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Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the author of more than twenty books, including A Children's Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times "10 Best Books" of the year in 2020, and a story collection called Love in Infant Monkeys that was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize. Other books have won awards from PEN-Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Millet works at the Center for Biological Diversity and 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

Longlisted — Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Book Award, 2025

Shortlisted — Story Prize, 2025

Longlisted — Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, 2026

Books by Lydia Millet

Ghost Lights: A Novel
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
Paperback, 2012
"Surreal, darkly hilarious and profound." —San Francisco Chronicle
Magnificence: A Novel
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
Hardback, 2014
Mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries hijack a tropical vacation in this genre-bending sendup of the American honeymoon.
Mermaids in Paradise: A Novel
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
Hardback, 2018
Twelve interlocking stories set in Los Angeles describe a broken family through the homes they inhabit.
Omnivores: A Novel
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
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
Lydia Millet
Hardback, 2020
A brilliant, indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in a world whose climate and culture are unravelling.