Fiction Posts
Launchpad: The Ballad of Samuel Hewitt, by Nick Tooke
An uncommon coming-of-age story as well as a thoughtful examination of the meaning of home and family.
Launchpad: Hunger Moon, by Traci Skuce
"Read these stories and be transported back to the age before internet, to tree planting camps and lakeside holidays, to relentless heat and longing in …
Launchpad: Keepers of the Faith, by Shaukat Ajmeri
This book is complex, beautiful, and essential reading for our times." —Farzana Doctor, author of Seven
Launchpad: The Kissing Fence, by B.A. Thomas-Peter
"A compelling story of faith and loyalty, abuse and adversity, and the hope for a better tomorrow." —Genevieve Graham
Launchpad: Polar Vortex, by Shani Mootoo
A novel that's gorgeously wrought and excruciatingly (in the best way!) unputdownable.
Launchpad: The Union of Smokers, by Paddy Scott
"An entirely new kind of story told by a gutter-mouthed, chain-smoking twelve year old, who announces in the opening paragraph that he’s going to die …
Spring 2020 Books: What's Trending?
Bigfoot, bees, and explosive tweets? Here's what we're seeing on the literary landscape this spring.
9 books
2020 Evergreen Award Nominees
3 books
Editors' Picks: Week of Jan 27, 2020
Our Top Fiction of 2019
At 49th Shelf, this was the fiction that made our literary year.