**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, a novel that explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change."Hugely entertaining and unfailingly smart.... [A] supersize and audacious novel of American misadventure.” *—*The New York Times Book Review“Nathan Hill is a maestro.” —John Irving**It’s 2011, and Sam...

Do you want to know what it takes to be a successful actor and director? As a boy, Nathan Hill fell in love with the horror genre. From humble beginnings, he worked his way up from movie fan to video store clerk to award-winning filmmaker. Over the past 20 years, he has made dozens of motion pictures featuring blood, scream queens and vampires. In his latest book, he shares his diary and personal photos from the set of the critically-acclaimed Warner Bros. movie, Queen of the Damned. Takin...

Where independent film becomes commercially viable. This behind the scenes log is packed with loads of tips, stories and advice for any budding filmmaker out there who has ever wanted to pick up a camera and shoot their own movie. Nathan Hill shares with us his personal director’s diary, written and recorded during the pre-production and production phase of his newest feature film, “Revenge of the Gweilo”. A rare and honest look at the filmmaking process used on low to micro budget movies,...

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nix, a witty and poignant new novel about modern marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together"A hilarious and moving exploration of a modern marriage that astounds in its breadth and intimacy." —Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing HalfWhen Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students i...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart."A stunning novel about the stories that we tell about...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, a novel that explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.“A mother-son psychodrama with ghosts and politics, but it’s also a tragicomedy about anger and sanctimony in America.... Nathan Hill is a maestro.” —John Irving**It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson—college profess...

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny’s mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.Spanning five d...

Following on the heels of his New York Times–bestselling novel Telegraph Avenue, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure—and the forces that work to destroy us.In 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother’s home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill gran...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Bittersweet, sexy, morally fraught.” —The New York Times Book Review"Fantastic… a book that feels alive on the page." —The Washington PostFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, the beloved novel about young love and a big secret in a small community.**Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an...

A collection of three Christmas classics by a cherished American writer, to warm the soul and intrigue the listener with satisfyingly unexpected plot twists.Episode 1: The Gift Of The MagiA young couple struggle to find the money for a really special Christmas present for each other.Episode 2: Mammon And The ArcherA young man is encouraged to pursue the love of his life by his father. But is it cupid or cold hard cash that decides his fate?Episode 3: T...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this “compulsively readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton“This book, this writer, are magnificent.”—Ann Patchett**WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times...

**A New York Times 2016 Notable BookAn immediate national best seller and instant classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls. Richard Russo returns to North Bath—“a town where dishonesty abounds, everyone misapprehends everyone else and half the citizens are half-crazy” (The New York Times)—and the characters who made Nobody’s Fool a beloved choice of book clubs everywhere. Everybody’s Fool is classic Russo, filled wi...