Summer Reads

Looking for a new summer read? Browse our titles below to find a new autobiography, biography, memoir or a new great fiction or poetry book. Or read up on New York history or your favorite performing artist. Save 30% with code HERITAGE724 through July 31, 2024.

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Restless Spirits

A collection of plays by American Indian playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr.

Birth Chart

A collection of poems weaving together astrology, motherhood, music, and literary history.

Doghiker

A comprehensive guidebook for dog owners that includes seventy-seven great hikes from the Adirondacks through the Catskills.

The Spy

An exciting Revolutionary War tale of double agents and counterespionage in New York State in 1780.

A Survivor Named Trauma

By Myra Sklarew
Subjects: History

Combines personal accounts with insights from psychology to understand the continuing impact of Holocaust trauma in Lithuania.

The Wing-and-Wing, Or Le Feu-Follet

A thrilling novel of seafaring adventure, romance, and Napoleonic history, from the author of The Leatherstocking Tales.

Let's Hear Their Voices

The first anthology of poetry, prose, and drama by second-generation Cuban American writers.

Tales from the Temple

By Oh-hyun Cho
Translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl
Subjects: General Interest

A collection of prose poems by Musan Cho Oh-hyun (1932–2018), celebrated poet-monk of the Nine Mountain school of Korean Zen.

When I Am Italian

Can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian?

An Accidental Theodicy

A highly personal meditation on the nature and meaning of suffering.

The Catcher in the Loft

A novel of political intrigue and coming of age, centered in a torture operative who is a fugitive and his unsuspecting daughter who must shelter him.

With a Diamond in My Shoe

The intellectual autobiography of a leading figure in the field of Latin American philosophy.

Colonizing Southampton

A study of the times and life in Southampton, New York between 1870 and 1900.

In the Region of the Heart

An exploration of states of consciousness as well as journeys in the imaginal realm.

Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words

A memoir and selected writings by the former Chief Judge of New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.

The Now Dark Sky, Setting Us All On Fire

Winner of the Codhill Poetry Award for 2018, this collection unveils surrealistic imagery and apocalyptic moments to explore cityscapes external and internal.

Something's Happening Here

The decade comes alive in this whirlwind ride through the Sixties that begins in Brooklyn and ends at Woodstock.

Inside North Korea’s Theocracy

By Ra Jong-yil
Translated by Jinna Park
Subjects: Asian Studies

Offers biographical accounts of several of North Korea’s leaders to illuminate the inner workings of its government.

You Who Enter Here

A beautifully rendered, brutally realistic Native American gang novel.

Forest and Crag

A compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with mountains and wilderness.

The Room Is on Fire

By Susan Weinstein
Subjects: Education

Blends history and theory with practical descriptions of how spoken word poetry is taught and how to produce spoken word events.

Battling Editor

Recounts the transformation of two daily newspapers in the face of economic downturns and sweeping technological change.

Tilt / Hover / Veer

Poems depicting the planetary tilt that shuffles the seasons, the dynamic poise of a bird hovering, the tendency to veer as we aim for the polestar but wake up awry.

The Full Pomegranate

Translations of selected poems by the Yiddish writer, covering the entire breadth of his career.

An Apple in Her Hand

A collection of poetry and prose by a Hudson Valley–based group of women writers.