
The Dead Stay Close: Grief, Ghosts & Caribbean Memory – Fiction & Poetry
In Edwidge Danticat’s Dèy, a Haitian American mother in Miami survives a shooting and keeps the experience from her family, setting in motion a reckoning

NBF Presents: Celebrating the 2026 National Book Award Honorees for Fiction
Each fall, Miami Book Fair invites the authors and translators of 50 National Book Award longlisted titles to gather in Miami following the National Book

The Salve Is in the Satire: Stories for the Post-Modern American – Fiction
In Ben Fountain’s Rasputin Swims the Potomac: A Novel, reporter Clarence is looking for a great story, while former country music star Faith works at

The Family Wound: Uncovering What’s Been Buried – Fiction
In Melissa Albert’s The Children: A Novel, Guinevere has two childhoods. She and her brother, Ennis, live in their family’s Vermont farmhouse but also in

That Which We Endure: Exile, the Price of Freedom & the Complex Nature of Truth – Fiction
Chantel Acevedo’s Cages: A Novel follows Felix, a zookeeper in 1960s Cuba who risks everything for an illicit affair with a coworker. Spanning three decades

The Bonds Between Women: Sisterhoods Forged & Remade – Fiction
In Naima Coster’s Take What You Can: A Novel, the realities of class and social capital, strained marriages, and the demands of motherhood are reminders

Keeping the Peace: Secrets, Suspicion & Families Under Scrutiny – Fiction
Karan Mahajan’s The Complex: A Novel is equal parts family saga – following the illicit liaisons, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of a prominent Delhi

Historical Horror – Fiction
Kylie Lee Baker’s Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines follows two people living centuries apart.

Barely Holding it Together: A Comedy of Manners – Fiction
Matilda is back in her hometown, Washington, D.C., to care for her ailing mother. Desperate for money, she takes a job at her neighborhood bookstore.

True Crime: Exposing Corruption & Miscarriages of Justice – Nonfiction
Pamela Colloff’s Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast is a real-life account of Paul Skalnik, who

Forager: A Multisensory Experience – Nonfiction
Have you ever wanted to pick your own food from South Florida’s abundant vegetation? Forager: A Subjective Guide to Miami’s Edible Plants – co-authored by

XIII Seminario de Literatura Infantil y Lectura: la infancia como territorio literario – Ficción
Cheri Lewis, Maylén Domínguez y Rita Rosa Ruesga en conversación con Betty Quintero: “Libros para descubrir mundos”.