Fall 2023 Avid Reader Press Catalog
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 StatusNYP
US Price$27
CDN Price$36
Pages352
Cover StatusReady to Feed
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 the acclaimed author of Mean, and one of our fiercest, foremost explorers of intersectional Latinx identity.
TitleProfiles in Ignorance
AuthorBorowitz, Andy
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government/Executive Branch
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion
Category Full 3POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government/National
ISBN-139781668003893
On Sale09/05/23
Title StatusNYP
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages336
Cover StatusFinal
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER *WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER *

Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly “chronicles our embrace of anti-intellectualism” (Walter Isaacson) in American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.
TitleOne Hundred Saturdays
AuthorFrank, Michael
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish
Category Full 2HISTORY / Modern/20th Century/Holocaust
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
ISBN-139781982167233
On Sale09/12/23
Title StatusNYP
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages240
Cover StatusReady to Feed
One of Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal

The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the author over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale.
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 StatusNYP
US Price$28
CDN Price$37
Pages272
Cover StatusReady to Feed
An authoritative, illuminating look at 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.
TitleThe Rise of the Rest
AuthorCase, Steve
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
Category Full 2BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development/Economic Development
Category Full 3BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises
ISBN-139781982191856
On Sale09/19/23
Title StatusNYP
US Price$20
CDN Price$27
Pages272
Cover StatusReady to Feed
Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—reimagining the American landscape “and [giving] us hope for America’s future” (Ken Burns).
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 StatusNYP
US Price$28
CDN Price$34.99
Pages288
Cover StatusReady to Feed
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself.
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 StatusNYP
US Price$25
CDN Price$34
Pages208
Cover StatusReady to Feed
A sly and stylish novel—remarkably told through museum wall labels—about a twentieth-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 StatusNYP
US Price$28
CDN Price$37
Pages224
Cover StatusReady to Feed
A deeply reported work of narrative nonfiction that takes readers behind the scenes of one of the most consequential decisions of our time—the closure of Rikers Island—and what it could mean for the future of prison reform and restorative justice.
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 Sale10/31/23
Title StatusNYP
US Price$30
CDN Price$39.99
Pages320
Cover StatusReady to Feed
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.
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 3TECHNOLOGY / Inventions
ISBN-139781982115760
On Sale11/07/23
Title StatusNYP
US Price$30
CDN Price$39.99
Pages320
Cover StatusReady to Feed
From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow up, The Genius of Israel, which outlines the defining factors behind Israel’s successful track record of innovation and explaining how other nations can learn from its development.