, Fight Club--and has worked with some of America’s finest actors and directors. Dubbed by the Los Angeles Times “a breezy...