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The Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu

Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea

The Body Papers

The Casket of Time

Run for Your Life

The Souls of Black Folk

Who Left the Light On?

The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years

The Son of Black Thursday

The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: Formative Years

Chekhov: Stories for Our Time

Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling

Essays on World Literature: Shakespeare • Aeschylus • Dante

Beyond the Rice Fields

Temporary People

The Face: A Time Code

Blog

Blog

Read Lauren Groff's Introduction to Virginia Woolf's 'Night and Day'

Aug 22, 2019

Read Lauren Groff's Introduction to Virginia Woolf's 'Night and Day'

Aug 22, 2019

Aug 22, 2019

Read Adventurously this Summer with Kira Salak’s Extreme-Travel Memoirs

Aug 6, 2019

Read Adventurously this Summer with Kira Salak’s Extreme-Travel Memoirs

Aug 6, 2019

Aug 6, 2019

Testimonials from Immigrant Writing Workshop Participants

Jun 20, 2019

Testimonials from Immigrant Writing Workshop Participants

Jun 20, 2019

Jun 20, 2019

'Inside Students': Ilan Stavans on Teaching the Classics in Jail

May 24, 2019

'Inside Students': Ilan Stavans on Teaching the Classics in Jail

May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

Apr 9, 2019

Events for Andri Snær Magnason, Author of 'The Casket of Time'

Apr 9, 2019

Apr 9, 2019

Apr 2, 2019

Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge on How Co-Translating 'The Boy' Drew Them Closer

Apr 2, 2019

Apr 2, 2019

Events for Grace Talusan, Author of The Body Papers: A Memoir

Feb 20, 2019

Events for Grace Talusan, Author of The Body Papers: A Memoir

Feb 20, 2019

Feb 20, 2019

Read Julie Orringer's Preface to 'The Boy,' a Novel by Marcus Malte

Feb 20, 2019

Read Julie Orringer's Preface to 'The Boy,' a Novel by Marcus Malte

Feb 20, 2019

Feb 20, 2019

Read An Excerpt From The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years by Ricardo Piglia

Nov 20, 2018

Read An Excerpt From The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years by Ricardo Piglia

Nov 20, 2018

Nov 20, 2018

Explore the creative world of Who Left the Light On?

Nov 16, 2018

Explore the creative world of Who Left the Light On?

Nov 16, 2018

Nov 16, 2018

Nov 15, 2018

Meet Priyanka A. Champaneri, Winner of the 2018 Prize for New Immigrant Writing

Nov 15, 2018

Nov 15, 2018

Nov 14, 2018

THE END by Fernanda Torres wins Jabuti Award for Brazilian Book Published Abroad

Nov 14, 2018

Nov 14, 2018

Ilan Stavans asks "Why Should You Read 'Don Quixote'?"

Nov 14, 2018

Ilan Stavans asks "Why Should You Read 'Don Quixote'?"

Nov 14, 2018

Nov 14, 2018

Check out our spine-tingling Halloween-themed discount!

Oct 29, 2018

Check out our spine-tingling Halloween-themed discount!

Oct 29, 2018

Oct 29, 2018

Oct 16, 2018

Read Darryl Pinckney's Introduction to Nella Larsen's Classic Novel, 'Passing'

Oct 16, 2018

Oct 16, 2018

Aug 30, 2018

Check out the LA Times review of The Arid Sky and read an exclusive excerpt of Emiliano Monge's "striking desert noir"

Aug 30, 2018

Aug 30, 2018

An Interview with Cuban Science Fiction Author Yoss

Aug 24, 2018

An Interview with Cuban Science Fiction Author Yoss

Aug 24, 2018

Aug 24, 2018

ANNOUNCING THE 2018 FINALISTS FOR THE RESTLESS BOOKS PRIZE FOR NEW IMMIGRANT WRITING

Aug 15, 2018

ANNOUNCING THE 2018 FINALISTS FOR THE RESTLESS BOOKS PRIZE FOR NEW IMMIGRANT WRITING

Aug 15, 2018

Aug 15, 2018

Words (for Kids!) without Borders: Ilan Stavans on Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers

May 11, 2018

Words (for Kids!) without Borders: Ilan Stavans on Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers

May 11, 2018

May 11, 2018

Help us publish our next Restless Classic: Nella Larsen's 'Passing'

May 10, 2018

Help us publish our next Restless Classic: Nella Larsen's 'Passing'

May 10, 2018

May 10, 2018

Good Vibrations: A Glimpse of Gabriela Wiener’s 'Sexographies'

May 3, 2018

Good Vibrations: A Glimpse of Gabriela Wiener’s 'Sexographies'

May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

See Matt McCann's Illustrations for 'Chekhov: Stories for Our Time'

Apr 26, 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Events for Arshia Sattar, Author of 'Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling'

Mar 20, 2018

Events for Arshia Sattar, Author of 'Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling'

Mar 20, 2018

Mar 20, 2018

Events for Iranian Author Shahriar Mandanipour, Author of 'Moon Brow'

Mar 20, 2018

Events for Iranian Author Shahriar Mandanipour, Author of 'Moon Brow'

Mar 20, 2018

Mar 20, 2018

Mar 14, 2018

'Phantom Tollbooth' Author Norton Juster Live and on Your Podcast Feed!

Mar 14, 2018

Mar 14, 2018

Mar 13, 2018

Ilan Stavans on Teaching Shakespeare Behind Bars

Mar 13, 2018

Mar 13, 2018

Leonora and Alejandro: A Play Inspired by Jodorowsky's 'Where the Bird Sings Best'

Mar 7, 2018

Leonora and Alejandro: A Play Inspired by Jodorowsky's 'Where the Bird Sings Best'

Mar 7, 2018

Mar 7, 2018

Feb 22, 2018

New Deadline for the 2018 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing

Feb 22, 2018

Feb 22, 2018

Deepak Unnikrishnan Wins The Hindu Prize 2017 for Temporary People

Jan 16, 2018

Deepak Unnikrishnan Wins The Hindu Prize 2017 for Temporary People

Jan 16, 2018

Jan 16, 2018

Read an Excerpt from Lesbian Activist and Playwright Ana Simo's Novel, 'Heartland'

Jan 12, 2018

Read an Excerpt from Lesbian Activist and Playwright Ana Simo's Novel, 'Heartland'

Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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Hamlet not happy. Hamlet's mommy dumb. Hamlet's daddy dead. You've never seen #Shakespeare like this. Get excited for our darkly comic, graphic retelling of Hamlet in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children’s author Barbro Lindgren. Link in bio to pre-order at our bookstore.

Happy #womenintranslation month! Shout out to some of our favorite Restless authors and translators: #SilvanaGandolfi #LynneSharonSchwartz @oficialfernandatorres @gabrielawiener #LucyGreaves @jennivora #WIT_month #TranslationThurs

Out now: our beautifully repackaged editions of PEN award-winning travel journalist Kira Salak’s inspiring travel memoirs. In FOUR CORNERS, Salak traverses the unknown landscape of Papua New Guinea. In THE CRUELEST JOURNEY, she kayaks down the Niger River to Timbuktu, following in the footsteps of Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Read more about her perilous expeditions, link in bio! #solotraveler #nationalgeographic #adventure #instabooks #travelwriting #memoir

In FOUR CORNERS, PEN award-winning journalist Kira Salak trekked across the remote Pacific island Papua New Guinea, often called the last frontier of adventure travel, encountering witch doctors, cannibals and guerrilla fighters. This journey took her three months, and she became the first woman to travel alone into this previously impenetrable landscape. Order on our website, link in bio. #nationalgeographic #feminist #travelwriting #ebook #summerreading #instabooks #papuanewguinea #memoir #solotravelers

Should a woman travel alone? Of course! PEN Award Winning travel journalist Kira Salak became the first person to travel 600 miles down the Niger River to Timbuktu, once fabled the “doorway to the end of the world.” Read more about her perilous exploration in THE CRUELEST JOURNEY! Link in our bio to pre-order. #nationalgeographic #feministliterature #ebooks #summerreading #Instabooks #timbuktu #memoir #solotravel

"Dear Mr. Crusoe, please stay home. There's no need for this ruse of going on a trading journey, in which more often than not the goods you are trading are people like me, Friday." Acclaimed Caribbean American author #JamaicaKincaid introduces our new edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, out this August, re-contextualizing this classic for the postcolonial era alongside beautiful illustrations by Mexican artist Eko. #classics #robinsoncrusoe #instabooks #illustrated #summerreading #booklovers

Out today: a novel of sex and Shakespeare in the land of samba: author of THE END Fernanda Torres brings us another riotous takedown of male hubris. 🔪👑 GLORY AND ITS LITANY OF HORRORS
Translated by @wwborders editor ericmbbecker! #amreading #Brazilianlit #FernandaTorres #summerreading #summerreads #beachreads

Can you guess which book our Restless Reader’s club members will get this month? We’ve just sent out our latest mailing, delivering a surprise Restless title straight to our readers’ doorsteps. Interested in joining? Check out the link in our bio.
#bookstagram #instabooks #summerreading #bookclub

🚨Out next week🚨Check out @oficialfernandatorres second novel GLORY AND ITS LITANY OF HORRORS, a tragicomedy that recounts a debauched actor’s downfall from sex symbol to raging madman. @pwpics says “it will charm readers who enjoy madcap farce.” Link in bio to pre-order!
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#bookstagram #latinamerica #femaleauthors #instabooks #summerreading

Still running on a high from the #WorldCup ? Stay in the soccer spirit with Juan Villoro’s GOD IS ROUND! @kirkus_reviews says that this is a “lyrical exploration of the global game of soccer... Villoro brings some memorable line, some delightful turn of phrase, some inescapable image to every page.”
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#bookstagram #worldliterature #soccer #juanvilloro #instabooks #summerreading

Bored kids? We have solutions: Show them the Mafia-torn streets of Sicily; the world of Indian gods, demons, and flying monkeys; a supernatural library; or a mad king with a thing for beheadings. #summerreading #adventurestories #youngreaders

Be warned: Sexographies by @gabrielawiener is only for the most courageous explorer. In fierce and sumptuous first-person accounts, the daring Peruvian journalist records participating in sexual exchanges in swinger clubs, infiltrating dangerous prisons, traveling through Paris in the company of sex workers, and so much more in these gripping essays. Enjoy the comfort of your couch while your mind probes the underworld of desire. #challengeyourshelf

“How To Travel Without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America” will take you on a wild journey across 19 Latin American countries. Discover the extraordinary in the ordinary places, explore Latin cultural identity, and immerse yourself in the current and past eye-opening truths. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime! #latinotravel #southamerica #travelliterature

In this blackly hilarious novel by renowned Brazilian actress @oficialfernandatorres, five macho friends in Rio’s Copacabana reflect on their glory days while simultaneously confronting the indignities of aging. A sharp and viscerally poignant reflection on the grim realities of getting old, Fernanda Torres’ The End take us into the cobweb-filled corners of the male psyche, before she kills them off one by one. #copacabana #beachreads

In A Planet for Rent, Cuban rocker-turned-science-fiction-prophet Yoss envisions Earth as a top-rated, intergalactic tourist attraction for bougie extraterrestrials looking for kicks—who don't mind exploiting the earthlings forced to serve them. A Planet for Rent is an ideal companion for those who, with a little imagination and perversity, seek to explore humanity's pitfalls through an extra-human lens.
#SpaceJourneys #SummerReadingList

Brash and just a little bit unhinged, Ana Simo’s Heartland is not for faint-hearted readers. Simo, a Cuba-born playwright who co-founded the first lesbian theater in New York, explores the extent to which one must go to overcome writer’s block: cold-blooded murder. From the first page, you’ll be hooked as you follow our unnamed narrator through a pre-apocalyptic, dystopian land, tackling the complexities of revenge, sex, and language. Heartland is a perfect read for those wanting to challenge themselves this summer! #DystopianReads #Challengeyourshelf

What books are you filling your tote bag with this summer? Order your own on our website (link in bio) #summerreading #readingisresistance

Cooling off with a cold coffee, “The Casket of Time” and Read Learn Live Podcast’s episode on the Icelandic author @andrimagnason. Tune in on @apple and @spotify #summerreads ☕️📚

Such a delight to be honored by the ALSC for our #Yonder novel, Run For Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi 🎉 #YA #Batchelder #ALSC

Hamlet not happy. Hamlet's mommy dumb. Hamlet's daddy dead. You've never seen #Shakespeare like this. Get excited for our darkly comic, graphic retelling of Hamlet in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children’s author Barbro Lindgren. Link in bio to pre-order at our bookstore.

Happy #womenintranslation month! Shout out to some of our favorite Restless authors and translators: #SilvanaGandolfi #LynneSharonSchwartz @oficialfernandatorres @gabrielawiener #LucyGreaves @jennivora #WIT_month #TranslationThurs

Out now: our beautifully repackaged editions of PEN award-winning travel journalist Kira Salak’s inspiring travel memoirs. In FOUR CORNERS, Salak traverses the unknown landscape of Papua New Guinea. In THE CRUELEST JOURNEY, she kayaks down the Niger River to Timbuktu, following in the footsteps of Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Read more about her perilous expeditions, link in bio! #solotraveler #nationalgeographic #adventure #instabooks #travelwriting #memoir

In FOUR CORNERS, PEN award-winning journalist Kira Salak trekked across the remote Pacific island Papua New Guinea, often called the last frontier of adventure travel, encountering witch doctors, cannibals and guerrilla fighters. This journey took her three months, and she became the first woman to travel alone into this previously impenetrable landscape. Order on our website, link in bio. #nationalgeographic #feminist #travelwriting #ebook #summerreading #instabooks #papuanewguinea #memoir #solotravelers

Should a woman travel alone? Of course! PEN Award Winning travel journalist Kira Salak became the first person to travel 600 miles down the Niger River to Timbuktu, once fabled the “doorway to the end of the world.” Read more about her perilous exploration in THE CRUELEST JOURNEY! Link in our bio to pre-order. #nationalgeographic #feministliterature #ebooks #summerreading #Instabooks #timbuktu #memoir #solotravel

"Dear Mr. Crusoe, please stay home. There's no need for this ruse of going on a trading journey, in which more often than not the goods you are trading are people like me, Friday." Acclaimed Caribbean American author #JamaicaKincaid introduces our new edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, out this August, re-contextualizing this classic for the postcolonial era alongside beautiful illustrations by Mexican artist Eko. #classics #robinsoncrusoe #instabooks #illustrated #summerreading #booklovers

Out today: a novel of sex and Shakespeare in the land of samba: author of THE END Fernanda Torres brings us another riotous takedown of male hubris. 🔪👑 GLORY AND ITS LITANY OF HORRORS
Translated by @wwborders editor ericmbbecker! #amreading #Brazilianlit #FernandaTorres #summerreading #summerreads #beachreads

Can you guess which book our Restless Reader’s club members will get this month? We’ve just sent out our latest mailing, delivering a surprise Restless title straight to our readers’ doorsteps. Interested in joining? Check out the link in our bio.
#bookstagram #instabooks #summerreading #bookclub

🚨Out next week🚨Check out @oficialfernandatorres second novel GLORY AND ITS LITANY OF HORRORS, a tragicomedy that recounts a debauched actor’s downfall from sex symbol to raging madman. @pwpics says “it will charm readers who enjoy madcap farce.” Link in bio to pre-order!
.
.
#bookstagram #latinamerica #femaleauthors #instabooks #summerreading

Still running on a high from the #WorldCup ? Stay in the soccer spirit with Juan Villoro’s GOD IS ROUND! @kirkus_reviews says that this is a “lyrical exploration of the global game of soccer... Villoro brings some memorable line, some delightful turn of phrase, some inescapable image to every page.”
.
.
.
#bookstagram #worldliterature #soccer #juanvilloro #instabooks #summerreading

Bored kids? We have solutions: Show them the Mafia-torn streets of Sicily; the world of Indian gods, demons, and flying monkeys; a supernatural library; or a mad king with a thing for beheadings. #summerreading #adventurestories #youngreaders

Be warned: Sexographies by @gabrielawiener is only for the most courageous explorer. In fierce and sumptuous first-person accounts, the daring Peruvian journalist records participating in sexual exchanges in swinger clubs, infiltrating dangerous prisons, traveling through Paris in the company of sex workers, and so much more in these gripping essays. Enjoy the comfort of your couch while your mind probes the underworld of desire. #challengeyourshelf

“How To Travel Without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America” will take you on a wild journey across 19 Latin American countries. Discover the extraordinary in the ordinary places, explore Latin cultural identity, and immerse yourself in the current and past eye-opening truths. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime! #latinotravel #southamerica #travelliterature

In this blackly hilarious novel by renowned Brazilian actress @oficialfernandatorres, five macho friends in Rio’s Copacabana reflect on their glory days while simultaneously confronting the indignities of aging. A sharp and viscerally poignant reflection on the grim realities of getting old, Fernanda Torres’ The End take us into the cobweb-filled corners of the male psyche, before she kills them off one by one. #copacabana #beachreads

In A Planet for Rent, Cuban rocker-turned-science-fiction-prophet Yoss envisions Earth as a top-rated, intergalactic tourist attraction for bougie extraterrestrials looking for kicks—who don't mind exploiting the earthlings forced to serve them. A Planet for Rent is an ideal companion for those who, with a little imagination and perversity, seek to explore humanity's pitfalls through an extra-human lens.
#SpaceJourneys #SummerReadingList

Brash and just a little bit unhinged, Ana Simo’s Heartland is not for faint-hearted readers. Simo, a Cuba-born playwright who co-founded the first lesbian theater in New York, explores the extent to which one must go to overcome writer’s block: cold-blooded murder. From the first page, you’ll be hooked as you follow our unnamed narrator through a pre-apocalyptic, dystopian land, tackling the complexities of revenge, sex, and language. Heartland is a perfect read for those wanting to challenge themselves this summer! #DystopianReads #Challengeyourshelf

What books are you filling your tote bag with this summer? Order your own on our website (link in bio) #summerreading #readingisresistance

Cooling off with a cold coffee, “The Casket of Time” and Read Learn Live Podcast’s episode on the Icelandic author @andrimagnason. Tune in on @apple and @spotify #summerreads ☕️📚

Such a delight to be honored by the ALSC for our #Yonder novel, Run For Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi 🎉 #YA #Batchelder #ALSC

We are excited to announce that English and Spanish editions of Super Extra Grande are available for purchase on Audible.com. Follow us and tag a friend for a chance to win a free audio copy! #Yoss #SuperExtra

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