Bookstore & Café-Bar
Bookstore & Café-Bar Hours:
11am – 8pm Daily
15 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Our Bookstore is open for in-person 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 small bites! Please review our Health and Safety Protocols in advance of your visit.
For the safety of our employees and community, anyone who enters the building must wear a face mask. Questions for the bookstore? Email books@centerforfiction.org or give us a call at (212) 755-6710 ext. 1.
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Bookstore Picks
Unbroken
This week we continue to highlight a significant new book of poems for National Poetry Month; an exceptional memoir; plus, three... -
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Poetic / Justice
April is National Poetry Month, and it coincides with the much-awaited publication of Ocean Vuong’s new collection -
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Ukraine on the Page
We’d like to offer a small collection of exceptional fiction—new and old, long and short—from Ukraine -
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Read (A)broadly
We head out once more to farther shores in this selection: Iceland (a favorite returns), India (fiction from a journalist), Trinidad... -
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The Ideas of March
What can we celebrate this mid-March? Settling debts? St. Patrick’s Day? Daylight Savings Time? This group of books includes... -
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Women and History: Pasts, Presents and Futures
To usher in Women’s History Month, we have a political satire set in a fictional African country quietly controlled by women... -
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Fringe Benefits
This week we welcome in a stellar debut from a Southern Black writer, a dystopian novel in which Japan no longer exists, artistic... -
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Ambiguous Attachments
The following works explore attachments in many forms—to family, country, lovers and spouses. To their great credit, these... -
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Strange Pages
As we continue into Black History Month, we are treated to Marlon James’s second episode in his Dark Star trilogy, as well... -
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Love! Music! Heresy!
February is an often-gloomy month. Thankfully we offer you a mélange of love, music and two epics—one historical novel concerning... -
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Families Matter
This week we celebrate Black History Month with an exciting addendum to Toni Morrison’s oeuvre—a posthumous standalone story... -
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Traveling, through Time and Space
Trips to the Philippines, Italy and Cuba; sci-fi from a Nigerian American fan favorite; and a memoir by a bestselling Booker... -
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Singular Characters
Jumpstart your January reading with books that just won’t let up, whether due to eccentric lead characters, a plot that drives... -
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New Beginnings
Welcome to 2022. Was your New Year’s resolution to read more this year? Perhaps you received a Center for Fiction Gift Card... -
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Holiday Book Guide: 21 Fiction Highlights from '21
Thank you, our dear readers, for helping support us through the challenging times of this past year. We appreciate you and send... -
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Holiday Book Guide: Gift Books
This week’s selection is geared toward holiday gift-giving for the person who likes to look as well as read -
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Holiday Book Guide: Cookbooks
The pandemic made cooks of us all, and there’s no time better than the holidays, when you have some time to spare, to test out new recipes -
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Holiday Book Guide: Young People's Literature
This week we highlight favorites from a year particularly rich in books for young people! These are our recommendations for holiday... -
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Live and Learn
This week marks the publication of a landmark book of Black history, one that is sure to change the conversation about slavery... -
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Daylight Saving Reading
There is a melancholy that often descends when we turn back the clocks in November each year. It always affects my choice of...
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BYOBook: A Quiet Happy Hour for Readers
Monday, 5:00 pm EDT - 7:00 pm EDT May 23, 2022
Dedicate some time for reading with fellow book lovers at BYOBook, our weekly quiet happy hour for readers! Visit The Center for Fiction Café... -
45:15 at The Center for Fiction
Saturday, 4:00 pm EDT - 6:00 pm EDT June 4, 2022
Approaching creative projects with a clear and focused mind can be a challenge. Revive your motivation to write at 45:15, a free community writing event. -
Hobby Hour: Crafts + Craft Cocktails
Sunday, 5:00 pm EDT - 7:00 pm EDT June 19, 2022
Cozy up in the Café & Bar with creative bookworms and their crafts. Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, sketching, etc
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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 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Raven Leilani for her debut novel Luster... -
The First Novel Prize
2019 First Novel Prize
The 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to De’Shawn Charles Winslow for his debut novel... -
The First Novel Prize
2018 First Novel Prize
The 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Tommy Orange for his debut novel There... -
The First Novel Prize
2017 First Novel Prize
The 2017 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Julie Lekstrom Hines for her debut novel Mikhail... -
The First Novel Prize
2016 First Novel Prize
The 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Kia Corthron for her debut novel The... -
The First Novel Prize
2015 First Novel Prize
The 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Viet Thanh Nguyen for his debut novel The... -
The First Novel Prize
2014 First Novel Prize
The 2014 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Tiphanie Yanique... -
The First Novel Prize
2013 First Novel Prize
The 2013 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Margaret Wrinkle... -
The First Novel Prize
2012 First Novel Prize
The 2012 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Ben Fountain for... -
The First Novel Prize
2011 First Novel Prize
The 2011 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Bonnie Nadzam... -
The First Novel Prize
2010 First Novel Prize
The 2010 First Novel Prize (then called the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) was awarded to Karl Marlantes... -
The First Novel Prize
2009 First Novel Prize
The 2009 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to John Pipkin for... -
The First Novel Prize
2008 First Novel Prize
The 2008 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to Hannah Tinti... -
The First Novel Prize
2007 First Novel Prize
The 2007 First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to Junot Díaz... -
The First Novel Prize
2006 First Novel Prize
The inaugural First Novel Prize (then called the John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize) was awarded to Marisha Pessl... -
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...
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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...
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Writers Council Picks
Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Richard Powers
Richard Powers
Check out six great picks from novelist Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory and member of our Writers Council. -
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Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley
We’re asking members of our Writers Council to recommend six of their favorite reads. Whether new or old, best sellers or hidden gems, grand... -
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Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Freedom, The End of the End of the Earth) on...
