
A Glimpse Into Other Worlds: New & Daring Speculative Fiction
In Allison King’s The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel, a hidden magic – the ability to reforge pencils and revive the memories they contain –

Desperation & The Scars Of Upheaval: Three Stories – Fiction
In Ivonne Lamazares’ The Tilting House: A Novel, identity, family loyalty, and the scars of political upheaval wreak havoc when teenager Yuri, living in a

Fathers & Sons: Stories Of Resilience, Survival & Love – Nonfiction
In Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America, Aymann Ismail shares his journey as the son of Egyptian immigrants, coming of age as

Women Of Strength & Survival – Fiction
Angela Flournoy’s The Wilderness: A Novel is the story of five Black women navigating two decades of friendship, from young adulthood into midlife. Desiree, Danielle,

Stardom, Sexuality & Dissociation: Three Memoirs
Chloé Caldwell’s Trying: A Memoir is one woman’s story told through selective journaling: her struggle with infertility, the dissolution of her marriage – and an

National Book Foundation Presents: Celebrating The 2025 National Book Award Honorees For Poetry – Poetry
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

Struggles On The Periphery: Profundity In The Everyday – Fiction
Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s False War: A Novel, translated by Natasha Wimmer, portrays ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country. Álvarez links

Children Of Operation Peter Pan: Extraordinary Journeys – Fiction
In The Five Seekers, Dr. Rolando M. Ochoa, Ph.D., weaves historical facts into a fictional story. Embodied in five children who migrated alone to the

Immigration & America: A Conversation – Nonfiction
In Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America, Meenakshi Ahamed shares fascinating portraits of the Indian Americans at the forefront of the wave

Lives Forged By Loss, Love & History – Nonfiction
Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History is Rich Benjamin’s account of the coup that ended his grandfather’s Haitian presidency, the secrecy

Secrets, Lies & Things Lost In Translation – Fiction
In Deeper than the Ocean: A Novel, Mirta Ojito tells a multigenerational tale that spins out of a chance finding. While on the Canary Islands,

Tracing Invisible Currents: Multigenerational Stories – Fiction
Susan Choi’s Flashlight: A Novel traces the disappearance of Louisa’s father across time, nations, and memory, after a tragic summer night on the breakwater. Spanning