Henry Holt & Company Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Publishing incomparable storytellers and award-winning fiction and nonfiction since 1866. Includes Metropolitan Books and Andy Cohen Books.

Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind a Raisin in the Sun
Charles J. Shields
LORRAINE HANSBERRY: A LIFE BEHIND A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Charles Shields is now out in paperback! ✨ Don't miss this moving story of the life of the woman behind the most widely anthologized, read, and performed play of the American stage: https://t.co/HuWr6kTkSq https://t.co/t8Gxo2RFHJ
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Guest Room
Tasha Sylva
🚪 THE GUEST ROOM by Tasha Sylva is out today! Dig into this eerie thriller about Tess, who is grieving her late sister and can’t stop reading her new lodger’s diary. Each entry is more menacing, and she wonders: Who has truly been watching whom? https://t.co/QV6ofVETEo https://t.co/d3DUc8UxlJ
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leaving Breezy Street: A Memoir
Brenda Myers-Powell
LEAVING BREEZY STREET by Brenda Myers-Powell with April Reynolds is out today in paperback...with a brand new cover! Read more about this stunning account of Brenda Myers-Powell’s brutal and beautiful life here: https://t.co/ZKZEIgLPzu https://t.co/xnC96HnBtj
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A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
Elliott Currie
A PECULIAR INDIFFERENCE by Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie is now out in paperback! Learn more about the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, & a blueprint for addressing the crisis. Start reading now: https://t.co/ZdDbswi0Wt @MetropolitanBks. https://t.co/gkVlWwYR54
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes
Anand Gopal
.@Anand_Gopal_, author of NO GOOD MEN AMONG THE LIVING, talks with @CNN about the reality of women's rights in rural Afghanistan. Watch it here: https://t.co/5BnA1s4whI @MetropolitanBks
Paperback, 2015
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
Charles J. Shields
LORRAINE HANSBERRY: A LIFE BEHIND A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Charles Shields is now out in paperback! ✨ Don't miss this moving story of the life of the woman behind the most widely anthologized, read, and performed play of the American stage: https://t.co/HuWr6kTkSq https://t.co/t8Gxo2RFHJ
Paperback, 2012
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cost of Living: Essays
Emily Maloney
❗️This just in—COST OF LIVING by @emilyfmaloney is on the longlist for the @BKLYNlibrary Book Prize for nonficiton. Congratulations! 🎊 Check out the full list of great reads: https://t.co/H5sisBU0nZ
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Guest Room
Tasha Sylva
L. Alison Heller says THE GUEST ROOM (OUT 7/11) is perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Tasha Sylva’s debut thriller centers on grief, obsession, and a mysterious lodger. Add it to you TBR : https://t.co/9wcR3MBZyK https://t.co/ypGYEwDIdH
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World
Jessica Nordell
THE END OF BIAS by @jessnordell from @MetropolitanBks is out today in paperback! Winner of the Nautilus Book Award and short-listed for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, THE END OF BIAS is not to be missed. More information here: https://t.co/9kTN4Nx6QE https://t.co/nF2qvATUsn
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Miss Metropolitan
Carolyn Ferrell
"Effectively unpacks both individual and collective trauma. It's blistering from page one."—@PublishersWkly on DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN by @CarolynF21. Grab a paperback copy for this weekend's read! https://t.co/VoT8CShqDe https://t.co/MlHdDlbsse
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book