Melville House Books

This is a new and occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers four simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary. If you’re… Read more »

 It’s a Tolstoy-tote weekend. Order by Sunday and for $20 receive one of our brand new “There is No Explanation” bags as well as The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the book… Read more »

The following is Edith Wharton’s introduction to William Gerhardie’s novel, Futility, releasing next month as part of Melville House’s THE NEVERSINK LIBRARY … There are few novelists nowadays, I suppose, who… Read more »

Believe the hype: literature-loving Americans are currently living in a golden age of translation. But what is translation? And how did it get so gilt? In 2008, the good people… Read more »

There can never be too many totes in the world, which is why we’re excited to announce Melville House’s “There is No Explanation” bag — a new version of our… Read more »