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Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, shortlisted for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top 10 book of 2020. Her many other works of fiction have won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the story collection Love in Infant Monkeys was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She holds a master’s degree in environmental economics and works at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Lydia Millet

Awards

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2012

Shortlisted — PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction, 2017

Longlisted — Story Prize, 2018

Longlisted — National Book Award, 2020

Longlisted — Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2021

Books by Lydia Millet

A Children's Bible: A Novel
Lydia Millet
Paperback, 2021
A brilliant, indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in a world whose climate and culture are unravelling.
A Children's Bible: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2020
A brilliant, indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in a world whose climate and culture are unravelling.
Ghost Lights: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2012
"Surreal, darkly hilarious and profound." —San Francisco Chronicle
Magnificence: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2012
A woman embarks on a dazzling new phase in her life after inheriting a sprawling mansion and its vast collection of taxidermy.
Mermaids in Paradise: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2014
"Hilariously funny…Lydia Millet’s novels raise the bar for boldness." —Rene Steinke, New York Times Book Review
Sweet Lamb of Heaven: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2016
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction: Blending domestic thriller and psychological horror, this compelling page-turner follows a mother fleeing her estranged husband.
Omnivores: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2018
Lydia Millet’s debut novel, first published in 1996, is an explosive satire that scorches our culture’s monstrous men and institutions.
Fight No More: Stories
Lydia Millet
E Book, 2018
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Pick
A Library Journal Best Book of 2018

“Full of joys on every scale.” —NPR
Dinosaurs: A Novel
Lydia Millet
Hardback, 2022
The stunning new novel from the author of the National Book Award–finalist A Children’s Bible
Dinosaurs: A Novel
Lydia Millet
E Book
One of NPR's Books We Love for 2022 • A New Yorker Best Books of 2022 So Far • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 • An Oprah Daily Favourite Book of 2022

A stunning new novel from the author...