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Lydia Millet
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
Longlisted — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2025
Books by Lydia Millet
Ghost Lights: A Novel
Hardback, 2012
A funny and haunting new novel from "one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation" (Los Angeles Times).
Ghost Lights: A Novel
Paperback, 2012
"Surreal, darkly hilarious and profound." —San Francisco Chronicle
Magnificence: A Novel
Paperback, 2013
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
Hardback, 2014
Mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries hijack a tropical vacation in this genre-bending sendup of the American honeymoon.
Mermaids in Paradise: A Novel
Paperback, 2015
"Hilariously funny…Lydia Millet’s novels raise the bar for boldness." —Rene Steinke, New York Times Book Review
Sweet Lamb of Heaven: A Novel
Paperback, 2017
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.
Fight No More: Stories
Hardback, 2018
Twelve interlocking stories set in Los Angeles describe a broken family through the homes they inhabit.
Omnivores: A Novel
Paperback, 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
Paperback, 2019
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Pick
A Library Journal Best Book of 2018
“Full of joys on every scale.” —NPR
A Children's Bible: A Novel
Hardback, 2020
A brilliant, indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in a world whose climate and culture are unravelling.