Fiction Posts

Spring 2020 Books: What's Trending?
Bigfoot, bees, and explosive tweets? Here's what we're seeing on the literary landscape this spring.

2020 Evergreen Award Nominees

Editors' Picks: Week of Jan 27, 2020

Our Top Fiction of 2019
At 49th Shelf, this was the fiction that made our literary year.

Wish list

Editors' Picks: November 4–10

Endlessly Flowing: Five Books on Water
Christy Ann Conlin, whose latest book is Watermark, shares other titles that share a preoccupation with water.

Editors' Picks: Week of September 9–15

Editors' Picks: Week of July 15–21

Most Anticipated: 2019 Fall Fiction Preview
The novels, story collections, and drama that readers will be loving in the second half of 2019.