Fiction
Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue
An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.
The Redskins
Cooper's 1846 novel about the Anti-Rent Wars in upstate New York, now available in a scholarly edition.
Spirit of Haiti
A moving tale of contemporary Haiti told through the intersecting lives of four young people struggling to hold on to hope and their identities amid a militarized coup in the early 1990s.
Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Reality merges with illusion in this novel of northwestern China.
The Bravo
A novel of early eighteenth-century Venice that Cooper called "in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote."
Ch’ayemal nich’nabiletik / Los hijos errantes / The Errant Children
A bold and unflinching portrayal of contemporary Maya life in Chiapas, Mexico.
The Sea Lions
An exciting adventure tale of sealers caught in the Antarctic ice in the early nineteenth century and forced to winter over in extreme conditions.
Frank Costello
Provides a reimagined but historically accurate account of the life of the notorious gangster Frank Costello through his own words.
The Best of the Adirondack Tales
The best of W.H.H. Murray’s 19th century Adirondack stories, selected by Murray’s biographer and great, great grandson, Randall S. Beach
Home as Found
A novel of manners set in the drawing rooms, ballrooms, and Wall Street offices in 1830s New York, dramatizing conflicts that we are still grappling with nearly two hundred years later.
The Toltec Cup
A gripping tale of conspiracy and a love triangle set against the background of 19th century New York City.
The Water-Witch
An exciting tale of nautical adventure on the waters of colonial New York Harbor.
Unruly Catholic Feminists
Third- and fourth-wave feminists write about their experiences with Catholicism and their visions for the future of women in the Church.
Sweet Ride
As the '90s spiral towards the new century, a Manhattan nightlife ingenue and her gritty East Village dive-bar crowd fight long odds to win at love, friendship, and ambition.
The Chainbearer
Cooper’s The Chainbearer presents an exciting narrative that interrogates issues of what it means to own land. The novel examines the claims of ownership of wilderness land among Native Americans, New England squatters, and the old New York families with legal deeds.
The Immortals
Translation of the award-winning debut novel by Haitian writer Makenzy Orcel about the lives of prostitutes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid the 2010 earthquake.
In Security
Part airport thriller, part family drama, part love story, In Security explores how those who strive to protect us are often unable to protect themselves.
Restless Spirits
A collection of plays by American Indian playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
The Spy
An exciting Revolutionary War tale of double agents and counterespionage in New York State in 1780.
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.
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.
You Who Enter Here
A beautifully rendered, brutally realistic Native American gang novel.
An Apple in Her Hand
A collection of poetry and prose by a Hudson Valley–based group of women writers.
A Hard Rain
In spring 1972, Brenda Hudson, wife and mother, disappears while vacationing on Hatteras Island, North Carolina.