GENERAL LIT

The Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris, founded by Oscar Metenier in 1897, soon became world-renowned for staging wild and bizarre spectacles of madness, mutilation, horror and death. Learn More

Heart-stopping prose and crackling observations on a spiritual journey toward a life rich in love and freedom. Learn More

From the author of All Souls’ Rising which The Washington Post called “A serious historical novel that reads like a dream,” comes a powerful new novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the most reviled, celebrated, and legendary, of Civil War generals. Learn More

A dazzling new collection of interconnected stories by the National Book Award finalist. Learn More

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic whose encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour-de-force. Learn More

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische Learn More

Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, House of Earth is legendary folk singer and American icon Woody Guthrie’s only finished novel. A powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, it’s the story of an ordinary couple’s dreams of a better life and their search for love and meaning in a corrupt world. Learn More

Reeling from a failed marriage, Sheila, a twentysomething playwright, finds herself unsure of how to live and create. Learn More

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Learn More