Henry Holt And Co imprint: 1523 books
Sunset Park
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Luminous, passionate, expansive, an emotional tour de force
Sunset Park follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysterious Miles Heller during the dark months of the 2008 economic collapse.
An enigmatic young man employed as a trash-out...
Man in the Dark
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
A new novel with a dark political twist from "one of America's greats."*
Man in the Dark is Paul Auster's brilliant, devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as wars flame all around us.
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his...
The Good Son
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
New York Times bestselling author Michael Gruber, a member of "the elite ranks of those who can both chill the blood and challenge the mind" (The Denver Post), delivers a taut, multilayered, riveting novel of suspense
Somewhere in Pakistan, Sonia Laghari and eight fellow members of...
Charlotte
Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical World
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2006
The life of actress Charlotte Charke transports us through the splendors and scandals of eighteenth-century London and its wicked theatrical world
Her father, Colley Cibber, was one of the eighteenth century's great actor/playwrights-the toast of the British aristocracy, a favorite of the king....
Samuel Johnson
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
A modern biography of Samuel Johnson that will serve as the definitive work on the legendary British man of letters
In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or...
Vivid
Poems & Notes About Color
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Playful poems and facts celebrate the colors of the rainbow in this beautiful nonfiction picture book.
Orange you sweet? Orange you plump and juicy? Orange you my favorite fruit?
Hey - you’re a tangerine!
B-lime-y.
With information about the science of sight and perception, pigment...
Shakespeare Unbound
Decoding a Hidden Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
At last—a key that unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare's life
Intimacies with Southampton and Marlowe, entanglements in London with the elusive dark lady, the probable fathering of an illegitimate son—these are among the mysteries of Shakespeare's rich and turbulent life that have proven...
by Paul Fleischman
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land.
In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State...
The Outer Cape
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
“The Outer Cape is a wonderful book from a remarkably talented author...” —NPR.org
An Amazon Editor's Pick
Robert and Irene Kelly were a golden couple of the late ‘70s—she an artist, he a businessman, each possessed by dynamism and vibrancy. But with two young boys to care...
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
A Memoir of Going Home
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A hilarious and moving memoir—in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron—about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis
Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her brilliant husband of fifteen...
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
A scientific exploration into humanity’s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer
In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans’ belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific...
A Good Month for Murder
The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Bestselling author Del Quentin Wilber tells the inside story of how a homicide squad---a dedicated, colorful team of detectives—does its almost impossible job
Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month...
An American Betrayal
Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The fierce battle over identity and patriotism within Cherokee culture that took place in the years surrounding the Trail of Tears
Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite...
Chosen Country
A Rebellion in the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
"Whoever you are, whatever side you’re on, if you care about the American west and what’s happening to it, read this book."
—Caroline Fraser, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires
An extraordinary inside look at America’s militia movement that shows a country at the...