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March 27
1986 Man Booker Prize (Nominated), 1987 Arthur C. Clarke Awards

 

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
Pages: 311
Format: Paperback

Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by Margaret Atwood.

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs...

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April 24
2017 LAT/NYT Bestseller

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles · Viking
Pages: 480
Format: Book

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must...

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May 29
2013 LAT Book Prize for Fiction

A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki
Pages: 432
Format: Book

A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki - shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award"A?time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be."In Tokyo,...

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