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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott ('03), a recipient of the Madame Figaro Prix Heroine and the Stonewall Book Award by the American Library Association

2Brides 2Be by Laura Leigh Abby ('13), called "the ultimate and thoroughly user friendly 'how to' lesbian wedding guide" by Midwest Book Review

The Optimistic Decade by Heather Able ('01), hailed as "funny and light even under the weight of its Big Ideas" by New York Times Book Review

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard ('05), celebrated as "approachable, intelligent, and highly satisfying historical fiction" in a starred review by Booklist

Arts and Entertainments by Christopher Beha ('06), called a "tender intellectual memoir" by the New York Times Book Review

A Box of Longing with Fifty Drawers by Jennifer Benka ('07), noted in Lambda Literary as "fresh and captivating…daring, even, at times, brash"

Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin ('05), a "pick of the week" and recipient of a starred review by Publishers Weekly

They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full by Mark Bibbins ('98), a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

The Dog Fighter by Marc Bojanowski ('03), hailed as "the most exciting debut…by an American writer since Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides" by Geoff Dyer

Tyrell by Coe Booth ('06), winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature

Solemn by Kalisha Buckhanon ('03), called a "standout novel…anchored by its vulnerable and brave heroine" by Publishers Weekly

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd ('06), recipient of a starred review by Booklist

Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender ('14), winner of the Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association

Old Silk Road by Brandon Caro ('16), called "an invaluable primary document that illuminates a violent hall of our history in the way that only fiction can" by the Miami Herald

Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter ('12), hailed as a "poignant, moving, and riveting" by IndieReader

Melt by Selene Castrovilla ('04), called "A fresh, emotionally complex bildungsroman" by Kirkus Reviews

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton (both '12), called "a page–turner with a heart" by Kirkus Reviews

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton ('12), named to the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults List and a Booklist Editor's Choice

Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close ('06), a national bestseller

What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen ('99), noted as a "darkly hilarious…an unexpected bundle of joy" by O: The Oprah Magazine

I Was Not Born by Julia Cohen ('08), one of Entropy Magazine's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year

The Ruining by Anna Collomore ('08), hailed as "A compelling psychological thriller" in a starred review by Kirkus Reviews

Brink by Shanna Compton ('02), called "all sorts of breakthrough" by Publishers Weekly

Outerborrough Blues by Andrew Cotto ('08), hailed as "a novel that reads like Raymond Chandler taking dictation from Walt Whitman" by Publishers Weekly

Having Been An Accomplice by Laura Cronk ('04), winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize from Persea Books

The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino ('06), praised in the New York Times: "There's not a sluggish moment in Kris D'Agostino's second novel . . . with sharp, funny dialogue that never seems formulaic"

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler ('14), a national bestselling novel called "Brilliantly written" and "Outstanding" by The New York Times Book Review, and adapted into a television series on Starz with Danler serving as Executive Producer

In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeeuw ('07), called "terrifying and terrifyingly good" by Vanity Fair

The January Children by Safia Elhillo ('15), winner of the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and a 2018 Arab American Book Award

The Jewel by Amy Ewing ('12), a national bestseller and recipient of a starred review in Booklist

Fantasy by Ben Fama ('15), one of Flavorwire's "50 Best American Poetry Books of the Decade"

Karma Gone Bad by Jenny Feldon, called "heartfelt, frequently very funny and always extremely well written" by Travelati Magazine

You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon ('00), winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Fiction

The Matrimonial Flirtations of Emma Kaulfield by Anne Fishbeyn ('04), called a "compelling new voice" by Kirkus Reviews

Deep: The Story of Skiing and the History of Snow by Porter Fox ('04), hailed as "a powerful call to action for anyone who cares about the future of our planet" by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore

Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees by DuEwa Frazier ('11), Nominated for NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work — Poetry

King of the Worlds by M. Thomas Gammarino ('05), hailed for its "hints of other greats like Kurt Vonnegut and David Foster Wallace…represent some of the funnest aspects of a novel that takes its fun pretty seriously" by Entropy Magazine

Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard ('12), a New York Times Critics' Best Books of the Year and longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

The Mentor by Lee Matthew Goldberg ('06), called "a sharp and bitter satire" by Kirkus Reviews

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman ('99), a national bestseller and winner of the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers

A Generous Latitude by Lenea Grace ('12), winner of the Walrus Poetry Prize

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff ('06), longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and recipient of a starred review by Kirkus Reviews

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han ('05), a New York Times bestselling novel, adapted into one of Netflix's "most viewed original films ever" with Han serving as Executive Producer

Watch Us Rise by Ellen Hagan ('03) and Renee Watson (BA Liberal Arts '09), called "A highly needed work for the #MeToo movement" in a starred review from School Library Journal

OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu ('12), recipient of a starred review by Publishers Weekly, a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Selection, and Junior Library Guild Selection

In Search of the Movement: The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now by Benjamin Hedin ('04), called "thoughtful essays on this significant struggle, ongoing and continuous" by Kirkus Reviews

Charlie, Presumed Dead by Anne Heltzel ('08), called "A compelling read, one that will provoke adventure-lust, a need to experience the strange, the fearful, and the unknown" by the Boston Globe

The Butcher's Sons by Scott Alexander Hess ('09), one of Kirkus Review's Best Books of the Year

A Scarecrow's Bible by Martin Hyatt ('99), winner of the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award from the Publishing Triangle

The Sleepwalker's Guide To Dancing by Mira Jacob ('03), named one of the best books of the year by Boston Globe

The Doctor's Wife by Luis Jaramillo ('02), winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Contest

Instant Classic by erica kaufman ('03), called "beautiful, thoughtful, a music for the eye, heart, soul and mind" by Thurston Moore

Everything You Need To Survive an Apocalypse by Lucas Klauss ('07), one of Children's Book Council's Best Children's Books of the Year

Paint My Body Red by Heidi R. Kling ('01), hailed as a "stunning novel" by Novel Novice

Flying Couch by Amy Kurzweil ('13), a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

My Dead by Amy Lawless ('07), celebrated in the Literary Review as "poetry that, in speaking to the dead and in speaking about death, urges us to go on living"

Listening for Lucca by Suzanne LeFleur ('08), celebrated as "a heartbreaking and honest look at family trauma that is devastating, humorous, sad, and, most of all, real" in a starred review by Booklist

Tell Me How This Ends Well by David Samuel Levinson ('01), called "a moving account of the rich complexities of maternal love and the bewildering ecstasies of sibling rivalry" by the San Francisco Gate

Ida, Always by Caron Levis ('08), a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year

And Then There Were Crows by Alcy Leyva ('16), hailed as "a high-energy debut" by Publishers Weekly

The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim ('15), called "….a hopeful coming-of-age story" by Kirkus Reviews

All Back Full by Robert Lopez ('99), called "a remarkable achievement" by Green Mountains Review

Party Knife by Dan Magers ('05), noted as "funny…logically, in how it organizes its thoughts, surprising the first time and then impressive in a different way the second time" by Vice

Blue Hallelujahs by Cynthia Manick ('07), winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry

The Things That Need Doing by Sean Manning ('03), called "honest and gut-wrenching" by Kirkus Reviews

Pin Action: Small-Time Gangsters, High-Stakes Gambling, and the Teenage Hustler Who Became a Bowling Champion by Gianmarc Manzione ('04), recipient of a starred review in Booklist

A Million in Prizes by Justin Marks ('04), selected by Carl Phillips for the New Issues Poetry Prize

Outline of My Lover by Douglas Martin ('01), named an International Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson ('07), a New York Times bestseller

Sold by Patricia McCormick ('99), finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

I Don't Know Do You by Roberto Montes ('12), one of NPR's Best Books of the Year and a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry from the Publishing Triangle

North Haven by Sarah Moriarty ('03), hailed as "a magnificent debut" by "a gifted author of singular talent" by Library Journal

Eulogy by Ken Murray ('09), called a "powerful, poignant debut" by the Globe and Mail

A Model Year by Gina Myers ('05), hailed as "that rare collection of poetry that wholly actualizes for its reader the sensation of getting into an author's head" by Coldfront Magazine

The Do-Over by Kathleen Ossip ('98), a New York Times Editor's Choice

Natural History Rape Museum by Danielle Pafunda ('02), hailed as "major triumph in feminist poetry" by Pank Magazine

Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England by Christopher Pastore ('03), called "an exceptional history that weaves broad and compelling theories with impressive, place-specific research" by American Historical Review

Livability by Jon Raymond ('02), winner of the Oregon Book Award

Repetition by Rebecca Reilly ('98), recipient of a starred review and selected by Maggie Nelson as a best book of 2015 in Publishers Weekly

The Woolgrower's Companion by Joy Rhoades ('05), called "A wonderful new voice in literary rural fiction" by Australian Women's Weekly

To Assume A Pleasing Shape by Joseph Salvatore ('98), called "magnetic and propulsive" by Rain Taxi

Rabbit Punch! by Greg Santos ('09), praised by Small Press Book Review for "offer[ing] an admirable finesse to the reader who craves good verse"

Dear Lucy by Julie Sarkissian ('07), called a "captivating debut" by Publishers Weekly

Drowning Lessons by Peter Selgin ('05), winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Fiction

Problems by Jade Sharma ('12), one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year

Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl ('98), called "a compelling and compassionate perspective on an illness suffered by an estimated six million Americans" by Booklist

Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman ('15), called "a novel that reads like a warm summer afternoon…a charming novel full of diverse characters" by Paste Magazine

Treat Yourself! by Jessica Siskin ('16), featured on the Today Show and The Rachael Ray Show and called "genius" by Refinery29

Getting Lucky by Nicole Steinberg ('06), noted for poems that "question and re-envision traditional standards for beauty and femininity" by Bitch magazine

Refugees by Catherine Stine ('03), called a "powerful" and "accomplished" novel by Booklist

Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner ('07), called a "wonderful and wrenching debut novel" by The New York Times

Flings by Justin Taylor ('07), an Amazon Best Book of the Month

Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee by Mary G. Thompson ('12), called "an intelligent, tense psychological drama" by Kirkus Reviews

Dear Almost by Matthew Thorburn ('01), winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry

What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi ('12), recipient of a starred review by School Library Journal

The List by Siobhan Vivian ('06), a New York Times bestseller

Of Being Dispersed by Simone White ('06), winner of the 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry

For Single Mothers Working As Train Conductors by Laura Esther Wolfson ('07), winner of the 2017 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction

Janey's Arcadia by Rachel Zolf ('11), nominated for a Lambda Literary Award

Where I Stay by Andrew Zornoza ('07), called "a marvelous first book" with "style and grace" in a review by elimae