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Astra House is a literary imprint dedicated to publishing authors across genres and from around the

We value works that are authentic, ask new questions, present counter-narratives and original thinking, challenge our assumptions, and broaden and deepen our understanding of the world. Our mission is to advocate for authors who experience their subject deeply and personally, and who have a strong point of view; writers who represent multifaceted expressions of intellectual thought and personal ex

perience, and who can introduce readers to new perspectives about their everyday lives as well as the lives of others.

12/26/2025

🎁 GIVEAWAY 🎁

⚾️ Where are the sports fans? 🎾

🏓 We are so excited about all of the recent sports hype we’ve been seeing… who caught the movie? That we rounded up all of our sports books and decided to do one more holiday giveaway!

TWO lucky winners will receive two of our upcoming releases, METROPOLITANS by A.M Gittlitz about the history of the (3/26) and DAD HAD A BAD BAD by Ashton Politanoff about one father’s rekindled obsession with tennis (5/19), along with the recently released debut novel UNDERSPIN by E.Y. Zhao, about the short life of a table tennis prodigy.

How to enter:
1️⃣ Follow
2️⃣ Tag someone who enjoys a good sports book!

🗓️ Giveaway runs: Dec. 26 - Dec. 29
🎉 Winners selected: Jan. 5th
🇺🇸 Open to U.S. participats only, 18+

12/24/2025

🎁 I DELIVER PARCELS IN BEIJING by Hu Anyan, translated by Jack Hargreaves is one man’s delightfully honest and humorous account of the dehumanizing nature of our contemporary global work system—and his discovery of the power of sharing a story.

✨ Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of 2025
✨ Financial Times Must Read Title of 2025
✨ The Guardian Best Memoir and Biography of 2025
✨ China Books Review Best China Book of 2025
✨ Casual Optimist Notable Book Cover of 2025

🎁 For readers seeking a true story about the nature of gig work and the struggle to stay afloat.

“One of ChinaMs most remarkable new literary talents.” —Edward White, Financial Times

12/23/2025

🎁 DENGUE BOY by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul Bery is for fans of David Cronenberg’s films and lovers of Kafka, this gaucho-punk, sci-fi novel set in 2197 offers an explosive interpretation of an ultra-capitalistic society on the brink of climate collapse.

✨ An Our Culture Best Book of 2025

🎁 A perfect gift for readers seeking a mix of sci-fi and literary elements full of satirical, dark, but humorous writing.

“An exuberant, gore-spattered romp of a climate fiction novel, shot through with cosmic terrors and delivered in a pyretic, exclamatory style.” —Locus

12/22/2025

🎁 SOLITARIA by Eliana Alves Cruz, translated by Benjamin Brooks is a raw, propulsive novel by an award-winning Afro-Brazilian novelist about a Black mother and daughter who work as live-in maids for a rich family in an unnamed Brazilian city, and the tragedy to which they unwittingly bear witness.

🎁 A perfect gift for readers seeking contemporary literary works dealing with questions of caretaking, class, race, and gender.

“Cruz expertly crafts a coming-of-age novel that insists on valuing the unseen lives of people who serve others.” —Becky Meloan, The Washington Post

12/21/2025

🎁 LOOK OUT by Edward McPherson is an exploration of long-distance mapping, aerial photography, and top-down and far-ranging perspectives—from pre-Civil War America to our vexed modern times of drone warfare, hyper-surveillance at home and abroad, and quarantine and protest. Bleeding history, reporting, personal experience, and accounts of activists, programmers, spies, astronauts, artists, inventors, and dreamers.

🎁 A perfect gift for readers seeking books comprising unique research and historical accounts.

⭐️ “A charming, idiosyncratic meditation on the human urge to see further, and more, in this cultural history of the ‘aerial view’ . . . McPherson makes an elliptical and enchanting case for reinserting wherever possible the ground-level, human perspective.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

12/20/2025

🎁 ARE YOU HAPPY? By Lori Ostlund consists of nine masterful stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the spectrum of violence in America—and in American families—against women and the LGBTQ+ community.

Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates 2026 Prize
A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction from 2025
An Electric Literature Best Short Story Collection of 2025
A Kirkus Best Fiction Book of 2025

🎁 A perfect gift for readers seeking short stories focusing on interstices of class, identity, loveliness, gender, sexuality, and violence within the LGBTQ+ community.

“These nine startling stories capture the subtleties of feeling—and being made to feel—out of place . . . Ostlund proves herself a master of the form.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

12/19/2025

🌊 Spend December in the Galápagos 🌊

GALÁPAGOS by Fátima Vélez, translated by Hannah Kauders is ending 2025 with a big splash. See what the media has been saying about this poetic translation.

12/18/2025

✨ BERLIN ATOMIZED by Julia Kornberg, translated by Jack Rockwell has made the Wingate Literary Prize shortlist. We are thrilled to celebrate this achievement!

The Wingate Literary Prize recognizes authors and writing that explore the idea of Jewishness to the general reader.

12/17/2025

📦 I DELIVER PARCELS IN BEIJING by Hu Anyan, translated by Jack Hargreaves has delivered exceptional praise leaving readers fascinated. Already deemed a Best Book of 2025 by and !

Order your copy today and see what everyone can’t stop talking about. 📦

12/16/2025

🎁 DUSK by Robbie Arnott is a masterful, mythical tale of loss, redemption, and survival.

✨ A New Yorker best book of 2025 so far ✨

🎁 A perfect gift for readers seeking a propulsive, moody, and atmospheric take on the western.

“Arnott has an astonishing facility with language, and his prose imbues the Tasmanian wilderness with an extraordinary, immanent beauty . . . Starkly beautiful and deeply felt.” —James Bradley, The Guardian

12/15/2025

🎁 Astra Publishing House has the best books to give this 2025 holiday season!

View our full holiday gift guide!

12/12/2025

🎁 Paperbacks make some of the best stocking stuffers.

Astra house has a great selection of paperbacks for every type of reader in your life!

🎶 Need a book for a hip-hop fan? Consider THE CHRONICLES OF DOOM by S.H. Fernando, Jr.

💵 Need a book for someone who enjoys reading about new ideas that could reshape society? Consider LIMITARIANISM by Ingrid Robeyns.

🏙️ Looking for an award-winning debut fiction book that’s vivid and funny? Consider EARLY SOBRIETIES by Michael Deagler.

🐡 Looking for a beautifully packaged book with full-color images about deep sea exploration? Consider THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK by Brad Fox.

🌆 Looking for a true crime narrative that avoids voyeurism in favor of empathy? Consider THE RENT COLLECTORS by Jesse Katz.

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