Barbara Kingsolver

About Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead.

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Upcoming Titles

• Partita May 6, 2027

  Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she’s kept at bay for a lifetime.

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Earlier Books

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  The Lacuna November 3, 2009

  New York Times Bestseller • A Best Book of the Year: New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, and Kansas City Star • Winner of the Orange Prize “Breathtaking. . . dazzling.” — New York Times Book Review “Epic and deeply personal. . . .

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  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Tenth 2007

  From acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver—recipient of numerous literary awards including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguish Contribution to American Letters, a captivating tale that describes her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain Since its publication more than a decade ago, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has riveted readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation.

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  Barbara Kingsolver: Complete Fiction II November 1, 2002

  This new boxed set brings together The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer, Kingsolver's most recent novels, with The Bean Trees, Homeland and Other Stories, Animal Dreams, and Pigs in Heaven.

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  Another America/Otra America 1994 View on Amazon: Another America/Otra America
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  Animal Dreams 1990 View on Amazon: Animal Dreams
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  Holding the Line 1989 View on Amazon: Holding the Line
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  The Bean Trees 1988 View on Amazon: The Bean Trees

More New Books Coming Up

• The Bone Season #7 by Samantha Shannon · May 1, 2027
• Absolute Superman, Vol. 4: Get Brainiac by Jason Aaron · May 4, 2027
• The Judgement of Needles by Nghi Vo · May 4, 2027
• The Life Savers by Candice Millard · May 4, 2027
• The Offseason by Freya Marske · May 4, 2027
• The Undergrads: House Rules by Julie Murphy · May 4, 2027
• Truth of Fate and Destiny by Aria Ashbrook · May 5, 2027
• Bad Words PB by Rioghnach Robinson · May 6, 2027
• High Energy Unpleasant by Fern Brady · May 6, 2027
• Moss Effect by Rebecca Thorne · May 6, 2027

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