Book Recs

2019 First Novel Prize: Long List

We are pleased to announce the Long List for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

Staff Picks: Volume I

Benjamin Rybeck

Three recommendations from our Bookstore Manager, Benjamin Rybeck.

Junior Edition: The Other Side

Celia McGee

Childhood isn’t always easy, but these books use storytelling as a tool for traveling beyond today’s hardships.

Junior Edition #44

Celia McGee

Pay It Forward Book List

Josh Kendall

Joshua Kendall, editorial director of Mulholland Books, recommends five books that were recommended to him that are sure to keep you turning the pages

Dina Nayeri on Behrangi, Golding and Ishiguro

Dina Nayeri

I’ve become a reader three times. The first time, I was barely six and lived in Iran, under the Islamic Republic.

Junior Edition #43

Celia McGee

Jim Shepard on Two Very Different Writers

Jim Shepard

I was the first in my family to go to college, and my father’s not-so-secret plan for getting me there involved A) my getting good grades, and...

Favorite Made-Up Genre

Marcus Sakey

The author of the new thriller Afterlife has selected six novels that present our recognizable world… but with a twist.

Transporting Fiction

Hala Alyan

Hala Alyan, author of the debut novel Salt Houses, recommends five books sure to take you to another place.