“We are all writing our maybe books full of maybe tomorrows, and each maybe tomorrow brings another maybe tomorrow, and then another, until the last line of the last page receives its period.”
 
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Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the...

After almost dying on Mars, astronaut Liz Anderson returns to Earth, but not to a hero’s welcome. America is in turmoil. The war is over, but the insurgency has just begun. So while life on Mars may have been deadly, at least up there she knew who the enemy was. Along with her, Liz has brought the remnants of the artificial intelligence that waged war on...

Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps—the guides who lead the souls of the recently departed through the Seven Gates of the Underworld—and done her best to avoid the notice of gods and mortals alike. But when a young boy named Ramses St. Cyr manages to escape his foretold death, Renai finds herself at the center of a deity-thick plot...

Esther Wojcicki—“Woj” to her many friends and admirers—is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has...

"This lively whodunit keeps you guessing until the end." —People

“Utterly bewitching…As unforgettable as it is original.” —A.J. Finn

“Goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting…I loved this book!” —Louise Penny

Death lies between the lines when the events of a dark story start coming true in this haunting modern gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Magpie Murders...

"Charts the gritty, physical terrain of blue-collar masculinity."―New York Times New & Noteworthy
 “Kunz arrives with real poetic talent.”—The Millions, “Must Read Poetry”

"[A] gritty, insightful debut." —Washington Post

Approach these poems as short stories, plainspoken lyric essays, controlled arcs of a bildungsroman, then again as narrative verse. Tap Out...

“Filled with the kind of sublime, galvanizing stories that strike like a lightning bolt, searing your nerves . . . It’s easy enough to see why Kim . . . is acclaimed as the best writer of his generation; pick up this book and find out for yourself.” — Nylon
 
It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?
 
Diary of a...

Jason Barron spent 516 hours in class, completed mountains of homework and shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to complete his MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business. Along the way, rather than taking boring notes that he would never read (nor use) again, Jason created sketch notes for each class—visually capturing the essential points of his...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launched the John Joseph Adams imprint, led by acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams, to publish best-selling and award-winning science fiction and fantasy from a diverse range of voices, both new and established.

We're excited to introduce and share with you some of the books and authors we are publishing in 2019.

Break the Bodies...

“For lovers of Andy Weir’s The Martian, here’s a true hard-science-fiction tale set on the red planet — a terrific blend of high tech and high tension, of science and suspense, of character and crisis.”
— Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award–winning author of Red Planet Blues
 
“Post-apocalyptic disaster meets fractured utopian space exploration in this terrifying...