Journalist, scholar, and Book Culture neighbor Randi Hunter Epstein answered some of our questions about Aroused, her fascinating book on the history of hormones.
We are so excited to share the translated literature longlist for the National Book Awards with you. The longlists for other categories can be found on the National Book Foundation website.
The National Book Award Finalists will be announced on October 8, and the Winners announced on November 20!
Book Culture on Columbus General Manager Sara Franco reviews Joseph Cassara's The House of Impossible Beauties
Book Culture on Columbus Manager Sara Franco reviews Elizabeth Acevedo's newest book, With the Fire on High
If you're anything like us, you always kind of enjoyed the summer reading you had to do in school. Luckily for you, we've found a way to turn "kind of" into "really" using one simple trick: set your own reading list! Here you'll find the books that our booksellers have decided to try and tackle this summer. This is strictly for participation credit, there will not be a test, we promise.
Are you ready for spring?
Did anyone else catch Columbia University Professor Andrew Delbanco on NPR's Morning Edition? He talked with Steve Inskeep about his recent book, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War, out from Penguin Press.
Pre-order your signed copy of The Tiger at Midnight, the first book in an epic heart-pounding fantasy trilogy inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mythology, by Swati Teerdhala, today!
Out Tuesday, February 5th, 2019, Lisa Gornick's 4th novel The Peacock Feast is available for preorder!
In honor of University Press week, Book Culture hosted a party to celebrate Columbia University Press. We asked some of the attendees for book recommendations, which yielded eclectic results.
Meredith Howard, a director of marketing at Columbia University Press, is currently reading Do This For Me, by Eliza Kennedy, about a high-powered lawyer who plots revenge after learning of her husband’s infidelity. Next up is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Accessory to War, about the relationship between astrophysicists and the US Military.
