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Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her first work of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; her second, Fight No More (2018), won an American Academy of Arts and Sciences short fiction award. Ativists is her third work of short fiction. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.

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...