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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