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In 1983, Algonquin Books set up shop in a woodshed behind cofounder Louis Rubin’s Chapel Hill, North Carolina home. He and Shannon Ravenel founded Algonquin as an independent press devoted to publishing literary fiction and nonfiction by undiscovered writers, mostly from the South. And from its very first books Algonquin garnered national attention, with authors—including Julia Alvarez, Jill McCorkle, Robert Morgan, Larry Brown, and, later, Lee Smith—who earned great acclaim and devoted fans.
Acquired by Workman Publishing in 1989 and then by Hachette Book Group in 2021, Algonquin Books has held true to its founding principles to publish quality narrative work that stimulates, enriches, and entertains readers. Algonquin has earned international recognition with numerous bestsellers, in both fiction—including Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, B. A. Shapiro’s The Art Forger, and Robert Goolrick’s A Reliable Wife—and nonfiction, including Amy Stewart’s The Drunken Botanist and Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods.
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The Nightingale Affair
Historical Fiction |
Shae
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+, New Adult |
Their Divine Fires
General Fiction (Adult), Multicultural Interest, Women's Fiction |
Silver Alert
General Fiction (Adult) |
Days of Wonder
General Fiction (Adult), New Adult, Women's Fiction |
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Literary Fiction |
Slow Noodles
Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food & Wine, History |
HBCU Made
Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical |
Your Utopia
General Fiction (Adult), Sci Fi & Fantasy |
Moonrise Over New Jessup
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Endpapers
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+ |
Somewhere Sisters
Nonfiction (Adult), Parenting & Families |
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult) |
I Meant It Once
General Fiction (Adult) |
It's Not You, It's Capitalism
Nonfiction (Adult) |
The Poet's House
General Fiction (Adult) |
I Am the Light of This World
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Naked
Multicultural Interest |
Lucky Turtle
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Metropolis
General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers |
The Nightingale Affair
Historical Fiction |
Shae
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+, New Adult |
Their Divine Fires
General Fiction (Adult), Multicultural Interest, Women's Fiction |
Silver Alert
General Fiction (Adult) |
Days of Wonder
General Fiction (Adult), New Adult, Women's Fiction |
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Literary Fiction |
Slow Noodles
Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food & Wine, History |
HBCU Made
Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical |
Your Utopia
General Fiction (Adult), Sci Fi & Fantasy |
Moonrise Over New Jessup
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Endpapers
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+ |
Somewhere Sisters
Nonfiction (Adult), Parenting & Families |
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult) |
I Meant It Once
General Fiction (Adult) |
It's Not You, It's Capitalism
Nonfiction (Adult) |
The Poet's House
General Fiction (Adult) |
I Am the Light of This World
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Naked
Multicultural Interest |
Lucky Turtle
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Metropolis
General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers |
The Nightingale Affair
Historical Fiction |
Shae
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+, New Adult |
Their Divine Fires
General Fiction (Adult), Multicultural Interest, Women's Fiction |
Silver Alert
General Fiction (Adult) |
Days of Wonder
General Fiction (Adult), New Adult, Women's Fiction |
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Literary Fiction |
Slow Noodles
Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food & Wine, History |
HBCU Made
Nonfiction (Adult), Professional & Technical |
Your Utopia
General Fiction (Adult), Sci Fi & Fantasy |
Moonrise Over New Jessup
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Endpapers
General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+ |
Somewhere Sisters
Nonfiction (Adult), Parenting & Families |
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction (Adult) |
I Meant It Once
General Fiction (Adult) |
It's Not You, It's Capitalism
Nonfiction (Adult) |
The Poet's House
General Fiction (Adult) |
I Am the Light of This World
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Naked
Multicultural Interest |
Lucky Turtle
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction |
Metropolis
General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers |