Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in United States

"Smith’s powerful style of living journalism uses the collective, cathartic nature of the theater to move us from despair toward hope.” —The Village Voice Anna Deavere Smith’s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who...

From the best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce, this debut novel is a gripping survival story of a young man trapped, perhaps fatally, during a border crossing. Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken...

Hailed as The Awl’s 2012’s novel to anticipate, this glorious debut stars hippie detectives, a singular city, and an MFA student on the run. On a residential Bay Area block struggling with the collision of gentrifier condos and longtime residents, stymied recent MFA grad...

A dazzling docupoetic debut collection interweaving personal loss with the life stories of Aaliyah Haughton, Whitney Houston, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Phyllis Hyman, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, and others to explore sexuality, survival, queer mourning, and the afterlives of stardom “Poet m...

New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of dogs in this special collection of poems inspired by our beloved companions, with striking watercolor canine portraits by Pamela Sztybel. “Collins remains the most companionable of...

An affirming and utterly original debut about a young chef chasing her dreams—and the pro wrestler she idolizes who derails everything “Appetite holds a mirror to the puzzling ways humans sometimes find themselves connecting with one another, on and offline. Prepare to be captivated...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this sizzling noir “so stylishly evil, it begs for a movie version” (NPR’s Fresh Air), seduction is the ultimate con. Descend into a world of desire, danger, and greed with the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night. “Lush...

“The debut by Pushcart-winning short story writer Kim Samek blends subversive humor with the absurd in a memorable collection of stories. . . . Recommended for fans of Ben Loory and Aimee Bender.”—Los Angeles Times (20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Alta...

An astonishing debut about a teenage girl in 1970s Brazil who is torn away from her twin sister—and who must learn what it means to fight for those she loves when all the odds are stacked against her. “I hesitate to call anything this beautiful ‘magic.’ It’s more than that; it’s a...

WINNER OF THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD AND THE HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARD ● For readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and Maile Meloy, a collection of stories about Indian immigrants in the rural American West full of “such grace and understated power that you know you are in the presence of an incredible new...

WINNER OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE IN ADULT FICTION FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL An utterly transporting debut novel about the unexpected relationship between an artist and the 130-year-old woman she cares for—two of the last people living in a...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A “rich hybrid of memoir and history” (The New Yorker) of the literary art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners, an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion “Bennett…transport[s] us...

“A triumph of storytelling. Henríquez pulls us into the lives of her characters with such mastery that we hang on to them just as fiercely as they hang on to one another and their dreams. This passionate, powerful novel will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.” —Ben...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Following his captivating and popular A Hundred Lovers, Hofmann’s new collection is a queer coming-of-age, tinged with myth: poems that bring us into a fever dream of antiquity and desire at its limits Recognizing the fragility of the body and soul in...

From the multi-award-winning author of An American Immigrant comes the story of a woman walking through paralyzing grief and the unlikely friendship that might unlock a path to healing. When Sandra and her family move from New York City to East Nashville for her husband’s job, she is hopeful...

A propulsive multigenerational family drama about three women struggling to hold one another together across borders as Chávez’s Venezuela collapses around them—the extraordinary English-language debut of an award-winning and bestselling author "A searing portrait of Venezuela’s migrant...

A gorgeous collection of poems inspired by the strong women in award-winning poet Amit Majmudar’s life, celebrating the influence, energy, and nurturing language that have fueled his journey as person and poet This marvelous collection opens with the practical wisdom and unforgettable wit of...

A delightful account of the seasons in a house and its garden near the sea, a domestic idyll of hardy plants and neighbors, outer and inner weather, love and loss, and taking stock of the life we’ve made The delicious long-form poem “The Vineyard” is set in and around the quasi-fictional...

A sweeping family saga about inheritance and the enduring legacy of Southern Black cowboy culture, from the acclaimed author of Redwood Court, a Reese’s Book Club Pick “Stunning historical fiction.”—People “Epic . . . a family saga in the finest tradition.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New...