Game World
Launching Akashic’s new Black Sheep YA imprint, an adventure novel in a video game turned reality, with giant spiders, malevolent hummingbirds, a not-quite-yellow-brick road, and preteen children learning how to be heroes!
Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs
To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four
My Own Dear People
Brian Baker Limited Edition Preorder
Sacramento Noir
Featured: Black Interest
Trinidad Noir
The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series.
A Simple Distance
A provocative debut that masterfully fuses issues of culture, race, sexuality, and family.
Upcoming Events
Sacramento Noir — Capital Books (Sacramento, CA)
4/5/25, 2:00pm
Sacramento Noir event featuring contributors Nora Camagna, Janet Rodriguez, and José Vadi
Glen E. Friedman — MLK Memorial Library (Washington, DC)
4/6/25, 1:30pm
Glen E. Friedman presents Fearless Vampire Killers, in conversation with Ian MacKaye; part of the DC History Conference
News & Features
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Limited Edition Preorders and Special Offers
Check out these exclusive limited edition packages by Brian Baker, Jon King, Penn Jillette, glen E. friedman., and more.
- Listen to “Imaginary Composition” by Sonnenzimmer
- Listen to “Beginnings, Endings, and Other Musical Figures” by Joseph Fuller
- Listen to “Catastrophe Will Never Let You Down” by Adam Gwon, performed by Margo Seibert
- Listen to “Leave it Alone” by Jason Kaminski
Akashic Insider
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Akashic Remembers Elizabeth Nunez
The World of Letters lost a true lion when Elizabeth Nunez passed away on November 11, 2024 at the age of eighty . . .
- Quarantine Q&A: David Duchovny
- TJJT Book Club: S.A. Cosby
- Quarantine Q&A: Jim Saah
- Quarantine Q&A: Tiphanie Yanique