Astra House Books

Astra House Books 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.

✈️ LOOK OUT by Edward McPherson is now available wherever books are sold! LOOK OUT is the right book for right now—it in...
10/21/2025

✈️ LOOK OUT by Edward McPherson is now available wherever books are sold!

LOOK OUT is the right book for right now—it investigates the long view and how we created it and what it means, and it helps immeasurably to show us both the historical precedent for the terror that is drone warfare. But it also shows us how a series of entirely appropriate and often charming historical evolutions got us here.

Publishers weekly calls LOOK OUT “a charming, idiosyncratic meditation . . . a wonder.”

Grab your copies TODAY!

⛺️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS Brian Barth is going on tour with members of Wood Street Commons, a collective of unhoused activi...
10/20/2025

⛺️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Brian Barth is going on tour with members of Wood Street Commons, a collective of unhoused activists featured in his upcoming book FRONT STREET: RESISTANCE AND REBIRTH IN THE TENT CITIES OF TECHLANDIA.

📖 Events will be taking place in
San Francisco, CA
Pleasanton, CA
Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, CA
Washington, D.C.
New York, NY
Decatur, GA

✨ Nonprofit partners include:





🎤 Moderators and conversation partners include Nuala Bishari, , , Alissa Quart and Christopher Daniel.

It’s going to be a special tour! Stay tuned.

💊 HAPPY BAD by Delaney Nolan is now available wherever books are sold and this is your sign to grab a copy this weekend....
10/17/2025

💊 HAPPY BAD by Delaney Nolan is now available wherever books are sold and this is your sign to grab a copy this weekend.

✍️ Delaney stopped by and to sign some copies!

🚗 Delaney is also on tour! Next up is on 10/30, on 11/6, on 11/7, and on 11/10!

⚓️ GALAPAGOS by Fátima Vélez, translated by Hannah Kauders is a debut novel that follows a group of bohemian artists who...
10/16/2025

⚓️ GALAPAGOS by Fátima Vélez, translated by Hannah Kauders is a debut novel that follows a group of bohemian artists who are dying of AIDS as they embark on a surreal final voyage through the Galapagos Islands, their bodies cloaked in the skins of the dead.

⭐️ Already receiving a starred review from Publishers Weekly and called a “knockout,” GALAPAGOS is a poetic journey that you’ll want to take.

Scroll ⬅️ and see the marvelous early praise for this stunning translation by .

Preorder TODAY!

🚬 COVER REVEAL 🍤Cover design by 🍂 OFFSEASON by Avigayl SharpThis debut novel follows a woman teaching at an all girls N...
10/15/2025

🚬 COVER REVEAL 🍤

Cover design by

🍂 OFFSEASON by Avigayl Sharp

This debut novel follows a woman teaching at an all girls New England boarding school who comes face-to-face with her own teenage trauma as she tries to make an impact (however small) on her students’ lives.

spoke to Avigayl Sharp, whose work has appeared in and to get the exclusive first look at her debut novel.

OFFSEASON already has stunning praise from authors who call it “unafraid and original” (Elizabeth McCracken), “unhinged in the best way” (Catherine Lacey), and “a knockout debut“ (Jessica Anthony).

Read the full interview with the link in our bio and check out all the full praise by swiping ⬅️.

OFFSEASON publishes May 5, 2026

💊 HAPPY BAD by Delaney Nolan is ON SALE TODAY! Jamie Attenberg, author of A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN, calls it “a hell of...
10/14/2025

💊 HAPPY BAD by Delaney Nolan is ON SALE TODAY!

Jamie Attenberg, author of A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN, calls it “a hell of a book” and Jamel Brinkley, author of A LUCKY MAN AND WITNESS, says that “HAPPY BAD Will stand the test of time.”

Don’t wait and order the book TODAY wherever books are sold!

🚙 Also, make sure to mark your calendars because Delaney is on tour, starting TONIGHT, she’ll be stopping at bookstores in the following cities:
New Orleans, LA
Brooklyn, NY
Oxford, MS
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Iowa City, IA

🏓 Mark your calendars! The legendary Will Shortz will be hosting author E.Y. Zhao for a special book launch party for U...
10/14/2025

🏓 Mark your calendars!

The legendary Will Shortz will be hosting author E.Y. Zhao for a special book launch party for UNDERSPIN!

🍰 There will be free cake, wine and soft drinks but most importantly, table tennis… lots of table tennis.

Saturday, October 18, 2025
Hosted by Westchester Table Tennis
7:00 pm

See you there!

✨ New weekend reads available! DAD HAD A BAD DAY by and TECHNOLOGY AND BARBARISM by translated by Rahul Bery are now a...
10/10/2025

✨ New weekend reads available!

DAD HAD A BAD DAY by and TECHNOLOGY AND BARBARISM by translated by Rahul Bery are now available for requests on Netgalley & Edelweiss.

👾 COVER REVEAL 👾Cover illustration Cover design | TECHNOLOGY AND BARBARISM by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul BeryF...
10/09/2025

👾 COVER REVEAL 👾

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TECHNOLOGY AND BARBARISM by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul Bery

From the author/translator duo that brought us DENGUE BOY, comes thought-provoking pieces of nonfiction exploring the crossroads of technology with art and science, as well as how hard science fiction has inspired the craziest ideas of our times, for the good and the bad.

From nineteenth century science fiction to contemporary art exhibitions, via a philosophical take on COVID, this book examines the impact of capitalism, indigenous extermination, medical policies in Latin America and elsewhere, in order to interrogate our very own identity.

Publishing February 24, 2026

🍃 MARK YOU CALENDARS 🍃Brad Fox, author of THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK, will be launching his new book ANOTHER BONE-SWAPPING EVE...
10/08/2025

🍃 MARK YOU CALENDARS 🍃

Brad Fox, author of THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK, will be launching his new book ANOTHER BONE-SWAPPING EVENT at on November 5, 2025 with .kisner !

See you there!

10/07/2025

🐡 NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK 🐡

THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK by Brad Fox is a wide ranging, philosophical, and sensual account of early deep sea exploration and its afterlives.

🌟 Winner of the 2024 National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Award
✨A Washington Post top 10 best book of 2023 and a Publishers Weekly best nonfiction book of 2023

Don’t wait and order today! Dive into this beautiful full color fascinating book, meant to be read and displayed.

Swipe to get a preview of the inside.

🌱 Brad Fox brings us an exploration of meaning, matter, and plants, stemming from a 10-day trip that lasted a year in th...
10/06/2025

🌱 Brad Fox brings us an exploration of meaning, matter, and plants, stemming from a 10-day trip that lasted a year in the high jungles of northeastern Peru.

With lush prose, the author of THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK, Brad Fox, tells the story of his journey in ANOTHER BONE-SWAPPING EVENT.

Scroll ⬅️ to see what early readers are saying about ANOTHER BONE-SWAPPING EVENT.

Publishing November 4, 2025

Preorder today!

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