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Tristan Egolf

Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Cornbelt

A manic, inventive, and painfully funny debut novel, "Lord of the Barnyard" is about a town's dirty laundry--and a garbagemen's strike that lets it all hang out." . . . A tornado of almost …

Peter Geye

A Lesser Light

"Set on the shore of Lake Superior in 1910, A Lesser Light tells the story of a newly commissioned lighthouse station, its keeper, and an ill-suited arranged marriage. Theodulf Sauer and his new wife…

Oswaldo Estrada,

Dreams in Times of War / Soñar En Tiempos de Guerra

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic…

Marcus Closen

Scientia Ex Machina

Three people are confronted with a challenge to their innermost selves when a discovery pushes the boundaries of what they all know. Dolours develops a new approach to uncover the secret connections among…

Benjamin Resnick

Next Stop

* FINALIST FOR THE SAMI ROHR PRIZE * A gripping and hauntingly prescient novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life after a black hole consumes Israel, setting off a chain of global an…

Négar Djavadi,

Disoriental

In this high-spirited, kaleidoscopic story, key moments of Iranian history, politics, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph.Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her…

Sara Hamdan

What Will People Think?

A Jimmy Fallon's Book Club Finalist Mia's secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in …

Hannah Pittard

If You Love It, Let It Kill You

Recommended Summer Reading according to The New York Times , Elle , Zibby Owens, and the Minnesota Star Tribune "A dishy work of autofiction that everyone will be talking about." -The New York T…

John Van De Ruit

Spud: The Reunion

It is 2003 - ten years since 'Spud' Milton's class of 93 finished school. Despite their unbreakable bond, the Crazy Eight have lost touch. An invitation to their ten-year reunion weekend at the school tri…

Adam Ross

Playworld

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE • A big and big-hearted novel---one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the …

Mariana Enriquez

Las Cosas Que Perdimos En El Fuego / Things We Lost in the Fire

El mundo de Mariana Enriquez no tiene por qué ser el nuestro, y, sin embargo, lo termina siendo. Bastan pocas frases para pisarlo, respirarlo y no olvidarlo gracias a una viveza emocional insólita. Con la…

Clarice Lispector,

Covert Joy

Covert Joy is an electric volume starring such landmark Clarice Lispector stories as "The Smallest Woman in the World," "Love," "Family Ties," and "The Egg and the Chick…

Pop Sampler

Jungle Is Massive

Elissa Soave

Graffiti Girls

A sharp, empowering novel about a group of women who refuse to go quietly when society tells them they're no longer valuable beyond the age of 40, from the author of Ginger and Me.'A rebellious and uplift…

Genevieve Plunkett

The Lonely Girl's Vegetable Patch

A rural romp through bisexual awakening and obsessive love, as told by one unforgettably unhinged millennial.Twentysomething and aimless in 2005, Drew moves to Vermont's countryside and takes a job at a s…

Mireille Gagné,

Horsefly

A chilling tale about what happens when we mess with nature.In 1942, a young entomologist, Thomas, is sent to a remote island to work on biological weapons for the Allied military. The scientists live lik…

Priscilla Morris

Black Butterflies

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION. A timeless story of strife and hope set during the conflict in the Balkans in the early '90s---a searing debut novel about a woman who faces the war on her …

Ruby Todd

Bright Objects

One of The New York Times10 Best Thrillers of the Year | One of The New Yorker 's and Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the YearA "luminous, unusual, unexpected" (The New York Times ) debut nove…

William Demby

The Catacombs

An expat in Rome makes his way as a writer in this gripping and genre-defying novel, first published in 1965 by a rediscovered great of Black American literature. "One of the great novelists of the l…