Semi-finalist for The 21st Annual Thurber Prize for American Humor
AFTERPARTIES
Ecco
An instant New York Times Bestseller
Golden Poppy Winner in Fiction
Winner of the Martin Cruz Smith Diversity Award
Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Winner of the NBCC John Leonard Prize
Winner of the Publishing Triangle’s 2022 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction
FIERCE POISE
Penguin Press
Finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
EAGLE DOWN
PublicAffairs
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year (2021)
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER
Flatiron Books
An instant New York Times Bestseller
2021 OWL Award Longlist
Winner of the Audie Award in Autobiography/Memoir
Finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Award
A PLAY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Knopf
Longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Debut Fiction
LAND OF BIG NUMBERS
HMH
One of Obama’s Favorite Books of 2021
THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER
Knopf Publishing Group
Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Longlisted for the Aspen Prize 2021
One of President Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year
Winner of the Crook’s Corner Book Prize for best debut novel set in the American South
A LIE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ABOUT YOURSELF
Mariner Books
Longlisted for the Aspen Prize 2021
HOLDING BACK THE RIVER
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
FLOATERS
Martín Espada
Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry
Recipient of the Letras Boricuas Fellowship
THE GAMBLER WIFE
Algonquin
Finalist for the Pen/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
MADE IN CHINA
Algonquin
Longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award
Longlisted for the Pen/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
STONES
Knopf
Finalist for the TS Eliot Award
THE Equivalents
Vintage
Winner of the 15th Marfield Prize
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
THE PLATEAU
Riverhead Books
Winner of the 2020 American Library in Paris Book Award
A CHILDREN’S BIBLE
WW Norton
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction
One of the New York Times’ Ten Best Books of the Year
Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many others
National Bestseller
The Doctors Blackwell
W. W. Norton & Company
New York Times Bestseller
Finalist for The Pulitzer Prize in Biography
2021 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee: History & Biography
The Bitch
World Editions
National Book Award Finalist
Finalist for the Dublin Literary Award
Winner of the English PEN Award
MEMORIAL DRIVE
Ecco
New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction
Finalist for Carnegie Prize
A New York Times Notable Book
One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle
GODS OF THE UPPER AIR
Doubleday
New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the 2020 Francis Parkman Prize
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner
Finalist for the NBCC in Biography
Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in History
Anisfield-Wolf Prize
Parkman Prize
PROUST’S DUCHESS
Knopf
Finalist, 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Winner, 2019 French Heritage Society Book Award
Finalist, 2019 American Library in Paris Book Award
Book of the Year, 2018, The Times Literary Supplement
WE ARE NOT YET EQUAL
Bloomsbury YA
WANYE-NAACP Image Award Nominee
AIR TRAFFIC
Knopf
A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2018
THE SECRET TOKEN
Doubleday
National Bestseller
BETTY BEFORE X
FSG
A New York Public Library Best Children’s Book of 2018
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018
BROWN
Knopf
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
NPR, Best Books of 2018
CHALK
Finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist for The Marfield Prize (National Award For Arts Writing)
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018
FIGHT NO MORE
W. W. Norton
Library Journal, Best Books of 2018
Paris Review, 2018 Staff Picks
THE RECKONINGS
Scribner
National Book Critics Circle Award 2019 Finalist
Refinery29, Best Books of 2018
Electric Literature, Best Nonfiction Books of 2018
SMALL ANIMALS
Flatiron
NPR, Best Books of 2018
THE WORLD ONLY SPINS FORWARD
Bloomsbury
NPR, Best Books of 2018
Electric Literature, Best Nonfiction Books of 2018
ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW
Catapult
National Book Critics Circle Award 2019 Finalist
Longlisted for the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards
A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2018
A TIME Magazine Best Nonfiction Book of 2018
NPR, Best Books of 2018
A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
An American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick
THE CARRYING
Milkweed
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
Finalist for the PEN Jean Stein Award
A Washington Post Best Book of 2018
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
NPR, Best Books of 2018
Chicago Review of Books, Best Poetry Books of 2018
The Atlantic, Best Books of 2018
2018 Digital Book World Award Winner
ONE PERSON, NO VOTE
Bloomsbury
Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
Longlisted for the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards
2019 Southern Book Prize Finalist
A Washington Post Best Book of 2018
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
NPR, Best Books of 2018
Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award
MONUMENT
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award
NPR, Best Books of 2018
Chicago Review of Books, Best Books of 2018
The Bobbitt Prize’s Lifetime Award
NOT THAT BAD
Harper Perennial
New York Times Bestseller
Refinery29, Best Books of 2018
VISIBLE EMPIRE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
An Indie Next List Pick
Belletrist Book Club’s June Book of the Month
A New York Times Book Review “New & Noteworthy” Selection
HEART BERRIES
Counterpoint
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018
NPR, Best Books of 2018
Library Journal, Best Books of 2018
New York Times Bestseller
Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for March/April 2018
New York Times Editor’s Choice
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
THE BOAT RUNNER
Harper Perennial
A B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick
MODERN GIRLS
Berkley
USA Today Bestseller
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER
Berkley
USA Today Bestseller
A DIFFERENT POND
Capstone Young Readers
A 2018 Caldecott Honor Book
BUNK
GRAYWOLF
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
The New York Times, Best Books of 2017
LA Times, Best Nonfiction of 2017
Chicago Review of Books, Best Books of 2017
SING UNBURIED SING
SCRIBNER
New York Times Bestseller
Indies Choice Book Award Winner
The Women’s Prize (UK)
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
A TIME Magazine Best Novel of the Year
A New York Times Top 10 of 2017
Finalist for the Kirkus Prize
Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal
Finalist for the NAACP Image Award
Finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize
MRS FLETCHER
SCRIBNER
LA Times, Best Fiction of 2017
GQ Best Books of 2017
NPR, Best Books of 2017
New York Times Bestseller
Boston Globe Bestseller
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
AMATKA
VINTAGE
The Guardian, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017
HUNGER
HARPER
An Indie Next List Pick
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
LA Times, Best Nonfiction of 2017
Barnes & Noble, Best Books of 2017
The Guardian, Best Books of 2017
The Washington Post, Best Books of 2017
New York Times Bestseller
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
National Bestseller
BOOK OF JOAN
HARPER
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017
Esquire, Best Books of 2017
NPR, Best Books of 2017
THE BEST WE COULD DO
ABRAMS
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
NPR, Best Books of 2017
Shelf Awareness, Best Books of 2017
HEARTS OF MEN
ECCO
National Bestseller
Finalist for the 2016 Prix Femina
Finalist for the 2016 Prix Medicis Etrangere
ILL WILL
BALLANTINE BOOKS
National Bestseller
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017
LA Times, Best Fiction of 2017
Barnes & Noble, Best Books of 2017
Wall Street Journal, Best Books of 2017
THE GENE MACHINE
FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
2017 OWL Book Awards Longlist
CLASS
LITTLE, BROWN
Philadelphia Inquirer, Best Books of 2017
DIFFICULT WOMEN
GROVE ATLANTIC
NPR, Best Books of 2017 National Bestseller
LA Times Bestseller
The Art of Waiting
GRAYWOLF
2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award FinalistKirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2016Globe & Mail (Canada) The Globe 100: Best Books of 2016
Publishers Weekly Best of 2016
O, The Oprah Magazine 10 Best Books of 2016
Signature Reads 17 of the Best Essay Collections of 2017
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THE FORTUNES
HMH
Finalist for the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace PrizeNew York Times 100 Notable Books2017 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016: 100 recommended books
NPR’s Best Books of 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016
GIRL IN PIECES
DELACORTE PRESS
Barnes & Noble Best Young Adult Books of 2016
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
Amazon Best YA Books of 2016
LISTEN TO ME
HMH
The New Yorker’s Books We Loved in 2016
Chicago Tribune Books from 2016 You Should Read
MORTAL TRASH
W. W. Norton
NPR’s Best Books of 2016
Winner of the 2017 Paterson Poetry Prize
THE TUMBLING TURNER SISTERS
GALLERY BOOKS
USA Today Bestseller
REVOLUTION ON THE HUDSON
W.W. NORTON
Named a 2016 Best Book on the American Revolution by the American Revolution Round Table in New York
WHITE RAGE
BLOOMSBURY
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
New York Times 100 Notable Books
Washington Post Notable Books of 2016
Globe & Mail (Canada) The Globe 100: Best Books of 2016
Boston Globe Best Books of 2016
Chicago Review of Books 18 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2016
SWEET LAMB OF HEAVEN
W.W. NORTON
San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016
Washington Post Notable Fiction Books of 2016
Vulture/New York Magazine 10 Best Books of 2016
Kirkus Best Fiction of 2016
Wall Street Journal Books of the Year
DAREDEVILS
Penguin Press
San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016: 100 recommended books
Seattle Times Best Books of 2016
THE ABUNDANCE
ECCO
Amazon Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
NPR’s Best Books of 2016
Signature Reads 17 of the Best Essay Collections of 2017
Brainpickings 16 Overall Favorite Books of 2016
SEE HOW SMALL
Back Bay Books
PEN/USA Award for Fiction
BLUE LAWS: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
KNOPF
One of The New York Times Ten Best Poetry Titles of 2016
Washington Post Best Poetry Collections of 2016
Boston Globe Best Books of 2016
The Root’s 26 Best Books by Black Authors
DEMOCRACY IN BLACK
BROADWAY BOOKS
Amazon Best Book of the Month
THE DEFENDER
HMH
New York Times 100 Notable Books
Winner of the 2017 Best Nonfiction Award from The Soceity of Midland Authors
Amazon Best History Books of 2016
Washington Post Notable Books of 2016
Chicago Review of Books 18 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
Chicago Writers Association 2016 Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
Chicago Magazine’s Best Books About Chicago by Chicagoans
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
RANDOM HOUSE
2015 AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR FT MCKINSEY BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015
ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Bright Dead Things
Milkweed Editions
Finalist for the National Book Award
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award
A Best Poetry Book of 2015: The New York Times and Buzzfeed
THE SMALL BACKS OF CHILDREN
HARPER
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
Readers Choice Award at the Oregon Book Awards
DAUGHTERS OF THE SAMURAI
W.W. NORTON
2015 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
SEATTLE TIMES BEST OF 2015
one of BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2015
THE DISTANT MARVELS
EUROPA
NBC Latino Best of 2015 Book
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books, 2015
ALL WHO GO DO NOT RETURN
GRAYWOLF
Winner of the 2017 Prix Médicis (French Edition)
Named one of “forty-two books to read before you die” by the Independent (UK)
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner
2016 Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award in Nonfiction
One of Star Magazine’s “Fab 5 Can’t-Miss Entertainment Picks”
National Jewish Book Award
REFUND
COUNTERPOINT
2015 National Book Award Finalist
X
CANDLEWICK PRESS
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2015
2015 HORN BOOK FANFARE LIST
We Need Diverse Books Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book
2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults title
one of the Top Ten BFYA Books
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
Nominated for 2016 Audie Award
Nominated for 2016-2017 Georgia Peach Book Award
FIVES-AND-TWENTY-FIVES
BLOOMSBURY
2014 WINNER OF THE NOPL CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION
A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PICK
AN INDIE NEXT PICK
AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2014
ESQUIRE FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR
LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
BAD FEMINIST
HARPER PERENNIAL
AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2014
NPR BEST BOOK OF 2014
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER
BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
AN INDIE BESTSELLER
AN UNTAMED STATE
GROVE ATLANTIC
WASHINGTON POST TOP FICTION PICK OF 2014
NPR BEST BOOK OF 2014
BUZZFEED BEST FICTION OF 2014
BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF 2014
THE MARQUIS
Vintage
Winner of the 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award
MRS. LINCOLN’S RIVAL
DUTTON
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHOTGUN LOVESONGS
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS
TARGET BOOK CLUB BOOK
NATIONAL BESTSELLER (FRANCE)
#1 Indie Next Selection
Amazon Best Book of the Month
A National Indie Bestseller
#2 on the Heartland Bestseller List
Entertainment Weekly Bestseller
MRS. LINCOLN’S DRESSMAKER
DUTTON
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
MAGNIFICENCE
W.W. NORTON
A 2012 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST FOR FICTION
LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY TOP BOOK OF 2012
A BARNES AND NOBLE EDITOR’S PICK BEST FICTION 2012
THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2012
MARINER BOOKS
A New York Times bestseller
THRALL
MARINER BOOKS
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2013
A 2013 SIBA AWARD FINALIST
U.S. POET LAUREATE 2012
POET LAUREATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
RECIPIENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY FOR 2007
THE STARBOARD SEA
ST. MARTIN’S PRESS
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2012
A TOP FIVE ATLANTA MAGAZINE NOVEL OF THE YEAR
ARDENCY
KNOPF
2012 WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD
TWILIGHT OF THE ELITES
CROWN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A KIRKUS NONFICTION BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012
1812: The Navy’s War
BASIC
2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner, U.S. History
2012 Audie Awards Finalist, History
George Pendleton Prize for 2011
THE LEFTOVERS
ST. MARTIN’S PRESS
A New York Times bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011
An Amazon best book of the month, August 2011
THE GREY ALBUM
GRAYWOLF
A 2013 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD WINNER
A 2012 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST FOR CRITICISM
WINNER OF THE 2010 GRAYWOLF NONFICTION PRIZE
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2012
A KANSAS CITY STAR TOP BOOK OF 2012
KOSHER CHINESE
HOLT
2011 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award Winner
LOVE IN INFANT MONKEYS
SOFT SKULL PRESS
Pulitzer Prize finalist 2010
THE MATTAPONI QUEEN
GRAYWOLF
WINNER OF THE 2009 BAKELESS PRIZE FOR FICTION
CLOSING TIME
PENGUIN BOOKS
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A New York Times Notable Book of 2009
A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2009
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2009
A London Times Best Book of 2009
THE UPRISING
CROWN
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM
LITTLE, BROWN
Oprah’s Book Club Pick of 2009
Winner of the 2009 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST FICTION AWARD, 2008
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST BOOK OF 2008
A PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2008
Commonwealth Prize Regional Winner/Africa
Winner of the PEN ‘Beyond Margins’ Award
OBEDIENCE
BROADWAY BOOKS
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
IF BY SEA
BASIC
Winner of the 2008 Samuel Eliot Morison Award
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
NATIVE GUARD
MARINER BOOKS
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY, 2007
THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER
ST. MARTIN’S PRESS
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2007
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
THE ELM CREEK QUILTS series
SIMON & SCHUSTER
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES
THE WELSH GIRL
MARINER BOOKS
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2007
HOSTILE TAKEOVER
CROWN
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GIRLS IN TRUCKS
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BOOKSENSE PICK
A TARGET BREAK-OUT AUTHOR SELECTION
QUEEN OF FASHION
HENRY HOLT
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
A BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC BEST WORLD HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ON THE WAY HOME
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
Recipient of the John Dos Passos Medal for Literature
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
SCRIBNER
1977 Obie Award Winner
1977 Tony Award for Best Play Nomination
The Conservationist
PENGUIN BOOKS
Nadine Gordimer: Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature
Winner of the 1974 Booker Prize
The Guns of August
RANDOM HOUSE
Winner of the 1963 and 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
The Optimist’s Daughter
VINTAGE
Winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize
Eudora Welty: Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom