Publishers: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
About this publisher’s catalog
This catalog offers a diverse mix of literary fiction and thoughtful nonfiction that often explores complex ideas and human experiences. Readers can expect works that engage with social issues, personal reflection, and philosophical inquiry alongside narrative-driven stories with psychological depth. The range is broad, so browsing by thematic or stylistic focus can help navigate the variety.
What you’ll often find
- Literary fiction with psychological suspense, humor, or speculative elements
- Nonfiction centered on social justice, history, and cultural critique
- Philosophical and meditative works reflecting on time, knowledge, and ethics
- Biographical and memoir writing that highlights personal and historical narratives
- Science and nature writing that combines accessible research with broader reflection
- Collections of essays, diaries, and literary nonfiction with a personal voice
How to browse this shelf
- Start by choosing between fiction and nonfiction to focus your reading
- Look for themes such as social change, personal growth, or philosophical inquiry
- Explore narrative styles ranging from meditative essays to suspenseful novels
- Seek out works that engage with history or cultural identity for contextual depth
- Try science and nature titles for a blend of factual insight and reflective tone
- Use subject clusters like biography or social science to find detailed explorations
- Narrow by tone, from humorous and lighthearted to serious and contemplative
Good fit if you like
- Thoughtful, character-driven stories with psychological or literary depth
- Nonfiction that combines personal narrative with broader social or historical themes
- Reflective and philosophical writing that invites slow, careful reading
- Books that challenge assumptions about society, identity, and knowledge
- A mix of narrative pacing, from contemplative essays to suspenseful fiction
- Explorations of science and nature that connect facts with human experience
Generated from the books currently available in this catalog.
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Survival Is a Style Poems — Christian Wiman
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The Man with Night Sweats Poems — Thom Gunn
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The History of Living Forever A Novel — Jake Wolff
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The Undying Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care — Anne Boyer
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Some Girl(s) A Play — Neil LaBute
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The Copernicus Complex Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities — Caleb Scharf
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Deep Water The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment — Jacques Leslie
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The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China A History — David J. Silbey
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A Summer World The Attempt to Build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the Days of the Ghetto to the Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt — Stefan Kanfer
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How the West Was Lost Fifty Years of Economic Folly–and the Stark Choices Ahead — Dambisa Moyo
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Unmaking the Presidency Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office — Susan Hennessey
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The Catherine Wheel A Novel — Jean Stafford
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Table of Contents — John McPhee
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Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times — Eyal Press
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Paper Lantern Love Stories — Stuart Dybek
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Girl One A Novel — Sara Flannery Murphy
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Shadows on the Hudson — Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The Dream Songs Poems — John Berryman
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Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck Why We Can’t Look Away — Eric G. Wilson
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Middle Earth Poems — Henri Cole
