Contemporary & Literary

Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright English | 2023 | General Fiction A hilarious, sharply drawn send-up of Texas politics—from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author. • A novel about

The Pole by J. M. Coetzee English | 2023 | General Fiction From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace, a psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about love and the mutability

You Were Watching from the Sand by Juliana Lamy English | 2023 | General Fiction Playful, kinetic, and devastating in turn, You Were Watching from the Sand is a collection

North Woods by Daniel Mason English | 2023 | General Fiction A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those

Digging Stars by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma English | 2023 | General Fiction Blending drama and satire while examining the complexities of colonialism, racism, and what it means to be American,

The Artful Bargain by Audrey Lynden English | 2023 | General Fiction Amid swirling rumors, can two creatives reveal their true colors and find genuine love? For curator Claire Beaumont,

The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Lauren Groff English | 2023 | General Fiction Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year’s edition

How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto English | 2023 | General Fiction A surprising, incisive, refreshingly irreverent debut novel about a young physicist who finds herself exiled

Dayswork by Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel English | 2023 | General Fiction A startlingly original, incantatory novel about marriage, mortality, and making art. In the endless days of the pandemic,

Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote English | 2023 | General Fiction Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American

Evil Eye by Etaf Rum English | 2023 | General Fiction The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking exploration of

The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer English | 2023 | General Fiction For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, an immersive literary debut inspired by historical events—a deadly witch

The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner English | 2023 | General Fiction From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new novel about love, family,

Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto English | 2023 | General Fiction From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey through

The Lost Diary by Rose Alexander English | 2023 | General Fiction A wartime secret. A heartbreaking choice. A promise that cost her everything… German-occupied territory, 1945. Tearing open the