Fiction

ROMINA GARBER’s Castle of the Cursed follows a girl’s supernatural path after her parents’ mysterious deaths. Suffering from survivor’s guilt, she goes to live with her estranged aunt at an ancestral Spanish castle that harbors a trove of family secrets. When she meets a silver-eyed boy that only she can see, they grudgingly team up to find answers, igniting an investigation – and romance. In MARY E. PEARSON’s The Courting of Bristol Keats: A Novel,…

KEREN BLANKFELD’s Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story is a remarkable saga about Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia, who fell in love in Auschwitz, were separated upon liberation, led extraordinary lives apart following the war, and then found each other more than 70 years later. Inspired by historical events, LAUREN GRODSTEIN’s We Must Not Think of Ourselves: A Novel is the story of an underground group of archivists who fought to preserve humanity inside the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.…

RACHEL KHONG’s Real Americans: A Novel spans generations of one family, from early 2000s New York City, where young and broke Lily Chen falls for dashing Matthew, to 2021, when 15-year-old Nick Chen searches for his biological father, a journey that produces more questions than answers. In DINAW MENGESTU’s Someone Like Us: A Novel, after abandoning his once-promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush found love and created a family with Hannah,…

In JENNIFER CROFT’s The Extinction of Irena Rey: A Novel, eight translators visit a renowned author in a primeval Polish forest, who then mysteriously vanishes – leaving them to become entangled in a web of paranoia, isolation, and obsession. In A.J. FINN’s End of Story: A Novel, a reclusive mystery novelist sends his longtime correspondent a cryptic message: “I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story. You and I might even solve an old mystery or two.” Did the perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? …

In DONNA HEMANS’ The House of Plain Truth, Pearline receives news about her ailing father and travels to her native Jamaica. After a tense reunion with her sisters and her father’s startling deathbed wish – that she repair their fractured family legacy and find three long-lost siblings – she learns what she must sacrifice in her attempt to find home. In WANDA M. MORRIS’ What You Leave Behind: A Novel, attorney Deena Wood’s life has fallen apart after losing her mother,…

LOUIS BAYARD’s The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts revolves around a fateful summer in the life of famous playwright Oscar Wilde as he was exposed – and eventually imprisoned – for homosexuality. This poignant story is told from various perspectives, including that of his wife, who watches the intensity of Wilde’s relationship with another man threaten the foundation of their family’s life. MARGOT LIVESEY’s The Road from Belhaven: A Novel is the story of a young woman in 19th-century Scotland whose ability to see into the future complicates her coming-of-age.…

Follow the conclusion of TOMI ADEYEMI’s Legacy of Orïsha series with Children of Anguish and Anarchy, in which Zélie overcomes insurmountable odds, stops the conquest of her people, and defies capture by the merciless King Baldyr. The Lightlark trilogy by ALEX ASTER introduces its third showstopping installment with Skyshade, in which Isla Crown’s shattered heart is torn between her love for the ruler of Nightshade and wanting to save Lightlark and its king. In ROMINA GARBER’s Castle of the Cursed,…

NADINE PINEDE’s When the Mapou Sings is set in 1930s Haiti, where elements of magical realism combine with political intrigue. NICOLA YOON’s One of Our Kind is a propulsive satire set in an all-Black gated community; it explores the ways in which freedom is complicated by the presumptions we make about ourselves and each other. Moderated by author ANJANETTE DELGADO.     PRESENTED BY WITH THE SUPPORT OF MEDIA PARTNERS Buy When the Mapou Sings – Pinede Buy One of Our Kind – Yoon…

MESHA MAREN’s Shae: A Novel is the story of a young couple in the heart of West Virginia: the title character, who is pregnant, and Cam, who begins using female pronouns. After the traumatic birth of their child, Shae struggles with opioid addiction while Cam continues to transition, embracing new relationships and facing the reality of being a trans woman in rural America. JENNIFER BELLE’s Swanna in Love: A Novel begins with its 14-year-old protagonist being picked up at summer camp by her mom and her new Russian lover.…

In POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR’s Tehrangeles: A Novel, the Iranian American Milani family has it all – an L.A. mansion, a snack empire, and four spirited daughters: aspiring model Violet, chaotic influencer Roxanna, online overachiever Mina, and impressionable health fanatic Haylee. But on the verge of landing a reality TV show, the family realizes they all have something to hide. GARTH RISK HALLBERG’s The Second Coming: A Novel is the story of a troubled teen, Jolie, and her estranged father,…

TERESA DOVALPAGE presenta un volumen de cuentos en el que los personajes viajan en avión, en transatlántico, por las brumas del plano astral y hasta en el tiempo; PEDRO MEDINA LEÓN ofrece un verdadero noir tropical cuyo protagonista debe resolver un crimen cometido en South Beach, y LUIS ALEJANDRO ORDÓÑEZ llega con una obra polifónica que muestra el carácter elusivo de la verdad y es un rompecabezas donde cada pieza encaja de tal forma que cambia el conjunto.…

With Christmas nearing, two women swap homes. One has been lying to her family about her engagement and just wants to get away; the other is an artist who needs money to hold on to her beachside cottage. In JAYNE ALLEN’s The Most Wonderful Time: A Novel, their stories tangle to combine romance, self-reflection, and a little holiday magic. In TAYLOR HAHN’s A Home for the Holidays: A Novel, Mel loves the celebratory season – a time her mother always made magical,…

JOHN HENDRIX’s Mythmakers dives into the legendary friendship between the fathers of fantasy: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. This biography illustrates how discouraging critics, friendly rivalries, and two world wars changed these two friends and competitors forever – and the world of fantasy along with them. Moderated by DANIEL JONES, the young adult librarian at the Naranja branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Grades 4-8 Buy The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis &…

In Fall: A Detective Harriet Foster Thriller, TRACY CLARK weaves a twisted journey into the underbelly of Chicago as the detective and her team work to unmask a serial killer stalking the city’s aldermen. When two are found dead – one by apparent suicide, one from a brutal stabbing – she must determine who has a debt to pay before the killer strikes again. In JAMES GRIPPANDO’s Goodbye Girl: A Jack Swyteck Novel, the protagonist’s latest legal client,…

DAVID F. WALKER’s Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined, illustrated by MARCUS KWAME ANDERSON, is a graphic novel that proposes a radical retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This modern update follows Jim, an enslaved Black man searching for his kidnapped family alongside his sidekick, Huckleberry Finn, while highlighting a bond that transcends the gruesome racism of the Civil War era. In Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation,…

RENATO CISNEROS presenta una novela acerca de los rigores de la migración y el horror de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y que constituye tanto un registro bélico impactante como una reflexión sobre la identidad y el desarraigo. CRISTINA SÁNCHEZ ANDRADE llega con una obra que transcurre en Galicia y relata la vida de tres mujeres marcadas por un naufragio, y que se convierte en una reflexión sobre la memoria en la que intervienen secretos y celos, la culpa colectiva y el deseo femenino.…

MARIE-HELENE BERTINO’s Beautyland: A Novel is a story about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. Beautyland’s gentle, unforgettable alien possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. As she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Narrated by an ensemble cast of independent outsiders who have chosen counterculture lives, STEPHEN HUNDLEY’s Bomb Island journeys through the weirds and wilds of coastal Georgia.…

Four young adult authors discuss how love can form under pressure or flare up with passion. The daughter of a proud Cuban family bakery enters a competition to pay the bills with help from the son of a rival Cuban bakery in Guava and Grudges, the slow-burn (or bake) enemies-to-lovers novel by ALEXIS CASTELLANOS. Tensions rise in LAURA TAYLOR NAMEY’s With Love, Echo Park as the two last surviving Cuban family businesses in an L.A.…

XALBADOR GARCÍA presenta una obra que narra los logros y fracasos futbolísticos mexicanos de las últimas décadas como un espejo de la identidad nacional; ALFREDO TRIFF llega con un ensayo-nouvelle sobre el escritor francés Barbey d’Aurevilly, un verdadero dandy que dejó huella en la cultura burguesa; WILEMA WONG ofrece una novela cuya protagonista transita un viaje hacia sí misma y una vida que gira en torno a una trágica muerte. En conversación con el poeta,…

Ghostroots: Stories is ‘PEMI AGUDA’s debut collection set in Lagos, Nigeria. From a teenager who lives in the shadow of a mysterious disease killing local boys to a woman who sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter’s face, these stories map emotional and physical worlds that lay bare the forces of family, myth, tradition, and gender. NICOLA YOON’s One of Our Kind: A Novel follows the Williamses, who move to the Black utopia of Liberty,…

In LAURA VAN DEN BERG’s State of Paradise: A Novel, a ghostwriter for a famous thriller author is living in her mother’s small-town Florida home, tracking ominous and eerie changes. Contending with family secrets, spotty memories of her troubled youth, a burgeoning cult in the living room, and her suddenly missing sister, she begins to investigate the emerging connections between a shadowy corporation, her boss, and reality itself. In KENT WASCOM’s The Great State of West Florida,…

Broadway producer SUSAN ROSE and celebrated author SILVIA LÓPEZ present a charming book perfect for young readers just beginning to learn Spanish! José has been selected for the school soccer team and finally gets to be a part of el equipo de fútbol. He starts practicing in his backyard right away, but when he kicks the ball toward the net, his best friend – his dog, Feliz – runs after it! Can José find a way to bring his furry pal to his fútbol games without worrying el perro will chase el balón?…

Believing in yourself is hard enough without saving the whole world on top of it all! Find out how much Amari is willing to sacrifice to stop a war between the Magicians and the Bureau in the action-packed third installment of B. B. ALSTON’s bestselling Supernatural Investigations series, Amari and the Despicable Wonders. RYAN GRAUDIN’s The Girl Who Kept the Castle introduces Faye, a maid for the late Wizard West, who must help him find a successor,…

In ELYSHA CHANG’s A Quitter’s Paradise, a young woman does everything she can to ignore her mother’s death, even as memories surface of her cold, strict upbringing with immigrant parents. How do you love a person who refused to make herself known? In CRYSTAL HANA KIM’s The Stone Home: A Novel, Eunju and her mother are living on the street in South Korea when they’re captured and sent to a state-sanctioned facility – a reformatory hiding a violent reality.…

In JEAN HANFF KORELITZ’s The Sequel: A Novel (The Book Series #2), Anna’s taken care of her bestselling novelist husband, laid to rest the accusations of plagiarism against him, and is now enjoying his royalty checks in perpetuity. But someone knows too much: about her late brother, her husband, and Anna herself. RACHEL KUSHNER’s Creation Lake: A Novel is the story of a secret agent – a seductive, cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France.…

ABRAHAM JIMÉNEZ ENOA presenta unas crónicas que incluyen sus impresiones al llegar a Europa, pero también los recuerdos de sus últimos años en Cuba, donde pasó a ser un apestado social; MARÍA CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ llega con una novela del pintor y poeta cubano NICOLÁS LARA (La Habana,1943 – New York, 2022), que representa una radiografía de la Cuba de los últimos cincuenta años, desde el Caso Padilla hasta la década del ’90. En conversación con el periodista cultural y crítico de cine ALEJANDRO RÍOS.…

Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir captures ZOË BOSSIERE’s experience as a trans child growing up in an Arizona trailer park. As they reckon with the sexism, racism, substance abuse, and violence endemic to the traditionally masculine, working-class men in their life, they struggle to escape what it means to live in a gendered body. In EMMA COPLEY EISENBERG’s Housemates: A Novel, two new roommates begin an intense friendship. When one woman receives a complicated inheritance from a former professor,…

JOSEPH KANON’s Shanghai: A Novel chronicles one man’s escape to Shanghai during a time when European Jews were desperate to emigrate after the violence of Kristallnacht. Daniel arrives penniless in the tumultuous, nearly lawless city and becomes trapped in Shanghai’s maze of politics and crime, trying to stay one step ahead of murder while outrunning his own past. JEFF SHAARA’s The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis brings to life the war that almost happened between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962.…

PATXI ZUBIZARRETA ofrece una obra cuyo protagonista habita la Ciudad de la Basura, en la populosa El Cairo. En conversación con la periodista y editora GABRIELA ESQUIVADA.   EL COLABORACIÓN CON Compra Aranjuez – Mesa…

In LAURA DROSDOWECH’s Magical Miami, Zoe and Zen’s awesome adventure begins in Wynwood and takes them through Miami’s most notable neighborhoods. They meet a flamingo driving an ice cream truck, hitch a ride on an alligator, swim with a manatee, take the trolley with a celebrity cucaracha, and meet a famous graffiti artist, all while learning some Miami lingo in both English and Spanish. Grades pre–K to 2…

ALLY CONDIE’s The Unwedding: A Novel begins with a wedding at a beautiful resort – an event that turns tragic when Ellery discovers a dead body the morning of the ceremony. As she grieves the loss of her own marriage – and another guest dies – she realizes she’s not the only one whose future is no longer guaranteed. ASHLEY ELSTON’s First Lie Wins: A Novel follows Evie, shrouded in a fictitious identity crafted by a mysterious boss.…

La Feria del Libro de Miami rinde un merecido homenaje a Armando de Armas, escritor y periodista cubano. En este encuentro, Denis Fortún y Ángel Callejas dialogarán con Alejandro Ríos para recordar y honrar la vida y obra de uno de los más destacados exponentes de la literatura cubana contemporánea, recientemente desaparecido.…

In CRIS ASCUNCE’s My Best Plan: A Novel, Gene has it all – a wonderful daughter, a flourishing career, and the love of her life, Isa. After same-sex marriage is legalized in Spain, Gene has an idea: move there, marry, and finally secure parental rights for her daughter. But Isa refuses, and Gene must make a decision that puts their love to the test. A.J. BERMUDEZ’s Stories No One Hopes Are About Them explores convergences of power,…

In ANDREW BORYGA’s Victim: A Novel, college student Javi is trying to escape a troubled past: a murdered drug dealer father, a struggling mother, and an incarcerated best friend. When a viral essay turns him into a rising star, his best friend, now free from prison, must play along with Javi’s carefully crafted new identity before the truth threatens to ruin everything. ASHA ELIAS’ Pink Glass Houses: A Novel is the story of the elite world of PTA moms at Miami Beach’s most coveted elementary school.…

Dynamic duo DAVE BARRY and RIDLEY PEARSON reunite to spill the tea on their latest projects – including the theatrical adaptation of their iconic Peter Pan prequel series, Peter and the Starcatchers; Barry’s hilarious caper Swamp Story: A Novel (with more twists and turns through the Everglades than a snake slithering away from a gator); and Pearson’s latest Kingdom Keepers: Inheritance sequel, Villains’ Realm, in which Cinderella’s own Fairy Godmother – the notorious FGM – must help our young heroes stop Ursula from taking over for good.…

Join authors T.J. ALEXANDER, Triple Sec; J.J. ARIAS, Guava Flavored Lies: A Lesbian Romance;  LIANA DE LA ROSA, Isabel and The Rogue; ADRIANA HERRERA, An Island Princess Starts a Scandal; K. ARSENAULT RIVERA, Oath of Fire; and ANALEIGH SBRANA, Lore of the Wilds, as they explore how inclusive storytelling and diverse perspectives and experiences enrich the romance genre, the beauty of love in all its forms.…

SANTIAGO RONCAGLIOLO presenta un thriller sobre una mujer exitosa, profesional y madre que está en la cárcel, y cuya vida aparentemente perfecta en las altas esferas de la sociedad se desmorona. En conversación con el periodista JUAN CAMILO GÓMEZ.   Compra El accidente – Roncagliolo…

In CLAIRE LOMBARDO’s Same As It Ever Was: A Novel, after years of emotional turbulence, 57-year-old Julia finally feels that she has a firm handle on things. But an announcement from her son, an impending separation from her teenage daughter, and a resurgence of the past bring back the threat of life on a razor’s edge. In ROXANA ROBINSON’s Leaving: A Novel, college lovers Sarah and Warren reconnect after a chance meeting and embark on an intense affair.…

KATHIE KLARREICH founded the Miami-based prison writing nonprofit Exchange for Change in 2014, after a 24-year career as a journalist. Don’t Shake the Spoon: A Journal of Prison Writing is a collection of Exchange for Change students’ stories, poems, and essays. Joining Klarreich are contributors to the anthology, JORGE CUESTA, WENDY HINSHAW, and MARIE PETIT-LOUIS.…

ALEJANDRO ROBLES llega con una colección de cuentos breves y microrrelatos, fábulas y divertimentos literarios. En conversación con el poeta, narrador y editor RODOLFO MARTÍNEZ SOTOMAYOR. EL COLABORACIÓN CON   Compra El cuchillo de Lichtenberg – Robles…

Join us to celebrate 75 years of the National Book Awards and be a part of Team Book history! For more than a decade, the Miami Book Fair and National Book Foundation have joined together to present the biggest in-person showcase of National Book Award honorees anywhere in the country. 2024 honored authors across all five National Book Award categories (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature) will share rapid-fire readings from their recognized works and be interviewed by the National Book Foundation’s executive director,…

LAUREN APPELBAUM’s Rachel Weiss’s Group Chat is a romantic comedy about feeling stuck, friendship, and being open to love. Rachel relies on her juicy group chat for entertainment – until her circle of friends begins falling apart. But when she meets the millionaire next door, she realizes he may be the one person who truly sees her. In SIDNEY HALSTON’s Love Lessons: A Novel, two kindergarten co-teachers have a one-night stand with a surprising consequence: a baby.…

La periodista española SONSOLES ÓNEGA presenta la obra ganadora del Premio Planeta 2023, una historia mágica y realista al mismo tiempo, en una Galicia extraordinaria, sobre hombres y mujeres que se rebelan contra su propio destino en busca de la verdad. En conversación con la periodista y escritora GINA MONTANER. Compra Las Hijas de la Criada. Premio Planeta 2023 – Ónega Compra Deseénme un buen viaje: Memorias de una despedida – Montaner…

In PRESTON L. ALLEN’s I Disappeared Them: A Novel, serial murderer “The Periwinkle Killer” hides in plain sight as an affable family man with children and a loving wife. But at night he roams Miami’s streets, adhering to a twisted moral code. Buy I Disappeared Them: A Novel – Allen…

In ACE ATKINS’ Don’t Let the Devil Ride: A Novel, a woman hires a P.I. to find her missing husband, only to discover truths that upend all she’d believed about their life. In BEN MEZRICH’s The Mistress and the Key: A Thriller, a card shark and an ex-con immerse themselves in the history of Ben Franklin and Paul Revere after uncovering one of the biggest secrets of the Revolutionary War. And in ALEX SEGURA’s Alter Ego: A Novel,…

R.O. KWON’s Exhibit: A Novel is the story of two women – one a brilliant young photographer, one a world-class ballerina mysteriously on hiatus – drawn to each other by their intense artistic drives. After one exposes the lifelong secret of an old family curse, the women become more entangled, and begin to explore hidden desires. In SUSAN MINOT’s Don’t Be A Stranger: A Novel, Ivy Cooper is 52 years old when Ansel Fleming, 20 years her junior,…

GINA MARÍA BALIBRERA’s The Volcano Daughters: A Novel introduces Graciela, a young Indigenous girl who meets the sister she never knew, who has been claimed as an oracle for a rising dictator. When genocide strikes, they believe each other to be dead and escape across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate reunites them. Inspired by true events, JOY CASTRO’s One Brilliant Flame: A Novel follows six young friends in late 1800s Key West, Florida, during the height of the cigar industry.…

S.K. ALI’s Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution explores what an Upper Earth princess is to do when she agrees to an arranged marriage to prevent civil war, gets kidnapped by Lower Earth freedom fighters, and then falls in love with one of them. SUSAN DENNARD concludes her pulse-pounding Luminaries trilogy with The Whispering Night, in which Winnie Wednesday’s loyalty comes into question as secrets about her family and a masked Diana are revealed against the backdrop of the Nightmare Masquerade.…

ESKOR DAVID JOHNSON’s Pay As You Go offers a gritty portrayal of urban life, using innovative storytelling to depict the complex realities of modern existence. JULIANA LAMY’s You Were Watching from the Sand: Short Stories introduces readers to a unique narrative voice through a whimsical and playful collection that captures the essence of Haitian life and imagination. SORAYA PALMER’s The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts: A Novel tells the poignant tale of two sisters from Trinidad and Jamaica whose bond is tested by the erasure of their stories,…

“Un mundo de libros: Superando barreras en la distribución de libros infantiles en Estados Unidos,” con JENNY LIZÁRRAGA en conversación con ANTONIO ORLANDO RODRÍGUEZ. EN COLABORACIÓN CON  …

El autor español SERGIO DEL MOLINO presenta Los alemanes, obra ganadora del último Premio Alfaguara. Con una intriga que crece página a página, la novela trata uno de los episodios más vergonzosos de la historia de España: cómo los nazis refugiados en un retiro dorado activaron el neonazismo en Alemania. En conversación con el narrador y guionista JOSÉ IGNACIO CHASCAS VALENZUELA. Compra Los alemanes – Molino…

SIERRA GREER’s Annie Bot: A Novel is the story of an AI-enabled doll created to be the perfect girlfriend for her owner, Doug: She has dinner ready every night, wears outfits he hand-picks, and adjusts her libido to suit him. But when Annie begins to explore human emotions she begins to question what Doug really desires – and what she owes herself. In COLIN WINNETTE’s Users: A Novel, Miles, a lead creative at a virtual reality company,…

Grammy Award-winning musician LUCKY DIAZ shares a picture book that will have you rocking your feet to the beat of your own drum! Canta finds a broken guitar in the trash but even a fixer-upper instrument won’t stop her from realizing her music star dreams. With the help of her community, she’ll get it back in playing mode and turn herself into the rock star she knows she can be. Follow along with the song that inspired the book!…

BETSY LERNER’s Shred Sisters: A Novel is the story of two siblings: cautious Amy and charismatic Olivia, whose stunning confidence becomes increasingly erratic as she begins to unravel. It’s a bittersweet story exploring the fierce complexities of mental health, loss, and love – and the inextricable bond of sisters. After their sister’s death, three estranged siblings reunite to stop the sale of their childhood home in COCO MELLORS’ Blue Sisters: A Novel. As they reckon with their complicated childhood and losing the only person who held them together,…

YAMILE SAIED MÉNDEZ presents The Beautiful Game, in which Valeria, the town’s soccer superstar and the secret weapon of the boys’ team, gets her first period in the middle of an important game and gets benched. Can she win back her self-confidence, family, and fútbol, all while challenging stereotypes of what it means to play like a girl? JUSTIN A. REYNOLDS presents Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel, in which Kofi “KO” Douglas is a budding AAU basketball star with a winning streak that’s brought to a halt with the return of his competitive childhood friend – and the reappearance of his incarcerated father – driving him to search for redemption on and off the court.…

CLÉMENCE MICHALLON’s The Quiet Tenant: A Novel tells the story of Aidan Thomas – hardworking family man, kidnapper, and serial killer – through the eyes of three women in his life: a captive earmarked for death, his 13-year-old daughter, and an unsuspecting admirer. In Two-Step Devil: A Novel, JAMIE QUATRO chronicles the unlikely relationship between two strangers living on the margins of society: the Prophet, a 70-year-old man who paints his visions, and Michael, the girl he rescues from the back of a car.…

¡Peligro en expansión!: el libro álbum sin límites con FLORENCIA DEL CAMPO en conversación con BETTY QUINTERO. EN COLABORACIÓN CON Compra Que tenga una casa – Del Campo…

What happened to young Elphaba, once a relatable young girl, before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel – setting the stage for the international phenomenon Wicked: The Musical – GREGORY MAGUIRE reveals the story of the prickly young Wicked Witch of the West-to-be in Elphie: A Wicked Childhood. SPONSORED BY Buy Elphie: A Wicked Childhood – Maguire…

In ABRAHAM YU-YOUNG CHANG’s 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers: A Novel, college student Young falls in love with the brilliant and charismatic Elena. But Young’s beloved uncle believes everyone gets just seven great loves in their life, and Elena is number six. Are they meant to be or fated for failure to make room for his final, seventh love? In JACKIE LAU’s Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie: A Novel, writer and barista Emily is tired of hearing her mother’ fixation on marrying her off,…

The ROCK BOTTOM REMAINDERS, an endearingly ragtag cover band established in 1992 and mostly made up of high-profile published authors, performed at Miami Book Fair more than a dozen times over the years. And they’re reuniting right here this year, bringing together a lineup not seen together on stage for more than a decade! Meet the latest iteration of the group – which includes MITCH ALBOM, DAVE BARRY, SAM BARRY,…

AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA presenta una novela distópica en la que varias mujeres viven confinadas y sometidas a los designios de un culto religioso y un dios abusivo; MARIANA SÁNDEZ llega con una novela donde la protagonista va cruzando los campos de Inglaterra mientras desanda episodios clave de su pasado. En conversación con la periodista y escritora ALEJANDRA LABANCA. Compra Las indignas / The Unworthy – Bazterrica Compra La vida en miniatura – Sández…

DAVID GREENBERG’s John Lewis: A Life captures the legacy of the civil rights icon through long-lost footage, never-before-used FBI documents, and interviews with hundreds of people who knew him, including Lewis himself. In LEONARD PITTS JR.’s 54 Miles: A Novel, a family confronts painful memories, past trauma, and racial injustice during a few pivotal weeks in American history in March 1965 – from the infamous Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, to the triumphant entry into the Alabama State Capitol.…

Each fall for more than a decade, Miami Book Fair invites the authors and translators longlisted for the National Book Awards – one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the country – to the Fair. Join us for a special discussion featuring this year’s honorees for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, who will read from and discuss their work and why awards matter. Moderated by NATALIE GREEN, director of programs and partnerships for the National Book Foundation.…

Newbery Medalist and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature MEG MEDINA presents No More Señora Mimí, a heartwarming picture book about community and the special role caretakers play in a child’s life. Ana cannot contain her excitement – her abuela is coming to stay with her and  is sure to let her play whenever she wants to, instead of rushing her off to school like her neighbor and babysitter, Señora Mimí, sometimes does. In fact, as Ana’s classmate points out,…

DIANNELY ANTIGUA’s Good Monster presents a raw and innovative poetry collection that navigates themes of trauma, chronic pain, and mental illness. MERLE COLLINS’ Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings offers a poetic exploration of Little’s life, intertwining historical narrative with the power of imagination to illuminate a figure often overshadowed by her famous son. GEOFFREY PHILP’s graphic novel My Name is Marcus introduces readers to Marcus Garvey,…

JEFF VANDERMEER’s Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel (The Southern Reach Series) is the final installment of one of the most provocative, popular speculative fiction series of our time. There was no closure to the story of Area X. Mysteries went unsolved, key points of view were never aired, and stories were left untold. Absolution offers some answers, more questions, and profound surprises. NICOLA YOON’s One of Our Kind: A Novel follows the Williamses, who move to the Black utopia of Liberty,…

ULISES GONZALES presenta sus crónicas de migración en una New York que no es la estereotípica Gran Manzana; NELSON HINCAPIÉ comparte su historia de vida: una montaña rusa de emociones que concluye en un carrusel de resiliencia y esperanza, y MARIA DEL CARMEN VILLANUEVA ofrece una novela con sus memorias, sumergidas en el naufragio de su isla, en el que se hundieron su infancia y adolescencia. En conversación con la periodista SARAH MORENO.…

In POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR’s Tehrangeles: A Novel, the Iranian American Milani family has it all – an L.A. mansion, a snack empire, and four spirited daughters: aspiring model Violet, chaotic influencer Roxanna, online overachiever Mina, and impressionable health fanatic Haylee. But on the verge of landing a reality TV show, the family realizes they all have something to hide. In My First Book, a collection of stories by HONOR LEVY, characters grapple with formative political, existential,…

“P, p y p: tres letras para crear,” con PATXI ZUBIZARRETA en conversación con SERGIO ANDRICAÍN.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON Compra Una naranja en la basura – Zubizarreta…

FAUSTO CANEL presenta una comedia con espías británicos y soviéticos que se enfrentan a un grupo de agentes cubanos y JUAN MANUEL CAO llega con una novela sobre los disparates y los desafueros del poder. Los autores conversan con el periodista cultural y crítico de cine ALEJANDRO RÍOS. SPONSORED BY Compra Revólver – Canel Compra La Gran Locura – Cao…

Newbery Medalist, poet, and Emmy Award-winning producer KWAME ALEXANDER takes to the stage to discuss two new books, joined by singer-songwriter and co-author RANDY PRESTON. Kwame demonstrates his prolific range of talent with the charming and colorful picture book How to Sing a Song, meant for young readers who want to raise their voice and sing the vibrant song of their soul, and Black Star, the dramatic second installment of The Door of No Return series for middle-grade readers,…

In BONNIE JO CAMPBELL’s The Waters: A Novel, the granddaughter of an eccentric herbalist and daughter of a mysterious mother spends her days longing for a father and unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will upend her idyllic childhood. In TESSA FONTAINE’s The Red Grove: A Novel, Luce’s mother, Gloria, vanishes, leaving her behind along with Luce’s brother and their fragile aunt, Gem. Strange things begin to happen, and Luce must question if the women she admires and their stories might be built on a devastating lie.…

Like a tree growing from concrete, these three stories celebrate resilience in the face of adversity that comes with growing up. In NADINE PINEDE’s poignant novel-in-verse When the Mapou Sings, teenage Lucille’s life is uprooted by sudden changes and the disappearance of a friend, but she finds strength and guidance in her roots – the Haitian mapou trees. In SAMUEL TEER and MAR JULIA’s graphic novel Brownstone, a young woman grapples with her identity in a neighborhood that thinks,…

El actor, director y guionista español ALBERT ESPINOSA nos invita a amar nuestro caos y nuestras diferencias, en una novela que huele a roce de la vida y felicidad. Compra Como quien nada teme – Espinosa…

ISABEL BANTA’s Honey: A Novel follows the meteoric rise of a female pop star during the late 1990s and early aughts after she escapes her small town to join a popular girl group, navigating intensifying fame, exploitation, and complicated relationships. MARISSA STAPLEY’s The Lightning Bottles follows Jane Pyre, one half of the famous duo the Lightning Bottles, as she tries to find out what really happened to her husband and partner in music, who disappeared five years earlier.…

CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ’s The Great Divide: A Novel is the story of one of the most impressive feats in engineering history: the construction of the Panama Canal. It explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers – those who did the grueling work and have yet rarely been acknowledged by history. In RUTHVIKA RAO’s The Fertile Earth: A Novel, Vijaya, daughter of ancestral aristocrats whose power over their villagers is absolute,…

Cuban American artist EDEL RODRIGUEZ presents The Mango Tree/La mata de mango, an enchanting wordless picture book that captures his own childhood experience as an immigrant. Colorful and bold visuals tell the story of two boys who spend their days in a mango tree high above the rest of the world. But after a huge storm sweeps one boy out into unknown waters, he finds himself alone in a strange new land where everything is different and unfamiliar. Dive into this tale of new experiences,…

In Phenomena Book Two: Matilde’s Quest: A Graphic Novel, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS tells the story of a young boy, a mysterious girl, and a warrior. As they join forces to piece together the reason the girl was cast from her home, they start to become legend and folklore – and their mythology brings new threats. At first glance, Diamond Mine emerged in 1979 as Arkansas’s first punk band. But according to NATE POWELL’s Fall Through: A Graphic Novel,…

In ANN HOOD’s The Stolen Child: A Novel, a former WWI soldier enlists a college dropout to help him solve a decades-old mystery, leading both to reckon with regret, betrayal, and the lives they left behind. In ROXANA ROBINSON’s Leaving: A Novel, college lovers Sarah and Warren reconnect after a chance meeting and embark on an intense affair. With their actions threatening the foundations of their lives, they must confront the moral responsibilities of their love – for their families and for each other.…

Some say our paths are laid out by fate, but three young adventurers rise to the challenge to chart their own course. In RUTH BEHAR’s Across So Many Seas, while on a family vacation to Spain, Paloma retraces four generations of Jewish women as they travel across Europe, Cuba, and Miami to flee persecution and find opportunity. In Not Nothing by GAYLE FORMAN, 12-year-old Alex is stuck volunteering at a retirement home over the summer,…

Explore the complexities of family, love, self-determination, and resilience, spanning both Haitian and Black American experiences. MYRIAM J. A. CHANCY’s Village Weavers: A Novel tells the enduring story of two families bound by their homeland and long-kept secrets. EDWIDGE DANTICAT’s We’re Alone: Essays, reflects on identity, belonging, and the human spirit. And FABIENNE JOSAPHAT’s Kingdom of No Tomorrow: A Novel delves into the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s in the U.S., focusing on a young Haitian woman’s involvement with the Black Panther Party.…

Set in the Spanish Golden Age, LEIGH BARDUGO’s The Familiar: A Novel is the story of Luzia, a servant with a penchant for magic. When a scheming mistress discovers her talent, she demands Luzia use her gifts to her own benefit, plunging Luzia into a world where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. LISA SEE’s Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: A Novel follows Tan Yunxian – born into an elite family,…

“Los libros sensibles” con ROGER YCAZA en conversación con BETTY QUINTERO.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON…

In JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS’ Gamerville, Max Lightning is a lone wolf video game champion who wants to take home the trophy at a high-stakes video game tournament, but a forced retreat at Camp Refresh with no devices, mandatory teamwork, and some fresh air might make him rethink his virtual victories. In School Trip by JERRY CRAFT, Jordan and his friends from Riverdale Academy Day School head to Paris, only to find their trusted faculty guides replaced at the last minute,…

MATEO ASKARIPOUR’s This Great Hemisphere: A Novel is the story of a young woman named Sweetmint – invisible by birth and relegated to second-class citizenship – searching for her older brother, once presumed dead but now a suspect in a high-profile political murder. In STUART TURTON’s The Last Murder at the End of the World: A Novel, on an idyllic island housing the last of humanity, 122 villagers and three scientists coexist in peaceful harmony.…

LAUREN APPELBAUM’s Rachel Weiss’s Group Chat is about feeling stuck, friendship, and being open to love. Rachel relies on her juicy group chat for entertainment – until her circle of friends begins falling apart. But when she meets the millionaire next door, she realizes he may be the one person who truly sees her. ASHA ELIAS’ Pink Glass Houses: A Novel is the story of the elite world of PTA moms at Miami Beach’s most coveted elementary school.…

Tracing 50-plus years in one New York neighborhood, JONATHAN LETHEM’s Brooklyn Crime Novel begins on the streets of 1970s New York, where the promise of violence is everywhere. GEORGE PELECANOS’ Buster: A Dog is one resilient canine’s story, as told by the dog himself. Along the way, as he befriends other dogs and witnesses the best and worst of humanity, he begins to appreciate the gift of life. In SCOTT TUROW’s Suspect,…

TERESA DOVALPAGE’s Last Seen in Havana: A Havana Mystery is the story of a Cuban American woman who returns to Havana to care for her ailing grandmother and rekindles the search for her long-lost mother. In DARA LEVAN’s It Could Be Worse: A Novel, when a surprising discovery in a piano bench reveals a shocking family secret, a woman with a charmed life questions everything she thought she knew about the people who raised her.…

GRADES PREK-2 Join STACEY ABRAMS for a special conversation on Stacey Speaks Up, the third book in the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and NAACP Image Award-winning picture book series. Stacey and her friends can’t wait for lunchtime on Friday, also known as TacoPizza FryDay! But when Stacey discovers that some of her classmates can’t afford to eat lunch, she loses her appetite. She knows she has to do something, but what can a kid do? Plenty, as it turns out!…

“Un juego muy serio: construir libros (ilustrados) para la infancia,” con CONCHA PASAMAR en conversación con ANTONIO ORLANDO RODRÍGUEZ.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON…

Drawn from legends of Amazon women warriors from ancient Greece and recent archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, JUDITH LINDBERGH’s Akmaral follows a powerful woman who must make peace with making war. Her prowess ignites both jealousy and desire among the men around her, who also bristle against matriarchal rule. Facing betrayal, she must find the strength to defend her people. Moderated by author CRISSA-JEAN CHAPELL.   Buy Akmaral – Lindbergh…

Grappling with violence and grief after the loss of his parents, Cyrus is an addict and a poet whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past in KAVEH AKBAR’s Martyr! A Novel. VINSON CUNNINGHAM’s Great Expectations: A Novel spans 18 months in the life of David, working on a senator’s campaign to become the first Black U.S. president and coming to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father.…

What makes romance so captivating? Join authors NATALIE CAÑA, Sleeping with the Frenemy; GABRIELLA GAMEZ, The Next Best Fling; CELESTINE MARTIN, Witchful Thinking; DANICA NAVA, The Truth According to Ember; and MARIANA ZAPATA, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, to learn all about this exploding genre that generated $36 million in book sales in 2023 and is driving more and more romance-focused bookstores to open across the country.…

Con Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, Sergio Andricaín y Mariela Gal.   EN COLABORACIÓN CON…

The 2024 National Book Award-honored authors in Young People’s Literature visit Miami Book Fair to share more about their books and answer questions from Miami-Dade County’s middle and high school students acting as journalists. Hosted by JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS, authors include OLIVIA A. COLE, JOSH GALARZA, ERIN ENTRADA KELLY, ANGELA SHANTÉ, and ALI TERESE! For more information and to RSVP, contact Rachel Gil de Gibaja at rgildegi@mdc.edu.…

El director y guionista cubano PAVEL GIROUD llega con Habana nostra, una novela documental con personajes reales que resume un episodio apasionante de la historia del crimen organizado. Una obra que huele a pólvora, a salitre, a ron y a salsa amatriciana. Un viaje a lo largo de cuarenta años a Sicilia, a la Cuba republicana y a la Nueva York de la ley seca. En conversación con el periodista cultural y crítico de cine ALEJANDRO RÍOS.…

American women have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Alice McDermott’s Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney on loan to navy intelligence; Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a beauty and a bully. In 1963 Saigon, the two form a wary alliance as they balance the era’s mandate to be “helpmeets” to their ambitious husbands with their own inchoate impulse to “do good” for the people of Vietnam.…

La escritora, catedrática y poeta afro-puertorriqueña MAYRA SANTOS FEBRES presenta su nueva obra La otra Julia donde se narra la corta e intensa vida de la poeta puertorriqueña Julia de Burgos García en la voz de una autora que lidia con sus propios conflictos y dificultades. Santos Febres dialogará con la escritora ANJANETTE DELGADO. Compra La otra Julia – Febres…

BRIAN BANDELL’s The Rabbi and the Condemned it’s 2053 and a man sits on death row on Stark Station in the asteroid belt – will the rabbi who’s had proof of his innocence for 31 years set him free? And in JOHN LANTIGUA’s In the War Zone of the Heart and Other Stories: Willie Cuesta Mystery Stories, the histories and issues of Miami’s Latin American communities, and how the past continues to haunt them, is the focus.…

In JENNIFER MCMAHON’s My Darling Girl: A Novel, a woman is forced to relive the traumatic memories of her mother’s alcoholism and violent abuse – and perhaps her much more recent machinations. In NATHAN OATES, A Flaw in the Design: A Novel, a man takes in his orphaned nephew, whose chilling tales of murder may reflect more than just a vivid imagination. In The House in the Pines: A Novel by ANA REYES,…

MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM’s Day: A Novel tracks the lives of a Brooklyn, New York, family as they endure the pandemic lockdown and their veneer of domestic bliss begins to crack. In ANDRE DUBUS III’s Such Kindness: A Novel, Tom Lowe has invested his identity in his work with his back and hands – until he injures himself and becomes addicted to painkillers. If he is not a working man, who is he? BEN FOUNTAIN’s Devil Makes Three: A Novel is set in Haiti in the 1990s,…

PEDRO MEDINA LEÓN nos muestra a un investigador desenredando un asesinato durante el período más incómodo de la historia de Miami; JOSÉ IGNACIO CHASCAS VALENZUELA llega con un noir de giros sorprendentes que nos pregunta qué haríamos para esconder la parte más oscura de nuestra alma, y LUCRECIA ZAPPI presenta la historia de dos amigas brasileras de clase alta que se encuentran en Estados Unidos una década después de haber cometido un crimen. Compra Bandidos.…

In ARMANDO CORREA‘s The Night Travelers: A Novel, four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism and the Cuban Revolution to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ​​JOSH TUININGA’s graphic novel We Are Not Strangers follows a young boy as he learns of his Jewish grandfather’s allyship for Japanese families during the incarceration camps of World War II. And in ALICE WINN’s Memoriam: A Novel,…

In JAMES GRIPPANDO‘s Code 6: A Novel, aspiring playwright Kate Gamble is secretly writing about the dark side of Big Data. But she’s the daughter of the CEO of a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counterterrorism organization in the Western World. And in DWYER MURPHY’s The Stolen Coast: A Novel, adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up in a plot to pilfer diamonds.…

Three distinct Jamaican voices, each contributing unique perspectives on race, identity, and memory. GEOFFREY PHILP creates powerful verse in Archipelagos that reflects the struggles of the Caribbean in a world facing global disasters and societal inequities. DALE MAHFOOD’s When Trees Fall: Book One of the Wood and Water Saga delves into secrets, love, and the quest for paternal approval against the backdrop of historical political change in Jamaica. And SAFIYA SINCLAIR‘s How to Say Babylon: A Memoir provides a profound exploration of Jamaican identity in a shifting cultural and social landscape.…

JULIA NAVARRO’s From Nowhere tells the story of a teenage boy who witnesses his family’s murder during a mission of the Israeli Army; meanwhile, one of the killers struggles with the repercussions of fighting an enemy he never chose. When the men’s lives astonishingly intersect years later, they’re forced to confront identities they can’t escape. Moderating is writer and journalist MARCIA MORGADO. This session will have simultaneous translation from Spanish to English. Buy From Nowhere.…

BILL GRIFFITH‘s graphic novel Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created Nancy isn’t just about a brilliant comic book artist – it’s also the story of an American art form. Tracing its inception in 1895, he explores the creation of Nancy, strips such as Peanuts and The Far Side, and expands upon his philosophy of creating comics. The Super Hero’s Journey is a synthesis of PATRICK MCDONNELL’s positive inspirational sensibility and Marvel Entertainment’s blockbuster brand,…

ENA COLUMBIÉ presenta una selección exquisita de sus cuentos, ALEJANDRO ROBLES llega con un volumen de microrrelatos sobre la figura del dragón, y LENA YAU ofrece una colección de poemas que parten de un sabor, un olor o un espacio. Los autores conversarán con el poeta, periodista y editor GERMÁN GUERRA. Compra Cabrón. – Columbié Compra Gabinete de dragones. – Robles Compra Trae tu espalda para hacer mi mesa. – Yau Compra Hormigas en la lengua.…

PATRICIA ENGEL‘s The Faraway World: Stories is a collection of 10 short stories set across the Americas and linked by migration, sacrifice, moral compromise, and the cost of leaving – and staying. In When the Hibiscus Falls: Stories, M. EVELINA GALANG examines the triumphs and sorrows connecting generations of women and the complexity of family, community, and Filipino American identity. CRISTINA GARCÍA’s Vanishing Maps: A Novel tracks four generations of the del Pino family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba,…

In Fireworks Every Night: A Novel, a young woman trapped in a deeply dysfunctional family in the seedy wilds of South Florida must make a choice – save her family or save herself. BETH RAYMER’s unforgettable protagonist fights against the structural and cultural challenges of growing up in poverty, determined to create a better life for herself than the one she was born into. Buy Fireworks Every Night: A Novel. – Raymer…

In Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust, MERYL FRANK explores the life and tragic end of her cousin Franya Winter, the leading light of Vilna’s Yiddish theater. In KERRI MAHER’s All You Have to Do Is Call: A Novel, the true story of the underground women’s health organization Jane Collective and its brave volunteers unfold. And in A Right Worthy Woman: A Novel, RUTH P.…

KELLE GROOM answers the question of How to Live: A Memoir-in-Essays by traveling from the East Coast to the West, to places she’s never been, then back to her childhood home in New England’s Cape Cod. In SOPHIE KLAHR’s There Is Only One Ghost in the World follows the fragmented meditations of a multilayered voice, an intimate witness to our times that delicately and bluntly reveals the best and the worst in all of us. And JULIE MARIE WADE’s Otherwise: Essays presents a series of intimate,…

JEANNETTE GRUNHAUS DE GELMAN cuenta el recorrido de sus padres durante el Holocausto, y lleva al laector desde los oscuros años de la Europa en guerra hasta la salvación y la nueva vida en Venezuela. ARIANA NEUMANN reconstruye su historia familiar, tomando como punto de partida la documentación legada por su padre y los recuerdos de los meses que pasó en Berlín bajo una falsa identidad. SAÚL SOSNOWSKI narra las experiencias de personajes con vidas que discurren entre partidas,…

Set in Berkley, California, in 1944, AMY CHUA‘s The Golden Gate: A Novel follows homicide detective Al Sullivan as he tries to find out who killed a wealthy industrialist and presidential candidate. In CHARLES CUMMING’s Kennedy 35, questions surrounding a long-ago hunt for a war criminal resurface. And in BRENDAN SLOCUMB’s Symphony of Secrets: A Novel, a music professor discovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time: His music may have been stolen from a Black Jazz Age prodigy.…

Set at a Victorian London circus, AMIEE GIBBS‘ The Carnivale of Curiosities: A Novel is a tale of Faustian bargains, jealousy, and murder, where for the right price, any wish may be granted. In DEENA MOHAMED’s Shubeik Lubeik, three wishes sold at an unassuming Cairo kiosk link three people, changing their perspectives as well as their lives. Buy The Carnivale of Curiosities: A Novel. – Gibbs Buy Shubeik Lubeik. – Mohamed…

In TANANARIVE DUE‘s work of historical fiction, The Reformatory: A Novel, 12-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr. is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, furthering his journey into the terrors of the Jim Crow South. And in Our Missing Hearts: A Novel by CELESTE NG, a young boy whose mother disappeared when he was 9 receives a mysterious letter, pulling him into a quest to find her. Buy The Reformatory: A Novel. – Due Buy Our Missing Hearts: A Novel.…

In JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS’ Night Watch: A Novel, a family seeking refuge in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War try to reclaim their lives. Go as a River: A Novel by SHELLEY READ was inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of a small Colorado town in the 1960s. And LUIS ALBERTO URREA’s Good Night, Irene: A Novel is based on the magnificent true story of courageous Red Cross women facing a precarious future during WWII.…

In JOHN MANUEL ARIAS’ Where There Was Fire: A Novel, 27 years after a blaze erupts at a banana plantation in Costa Rica, a woman is still trying to understand the machinations behind her family’s rupture. In KEVIN JARED HOSEIN’s Hungry Ghosts: A Novel, two sharply disparate households become entwined after a patriarch goes missing. And in RAUL PALMA’s A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens: A Novel, a man mired in debt makes a deal he’ll come to regret.…

In the dystopian Chain-Gang All-Stars: A Novel, NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH offers a clear-eyed look at the American prison system’s unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration – and what freedom in this country really means. In JINWOO CHONG’s Flux: A Novel, a young man’s reality unravels when he suspects that his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes. And in JONATHAN ESCOFFERY’s If I Survive You,…

In K-MING CHANG‘s Organ Meats: A Novel, best friends find refuge with a group of stray dogs that have a mysterious ability to communicate with humans. And in JADE SONG’s Chlorine: A Novel, a young swimmer aches to become a mermaid, an obsession that becomes catastrophic. Moderating is MITZI RAPKIN, founder, host, and producer of the literary podcast First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing. Buy Organ Meats: A Novel. – Chang Buy Chlorine: A Novel.…

In her debut collection Tomb Sweeping: Stories, ALEXANDRA CHANG probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. HALLE HILL’s Good Women: Stories, chronicles the stories of 12 Black women across the Appalachian South, from a woman meeting her sugar daddy’s mother to a state fair employee considering revenge on a local preacher. And in JENNIFER MARITZA MCCAULEY’s When Trying to Return Home: Stories, the question of belonging is at the fore,…

ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, la galardonada autora de Cuando era puertorriqueña, presenta su nueva obra Las madres, que pone el foco en la familia, la fe, la fuerza, el sexo y la amistad de cinco mujeres unidas por un secreto. Santiago conversará con la escritora PATRICIA ENGEL. Compra Las madres. – Santiago…

Jane Start had a hit once, 10 years ago. Now she’s 33, broke, newly single and living out of four garbage bags at her parents’ house. In This Bird Has Flown: A Novel, SUSANNA HOFFS, lead singer of ’80s band the Bangles, explores love and the ghosts of our past – while offering an insider’s view of pop music fame. Hoffs will perform a few of her greatest hits and be in conversation with journalist and pop culture critic EVELYN MCDONNELL.…

A special event featuring many of this year’s honorees, including NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH, AALIYAH BILAL, ERIN BOW, KENNETH M. CADOW, OLIVER DE LA PAZ, ELIOT DUNCAN, JONATHAN EIG, CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA, HUDA FAHMY, STÊNIO GARDEL, ANNELYSE GELMAN, VASHTI HARRISON, TANIA JAMES,…

In DAVID AND RHONDA ROSENBERG‘s The Eden Revelation: An Evolutionary Novel, our original ecosystem – a buried Garden of Eden where humankind evolved – is discovered by an archaeologist’s Middle Eastern dig. And it is here that a reckoning with the psychic attachments underlying sexuality begins, and the voice breaking through one man’s mind has his colleagues fearing for his sanity. Moderating is prize-winning Miami Herald journalist LINDA ROBERTSON. Buy The Eden Revelation: An Evolutionary Novel.…

Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! is a first-ever history of the making of the 1980 comedy classic Airplane! by DAVID ZUCKER, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, the writers and directors of the hit film. Made with a modest $3.5 million budget, Airplane! premiered July 2, 1980, and went on to make nearly $200 million in sales – and a book’s worth of hilarious lines and absurd comedic situations. Joining Zucker in conversation is author DAVE BARRY.…

JON CLINCH’s historical The General and Julia: A Novel explores how Ulysses S. Grant’s views on race and Reconstruction changed over time. In AANCHAL MALHOTRA’s The Book of Everlasting Things: A Novel, a perfumer’s apprentice and a calligrapher’s apprentice make a series of fateful decisions that will change the course of their lives forever. In KIRTHANA RAMISETTI’s Advika and the Hollywood Wives, a shocking stipulation in an ex-wife’s will compels a man’s current wife to investigate her new husband.…

Pineapple Street: A Novel, JENNIFER JACKSON‘s debut, follows three women in a one-percenter clan, offering glimpses of their indulgent pleasures, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love. In MARY BETH KEANE’s The Half Moon: A Novel, when a blizzard traps a couple in place for a week, he learns shocking news about the woman he loves. In REBECCA MAKKAI’s I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel,…

T.C BOYLE‘s Blue Skies: A Novel takes readers to water-logged and heat-ravaged coastal America, where Cat and her hapless, nature-loving family are struggling to adapt to a “new normal” in which natural disasters happen once a week and drinking seems to be the only way to cope. Lurking beneath their story lies a caricature of materialist American society and a warning about our planet’s future. Buy Blue Skies: A Novel. – Boyle…

Travel deep into the heart of Caribbean literature with voices from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Haiti. Engage with CLAIRE JIMÉNEZ, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez: A Novel, RAUL PALMA, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens: A Novel, MICKI BERTHELOT MORENCY, The Island Sisters: A Novel, and PATRICIA SAUNDERS, Buyers Beware: Insurgency and Consumption in Caribbean Popular Culture, as they explore the diverse narratives, histories, and cultural complexities of their respective homelands.…

In The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, TANANARIVE DUE’s second collection of short fiction, there are classic tales of horror, several stories set in a Florida town, and two sections of post-apocalyptic futures. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the aftermath of a pandemic (chillingly, written before 2020), Due masterfully evokes a sense of dread and fear, balanced with heart and hope. Buy The Wishing Pool and Other Stories. – Due   Sponsored by…