The Brooklyn Book Fest came and went and all of us at The Overlook Press had an amazing time. We showed off some of our wonderful authors, interacted with tons of crazed book fans, and gave away plenty of tote bags branded with our mascot, the winged elephant. Yes, these totes were all the rage, but luckily, we have some left in case you missed out. These little black bags are the perfect size

<!--StartFragment--> Autumn is slowly creeping into the atmosphere with its dropping temperatures and beautifully changing leaves, and Overlook has brand new paperbacks to enjoy while you're wrapped up in a sweater enjoying a mug of hot cocoa. From crime thrillers and totalitarian art to celebrity stories and a history of magic, this list will surely provide  something for every book lover.

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September is a busy month for Cole Stryker, the Web's resident authority on all things anonymous. This week brings the paperback release of Stryker's 2011 debut, Epic Win for Anonymous, the first book to tell the full story of 4chan and the rogue antisecurity groups currently changing the world, and on September 13th Overlook will be releasing Cole's highly-anticipated follow up Hacking the

Last week Andrew Rosenheim's new WWII political thriller FEAR ITSELF received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, who called it a "top-notch historical thriller" and an "intelligent page-turner." This week PW sat down with Rosenheim to talk about the background behind the book and to discuss the real life American history that inspired the story. While America Slept: PW Talks with Andrew

From John Freely, physicist, historian, and author of Aladdin’s Lamp, The Grand Turk, and The Lost Messiah comes Before Galileo: The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe, a new book illuminating the history of science during the Dark Ages on sale this week! According to many popular narratives of scientific history, modern science began with the heroic efforts of Galileo to gain

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Overlook is proud to announce the release of Manuscripts Don’t Burn and Theater as Life, two extraordinary new titles from Ardis, the premier source for Russian literature in translation. For theater enthusiasts, those with an abiding interest in Russian history and culture, or simply anyone looking for an enriching end-of-summer book, Manuscripts Don’t Burn and Theater as Life are

Here at Overlook, we're delighted to be adding another three volumes to our already voluminous Collector's Wodehouse series. If you're an anglophile or just a lover of good literature, these three books are sure to charm, thanks to P.G. Wodehouse's witty prose and hilariously complex plots. Wodehouse is the master of social hijinks and comedy and has the remarkable ability to bring his socialite

Dave Zeltserman, author of the newly published Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein, as well as A Killer's Essence and The Caretaker of Lorne Field, talks to The Winged Elephant: What originally drew you to the Frankenstein story? When I was a kid I grew up thinking that the Frankenstein novel was the same as the Boris Karloff movie. When I was in high school I heard that the novel is very

Photograph: Chris Skelton/AP; guardian.co.uk Margaret Mahy, beloved Overlook author, died on July 23 at the age of 76. Award-winning author of more than 150 books, Mahy gave up her day job as a librarian in New Zealand to become a full-time author in 1980, a fortunate event for children around the world who have enjoyed—and will, no doubt, read to their own children—her whimsical, inventive

Whether you’re heading to sun yourself on the sand or staying inside and watching a thunderstorm brew, Overlook has a brand new paperback for every mood, interest, and forecast. We promise you’ll be too engrossed in literature to count the days left before the leaves litter your walkway. This month we’re releasing super thrillers, probing historical explorations, intriguing memoirs, Russian plays

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Award-winning architect Lester Walker is author of American home architecture classics such as American Shelter and Tiny Houses.  The New Yorker deemed him the founding father of the “tiny house” movement and his books have been hailed “a rich illustrative record of American house architecture” (Boston Globe). In his latest endeavor, DESIGNING A HOUSE: The Illustrated Guide to Planning Your

THE OVERLOOK PRESS AND READ RUSSIA ANNOUNCE NEW RUSSIAN LITERATURE PROJECT One Thousand Years of Russian Literature to be Published in Uniform English-Language Editions and Digital Editions NEW YORK, NY (June 6, 2012)—The Overlook Press and Read RussiaInc. today announced the launch of THE RUSSIAN LIBRARY, an ambitious one hundred and twenty five volume series of translated Russian fiction

Congratulations, Ann Wroe! Wroe's recently published Orpheus: The Song of Life is the recipient of the 2011 John D. Criticos Prize for an original work inspired by Greek or Hellenic culture.  As this year's winner, Wroe will receive £10,000 and join a long list of esteemed past honorees including recent prizewinners Zachary Mason (The Lost Books of the Odyssey, 2010), David Malouf (Ransom, 2009),

Readers, start your engines. With summer weather in full swing and July 4th just around the corner, there's no better time than the present to stock up on the latest paperbacks from Overlook. This month brings four new page turners for your beach reading pleasure, ranging from the "sympathetic and compelling" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) novel of a young woman's family secrets in Julie Drew's

If you haven't yet read Ann Bauer's THE FOREVER MARRIAGE, the irreverent story MORE Magazine recently hailed "Funny, surprising, and gratifyingly honest," now is your chance!  We are giving away a copy to one lucky winner today.  For a chance to win, leave a comment below before 11 A.M EST on Monday July 2. For everyone else who wants to pack this firecracker of a novel in their beach bag for

Gearing up for the Summer Games later this month? If you can't make it to London to bask in the glow of the Olympic torch, you can still travel to England with Boria Sax's recently released City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, the Tower, and its Famous Ravens, a new book exploring the evolving role of the natural world in human societies and the origins of one of England's most

This week Russian literary sensation Max Frei returns to the United States with the third installment in the internationally bestselling Labyrinths of Echo fantasy series, The Stranger's Magic.  First published in Russia more than fifteen years ago, Frei's Labyrinths of Echo series has since become a bestselling international phenomena, infusing highly philosophical comic fantasy with

Earlier this year, Overlook published The Escape of Sigmund Freud, the "very quirky, highly entertaining" (Jewish Book World) story of Freud's final years in Vienna and his flight from the rise of the Nazis. In this video, author David Cohen explains how he first stumbled onto Freud's remarkable story and introduces Anton Sauerwald, the unlikely Nazi who helped save Professor Freud's life.