**Now a National Bestseller"Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." --People Magazine"The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be...unusual and enticing ... The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right moment." --The Washington Post"Radiant...A dark, absorbing story of how first love can...

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.'Haunting and powerful' Madeline Miller'Brisk, jolting, brilliant, beautiful, true' Andrew Sean Greer'I tore through this' Raven Leilani, author of LusterAt a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija Jung and nothing will ever be the...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, AND ELECTRIC LITERATUREWINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY DUGGINS PRIZE"Hypnotic...a haunting romance about desire, obsession, and ambition that is sure to get your heart rate up." —Time Magazine"R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit is, hands down, the sexiest novel of the year."—Vogue"A highly sensory experience......

‘This anthology of literary fiction features an all-star ensemble’ Cosmopolitan‘A reflective and must-read collection’ StylistKink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, ...

**'Absolutely electric' Garth Greenwell'A major talent' Financial Times'Reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History'** New YorkerPhoebe Lin and Will Kendall fall in love at university.Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death.Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers from Bible college.But a charismatic former student draws Phoebe in...

‘This anthology of literary fiction features an all-star ensemble’ CosmopolitanKink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more.Kink is a dynamic anthology o...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICENAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, ELLE, AND ELECTRIC LITERATUREWINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY DUGGINS PRIZE"Hypnotic...a haunting romance about desire, obsession, and ambition that is sure to get your heart rate up." —Time Magazine"R.O. Kwon’s Exhibit is, hands down, the sexiest novel of the year."—Vogue"A highly sensory experience......

**Now a National Bestseller"Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." --People Magazine"The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be...unusual and enticing ... The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right moment." --The Washington Post"Radiant...A dark, absorbing story of how first love can...

'R. O. Kwon is the real deal' LAUREN GROFF'Absolutely electric . . . Everyone should read this book' GARTH GREENWELL'Every explosive requires a fuse. That's R. O. Kwon's novel, a straight, slow-burning fuse' VIET THANH NGUYEN'In dazzlingly acrobatic prose, R. O. Kwon explores the lines between faith and fanaticism, passion and violence, the rational and the unknowable'

**In this brilliant debut novel, a young Muslim scholar stuck in the mire of adjunct professorship in Los Angeles decides to give up her career in academia and marry rich, committing herself to 100 dates in the course of a single summer. By midsummer reality hits, taking her—and her project—to Tehran.Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize**The unnamed Iranian-Indian American narrator of Liquid has always believed herself to be the smartest person i...

**“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.”—San Francisco Chronicle“Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice — she has something powerful to say.”—Entertainment WeeklyA mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar's violent reign about a sheltered young gir...

‘A masterpiece’ Observer‘A gallery of widescreen vignettes of 1980s Manhattan. Read it slowly and savour its memoirish richness.’ Sunday Times‘A sparkling, disturbing novel of a boy discovering himself and growing up amid self-preoccupied adults’ The Herald‘Such is the stuff great novels are made on’ Washington Post, ‘10 Best Books of 2025’