Strand Bestsellers

Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old black girl living in Harlem, has been raped and impregnated by her father, and battered by her mother. A determined, highly radical teacher helps her to begin... more info...

Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading... more info...

This coming-of-age novel broke the sound barrier for its generation, and for generations of readers since its first publication. Holden Caulfield's quest for identity resonates with a heartfelt and imaginative... more info...

With restored artwork, this universally cherished classic fable teaches the secret of what is really important in life. Color illus. 80p. For all ages!! more info...

A National Book Critics' Circle award finalist. Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her small town of Crosby, Maine, & the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize... more info...

On the brink of fatherhood, writer Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf, set... more info...

Equal parts travelogue and literary reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Haruki Murakami's intertwined obsession with running and writing and his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon.... more info...

25th anniversary edition of Sendak's great classic about a boy named Max, sent to bed without supper, who imagines himself king of the mysterious Wild Things. The famous color illustrations have been reprinted... more info...

First published in 1935 when the author was twenty-six years old. In forty concise chapters, the acclaimed historian tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the advent of the atomic bomb. In... more info...

Never before has there been a phenomenon like Momofuku. A once-unrecognizable world, it's now synonymous with the award-winning restaurants of the same name in New York City: Momofuku Noodle Bar, Ssam... more info...

Andre Agassi was a captivating tennis player. His on-court demeanor showed the rebellious flashes of John McEnroe, the groundstroke of a young Ilie Nastase and a personality all his own. As he aged, however,... more info...

Julia Child singlehandedly created a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in the bestselling... more info...

An Oprah's Book Club 2009 Selection. Each of the five stories in this jubilantly acclaimed, startingly fresh collection pays tribute to the wisdom & resilience of children, even in the face of the most... more info...

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful... more info...

It's summer vacation - the weather's great, and all the kids are having a great time outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed... more info...

This debut young adult novel is a love story with a bite. Seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan moves to a small town in Washington State and gets more excitement than she bargained for when she falls in love... more info...

Michael Pollan, author of the acclaimed book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, offers up this critique of the American food industry and the plague of obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, cancer, and untimely death... more info...

To unencumber psychological pain - because,as Tolle extolls, "the silence and space all around us is oe of the keys to entering inner space. In the NOW, the present moment, problems do not exist. In the... more info...

For years in the making, this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Freakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk, or walking drunk? Why... more info...