Fall 2023 Avid Reader Press Catalog
Format: Hardcover
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TitleCreep
AuthorGurba, Myriam
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/Hispanic & Latino
Category Full 2BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
ISBN-139781982186470
On Sale09/05/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$27
CDN Price$36
Pages352
Cover StatusFinal
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST
A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

“Quite simply one of the best books of the decade.” —Los Angeles Review of Books * “The mother of intersectional Latinx identity.” —Cosmopolitan * “Brilliant…a hopeful book…rooted in the steadfast belief other worlds are possible.” —The New York Observer * “Witty, confident, and effortlessly provocative.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer * “The most fearless writer in America.” Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Good Night, Irene

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society—in our books, schools, and homes, as well as the systems that perpetuate them—from one of our fiercest, foremost explorers of intersectional Latinx identity.
TitleThe Four Tests
AuthorBaer, Daniel
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government/National
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion
Category Full 3POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations/General
ISBN-139781668006580
On Sale09/19/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$28
CDN Price$37
Pages272
Cover StatusFinal
A “lucidly argued” (Kirkus Reviews), illuminating, and ultimately optimistic roadmap for America’s future and the “tests” the United States must meet to maintain leadership and power in the 21st century—from the former US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
TitleIn the Form of a Question
AuthorSchneider, Amy
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+
Category Full 2SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
Category Full 3SCIENCE / Essays
ISBN-139781668013304
On Sale10/03/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$28
CDN Price$34.99
Pages272
Cover StatusFinal
“Warm and funny.” —The New York Times * “Refreshingly no-holds-barred.” —USA TODAY * “Delightful.” —San Francisco Chronicle

An inspirational, witty, and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself as well as a passionate “ode to learning” (People).
TitleLIV and Let Die
AuthorShipnuck, Alan
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf
Category Full 2SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects
Category Full 3BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries/Entertainment
ISBN-139781668020012
On Sale10/17/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$32.5
CDN Price$44
Pages352
Cover StatusFinal
Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insider reporting on the battle for the soul of professional golf between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League.
TitleOne Woman Show
AuthorCoulson, Christine
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Women
Category Full 3FICTION / Historical/World War I
ISBN-139781668027783
On Sale10/17/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$25
CDN Price$34
Pages208
Cover StatusFinal
A “modern masterwork” (NPR)—remarkably told through museum wall labels—about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist.
TitleThese Walls
AuthorFedderly, Eva
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
Category Full 2HISTORY / United States/21st Century
Category Full 3POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy/City Planning & Urban Development
ISBN-139781982193911
On Sale10/24/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$28
CDN Price$37
Pages224
Cover StatusFinal
“A critical intervention in the high stakes debate about the social value of jails and what we could do instead to create safety and justice.” —Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing

In the tradition of Locking Up Our Own and The New Jim Crow, a rarely seen, thought-provoking journey into Rikers Island and the American justice system that “reframes the debate the country’s incarceration crisis, with a compelling focus on architecture as a path forward (Tony Messenger, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Profit and Punishment).
TitleThe Genius of Israel
AuthorSenor, Dan
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions
Category Full 2HISTORY / Middle East/Israel & Palestine
Category Full 3POLITICAL SCIENCE / World/Middle Eastern
ISBN-139781982115760
On Sale11/07/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$30
CDN Price$39.99
Pages336
Cover StatusFinal
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?
TitleUFO
AuthorGraff, Garrett M
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1HISTORY / United States/20th Century
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government/General
Category Full 3SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories
ISBN-139781982196776
On Sale11/14/23
Title StatusAS
US Price$32.5
CDN Price$44
Pages544
Cover StatusFinal
“One of the rare books on the topic that manages to be both entertaining and factually grounded.” —The Wall Street Journal

From the bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Watergate (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history) comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government’s decades-long quest to solve one of humanity’s greatest mysteries: Are we alone in the universe?