Bookstore and Café & Bar
The Bookstore and Café & Bar will be closed on Thursday, November 24th.
Bookstore and Café & Bar Hours:
11am – 8pm Daily
15 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Center for Fiction Bookstore carries fiction and nonfiction for all ages, featuring bestsellers, imports, and rare finds alike. We are open every day for in-store shopping. To order items for pick-up and delivery, please visit our online store.
Stop by the Café & Bar for coffee, tea, espresso, beer, wine, cocktails, and light bites! To browse our menu, click here.
Members receive 10% off Bookstore and Café & Bar purchases. Join today!
Questions? Contact Us!
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Bookstore Picks
A Cabinet of Curiosities
The holiday festivities are beginning but there are still 2022 books we don’t want to miss. Here we highlight voices from Spain... -
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Food, Glorious Food!
With Thanksgiving coming this week and more holidays around the corner, most of us are thinking about the wonderful food we are... -
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Empathetic Literature
This week we hear from writers who bring the world to us with passion and compassion in fiction and nonfiction -
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It's So Emotional
This grouping taps into emotional relationships—with family, friends, faith, food and life itself. We hear from a prolific... -
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Prize-Worthy Fiction
There are four authors this week who have been recently acknowledged by the prestigious Booker Prize. The fifth is a special... -
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What's on Your Mind?
Three works of literary nonfiction are in the spotlight this week, along with a prize-winning Scandinavian writer who has been... -
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Fall's Harvest
This week we offer an epic novel of the American South, stories that illuminate the absurdity of contemporary life, a glimpse... -
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Creature Discomforts
Often, getting out of your comfort zone enhances the pleasures of reading. This week two oversized creatures are featured, as... -
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Whale of a Tale
A ‘whale of a story’ means a great amount of a good thing and this week we have five novels that fit the description, including... -
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Something to Talk About
This week we are pleased to highlight a rousing jazz-infused debut novel which we are launching at The Center and a pitch-perfect... -
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Difficult People
Difficult people make for interesting reading. Characters who are mischievous, unstable, irrational, those who lack self-control... -
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Awakenings
Novels, short stories, stories that interlink to become a novel, and poetry: these books explore their characters’ psychological... -
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Top That
Four of this week’s writers are at the peak of their powers. Shimmering stories full of pain and loss and introspection... -
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Bodies in Motion
The writers below share a talent for keeping the reader glued to the page and, in very different ways, address identity, physicality... -
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All This Is Very Different
This week we shake it up in subject and locale. Queer Indian girls in Wisconsin, East African political revolts, a Harlem apartment... -
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Getting to the Point
Two story collections and one short, short novel appear this week; two books are from Scandinavia; and our narrative nonfiction... -
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Hot Town, Summer in the City
The dog days of summer are here, and we turn to books that are hot and sultry, too. Like the weather, the four novels here take... -
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Busy Minds
These fine books represent some of the best writing of the summer. Their authors drill deep down into human psyches -
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Abounds
Short and long fiction abounds this week, as well as an essay collection that gives wise advice for the changing ways in which... -
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Take a Trip
Forget about the books on your nightstand, this week we have the perfect vacation read for you. There is a wide range of styles...
A Novel Approach
The Center for Fiction will handcraft a year’s worth of reading for you or your loved one based on a 45-minute personal consultation. At a crossroads? Get insight from great literature on life’s big moments—getting married or having an affair, moving abroad, changing jobs, or having a child. And even if you don’t plan on having a big year, we can still help select books that will be perfect for wherever you are right now!
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The First Novel Prize
2022 First Novel Prize: The Shortlist
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize. These seven titles were selected... -
The First Novel Prize
2022 First Novel Prize: The Longlist
We are pleased to announce the longlist for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize. The twenty-four debut novels were... -
The First Novel Prize
2021 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2021 First Novel Prize was awarded to Kirstin Valdez Quade for her debut novel The... -
The First Novel Prize
2020 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2020 First Novel Prize was awarded to Raven Leilani for her debut novel Luster (Farrar... -
The First Novel Prize
2019 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2019 First Novel Prize was awarded to De’Shawn Charles Winslow for his debut novel... -
The First Novel Prize
2018 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2018 First Novel Prize was awarded to Tommy Orange for his debut novel There There (Alfred A -
The First Novel Prize
2017 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2017 First Novel Prize was awarded to Julie Lekstrom Hines for her debut novel Mikhail... -
The First Novel Prize
2016 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2016 First Novel Prize was awarded to Kia Corthron for her debut novel The Castle... -
The First Novel Prize
2015 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2015 First Novel Prize was awarded to Viet Thanh Nguyen for his debut novel The Sympathizer... -
The First Novel Prize
2014 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2014 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Tiphanie... -
The First Novel Prize
2013 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2013 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Margaret... -
The First Novel Prize
2012 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2012 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Ben... -
The First Novel Prize
2011 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2011 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Bonnie... -
The First Novel Prize
2010 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2010 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Karl... -
The First Novel Prize
2009 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2009 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to John... -
The First Novel Prize
2008 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2008 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to Hannah... -
The First Novel Prize
2007 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction 2007 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to Junot... -
The First Novel Prize
2006 First Novel Prize
The Center for Fiction’s inaugural First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded... -
The First Novel Prize
First Novel Prize Winners: The Complete List
Debut novels from Marisha Pessl, Junot Díaz, Hannah Tinti, John Pipkin, Karl Marlantes, Bonnie Nadzam, Ben Fountain, Margaret...
Featured
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Story Time
Ann Dowd Reads Story Boat by Kyo Maclear
Luminous, award-winning actor Ann Dowd joins us once again to share Kyo Maclear’s Story Boat, an imaginative and lyrical picture... -
Story Time
André Holland Reads Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
Based on the Oscar-Winning short film, Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry tells the story of Zuri, a young girl with beautiful hair, who... -
Story Time
Lili Taylor Reads The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
Actress Lili Taylor joins us again to share The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfield. With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet...
