Book Recs | The Center for Fiction

Books, New and Old, from Writers We Love

This week we wanted to draw your attention to some of our favorite new releases, and—since we might all have a little more reading time—remind...

Our friends at The Whiting Foundation have supported emerging writers through the annual Whiting Awards for 35 years. Check out the 2020 winners...

These are troubling times and, though our physical bookstore is closed, we want to continue offering our community a respite from the stress

From Colum McCann’s Apeirogon to Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, check out our bookstore’s top...

From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School, check...

Picture books that inspire youngsters to dream big and recognize their potential to be a force for good in the world!

From debut novels like Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (shortlisted for our First Novel Prize) and Julia Phillips’s...

From First Novel Prize finalist Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Writers Council member Richard Powers’s...

The 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to De’Shawn Charles Winslow for his debut novel In...

Our 2019 First Novel Prize winner, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, shares six books he thinks would make great gifts. You can find each of these...