A collection of homilies, speeches, and “messages of the day” that brings together Pope Francis’s wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now“Readers will be encouraged to clear away the cacophony of modern society and embrace the simplicity of joy.”—BooklistFor Pope Francis, the appreciation of our everyday lives is a spiritual undertaking. Joy is a divine attribute, and creating joy around us an essential part of faith. Every...

New Yorker Best Book of 2025Literary Hub Notable Small Press Book of 2025Kirkus Best Fiction of 2025From the author of Ties and The House on Via Gemito**★ “Starnone’s sensitivity, nuance, and subtlety are wonderful to behold.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Domenico Starnone’s The Old Man by the Sea is a slim masterpiece of a novel...

Pope Francis' manifesto for the happiness of every man and woman.God planted happiness in the souls of each of us. God wants us to be happy. But so many of us have misunderstood what this means, and we search for fulfilment in the wrong places. In I Want You To Be Happy, Pope Francis explained the characteristics of true, lasting happiness, no matter your circumstances or situation.In this new book, which quickly became his biggest bestseller in ma...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICEA powerful, unflinching portrait of a generation fighting for change in Iran, Afghanistan, and Ukraine"Sala's dispatches are as immersive and original as they are anthropologically probing... [They] come alive in ways that ordinary newspaper journalism rarely does."— The New York Times Book ReviewIn The Fire, acclaimed journalist Cecilia Sala takes readers on a gripp...

A collection of homilies, speeches, and “messages of the day” that brings together Pope Francis’s wisdom on finding happiness in the here and now“Readers will be encouraged to clear away the cacophony of modern society and embrace the simplicity of joy.”—BooklistFor Pope Francis, the appreciation of our everyday lives is a spiritual undertaking. Joy is a divine attribute, and creating joy around us an essential part of faith. Every...

Pope Francis' manifesto for the happiness of every man and woman.God planted happiness in the souls of each of us. God wants us to be happy. But so many of us have misunderstood what this means, and we search for fulfilment in the wrong places. In I Want You To Be Happy, Pope Francis explains the characteristics of true, lasting happiness, no matter your circumstances or situation.In this new book, which quickly became his biggest...

Pope Francis's third official book - already an international bestseller - on how to find joy in challenging circumstances.'This is Christian hope: the certainty of walking towards something that exists, not something I hope might be there.'In response to the devastating loss the world faced during the pandemic, Pope Francis was inspired to write a book to help people find hope and meaning. God is joyful, he writes. And God's compassion is no less ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject closest to his heart: mercy.“Moving . . . [Pope Francis] opens the sacred space of his conscience to explain how he came to center his ministry, and now his papacy, around mercy.”—James Carroll, The New Yorker“The name of God is mercy. There are no situations we cannot get out of, we are not condemned to si...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject closest to his heart: mercy.“Moving . . . [Pope Francis] opens the sacred space of his conscience to explain how he came to center his ministry, and now his papacy, around mercy.”—James Carroll, The New Yorker“The name of God is mercy. There are no situations we cannot get out of, we are not condemned to si...

A slim, virtuoso novel about age and imagination, by one of Italy's greatest contemporary writers82-year-old Nicola has spent his entire life telling stories, and becoming very, very good at it. In words, with his pen, in the notebook he carries with him everywhere, he records life's minutiae, its ephemera, those almost imperceptible atoms of existence that most of us barely notice. Recording the universe in each grain of sand has become second nature to N...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEA powerful, unflinching portrait of a generation fighting for change in Iran, Afghanistan, and Ukraine“Sala’s dispatches are as immersive and original as they are anthropologically probing... [They] come alive in ways that ordinary newspaper journalism rarely does.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn The Fire, acclaimed journalist Cecilia Sala takes readers on...

'This is Christian hope: the certainty of walking towards something that exists, not something I hope might be there.'In response to the devastating loss the world faced during the pandemic, Pope Francis was inspired to write a book to help people find hope and meaning. God is joyful, he writes. And God's compassion is no less than the deepest expression of God's joy, and the heart of all Christian preaching. The liberating revolution of the Gospel is enca...