The National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35
Any reader looking to discover the talented emerging writers of our time can find a solid reading list in the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 program. Each year, the foundation honors the best young fiction writers who have published a debut that will eave a lasting mark on the literary world. This year's honorees include Tyriek White, who also won the Center for Fiction's First Novel prize, and Maya Binyam, whose book is currently on the longlist for the Women's Prize.
5 books
Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Cuss Whisperer & National Book Critics Circle
We Are a Haunting
Tyriek White"This is a stunningly original and beautiful novel of devotion, a book that gives and gives as it asks us what it means to be part of a family, of a community. Early novels like this don't come around very often... It's an absolute triumph." – Michael Schaub, NPR
Cuss Whisperer & National Book Critics CircleHardcover, 2023
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award
Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 & Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal Boost
Brother Alive
Zain Khalid"... truly delightful ... The sensitive yet exacting prose delivers a richness of character and setting, fueling a narrative that runs smoothly yet remains self-conscious of its undertaking. It is hard not to be swept up by a novel that works so well, on so many levels" – Noor Qasim, Astra Magazine
Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 & Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal BoostPaperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Currently longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Katie Kitamura & Maya Binyam
Hangman
Maya Binyam"A marvel of compressed unease, the novel is also wildly exuberant…Her style is simple and matter of fact, but full of unexpected pivots. She is also very funny. The novel is written with the kind of deadpan humor that makes you laugh even as it leaves you feeling a little queasy." – Katie Kitamura, The New York Times
Katie Kitamura & Maya BinyamHardcover, 2023
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Four Treasures of the Sky
Jenny Tinghui Zhang"Meticulously researched and historically illuminating, Four Treasures of the Sky offers a careful examination of character and the devastating impacts of anti-Chinese sentiment across the West." – Kali Fajardo-Anstine, The Atlantic
Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal Boost & Celeste NgPaperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sirens & Muses
Antonia Angress"Angress’ debut novel, Sirens & Muses, which follows three students and their professor at an elite art school as they strive to make their way in the art world, is a captivating, deftly written, and ultimately hopeful story... The world may be increasingly untenable for artists, but this book shows how much joy there still is to be found in the vocation." – Eva Dunsky, Chicago Review of Books
Zoe Whittall & M Crane they/themPaperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book