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The variety of Bancroft's library is a testament to its quality as an independent book publisher. The aforementioned titles are joined by comic mysteries like Jeffrey Cohen's Aaron Tucker mysteries, nonfiction masterworks like Gus Russo's Pulitzer-nominated Live by the Sword and Jon Morgan's Glory for Sale, and everything else featured here and on our website.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Bancroft Press is a general interest independent book publisher that seeks to produce high-quality works of fiction and nonfiction. Operating under the slogan "Books That Enlighten," Bancroft is best known for young adult novels like Alex Award-winning The Reappearance of Sam Webber, by Jonathon Scott Fuqua; Edgar finalist Uncovering Sadie's Secrets, by Libby Sternberg; and Matthew Olshan's Finn, required reading in the South Carolina school system.

But Bancroft publishes a wide variety of novels, including acclaimed literary fiction (Ron Cooper's Hume's Fork, Fuqua's In the Wake of the Boatman), women's fiction (Elizabeth Leiknes's The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns), thrillers (Andy Harp's A Northern Thunder), and everything in-between.