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Books by Karen Joy Fowler






We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves(Reprint)
A Novel
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2014 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-218082-2, ISBN: 0-14-218082-3

"Shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award One of the New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2013Named by The Christian Science Monitor as one of the top 15 works of fiction The New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club introduces a middle-class American family, ordinary in every way but one...   Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Ro ..."






Booth
(Paperback)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 497 Pages, Published 2023 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-33145-3, ISBN: 0-593-33145-1

"... Hall after the Booths did and compiled a great deal of neighborhood gossip about them . Terry also took me to Tudor ... Melissa Sanderself , Susan Sherman , Jill Wolfson , Tatjana Soli , Peggy Townsend , Liza Monroy , Kathleen Founds ..."






The Science of Herself
(Outspoken Authors)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2013 by Pm Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-60486-825-8, ISBN: 1-60486-825-2

"Widely respected in the so-called “mainstream” for her New York Times bestselling novels, Karen Joy Fowler is also a formidable, often controversial, and always exuberant presence in Science Fiction. Here she debuts a provocative new story written especially for this series. Set in the days of Darwin, “The Science of Herself” is a marvelous hybrid of SF and historical fiction: the almost-true story of England’s first female paleontologi ..."






Wit's End(Reprint)
A Novel
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2009 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-29006-8, ISBN: 0-452-29006-6

""[A] delightful and eccentric new tale"(The Boston Globe) from the author of the runaway bestseller The Jane Austen Book Club In Karen Joy Fowler's newest novel, the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club once again delivers top-notch storytelling, creating characters both oddball and endearing in a voice that is utterly and memorably her own. Wit's End is a clever, playful novel about finally allowing oneself to grow up-with a ..."






The Jane Austen Book Club(Reprint)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2005 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-28653-5, ISBN: 0-452-28653-0

"THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming “tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit” (The Boston Globe).In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. W ..."






Sarah Canary(1st Edition)
by Karen Joy Fowler, Penguin Group Usa
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Group Usa
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-28647-4, ISBN: 0-452-28647-6

"Two unlikely people form an unexpected bond in bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler’s captivating historical novel—a New York Times Notable Book. When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort “the ugliest woman he could imagine” away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they are separated ..."






Sister Noon(Reprint)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2002 by G.P. Putnam's Sons
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-28328-2, ISBN: 0-452-28328-0

"Lizzie Hayes, a member of the San Francisco elite, is a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies Relief and Protection Society Home, or "The Brown Ark". All she needs is the spark that will liberate her from the ruling conventions. When the wealthy and well-connected, but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark, Lizzie is drawn to her. It is the beautiful, but mysterious M ..."






Black Glass(Reprint)
Short Fictions
by Karen Joy Fowler, Jim C. Hines
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Marian Wood Books/Putnam
ISBN-13: 978-0-399-17579-4, ISBN: 0-399-17579-2

"An early work from PEN/Faulkner Award winner and Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, reissued and beautifully repackaged for new fans and old. First published in 1998 to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, "Black Glass "showcases the extraordinary talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales ..."






We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves(1st Edition)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Serpent's Tail
ISBN-13: 978-1-78125-496-7, ISBN: 1-78125-496-6

"Rosemary's started college, and she's decided not to tell anyone about her family. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. Both are now gone - vanished from her life. There was something unique about Rosemary's sister, Fern. You'll have to find out for yourself what it is that makes her unhappy family unlike any other."






We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves(1st Edition)
(Pen/Faulkner Award - Fiction)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Marian Wood Books/Putnam
ISBN-13: 978-0-399-16209-1, ISBN: 0-399-16209-7

" Named a Best of 2013 pick by: The New York Times Book Review, Slate, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, The Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, and BookPage "I thought this was a gripping, big-hearted book . . . through the tender voice of her protagonist, Fowler has a lot to say about family, memory, language, science, and indeed the question of what constitutes a human being."--Khaled Hosseini From the ..."






Women Who Read Are Dangerous(1st Edition)
by Stefan Bollmann, Karen Joy Fowler, Vv.Aa, Fowler Bollman
Hardcover, 156 Pages, Published 2016 by Abbeville Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7892-1256-6, ISBN: 0-7892-1256-0

"What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann’s Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks—drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints—by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne Valadon, August Sander, Rembrandt, and many more. As the book’s provocative title indicates, a woman reading was once viewed as radical ..."






Wicked Wonders
by Ellen Klages, Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by Tachyon Publications
ISBN-13: 978-1-61696-261-6, ISBN: 1-61696-261-5

"2018 World Fantasy Award nominee2018 Locus finalist – Best short story collection2018 Alex Award nominee“Magical stories unfurl with marvelous subtlety in this delightful collection from Klages.”―Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA rebellious child identifies with Maleficent instead of Sleeping Beauty. Best friends Anna and Corry share one last morning on Earth. A solitary woman inherits a penny arcade haunted by a beautiful stranger. A ..."






The Sweetheart Season
(Paperback)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-97314-1, ISBN: 0-241-97314-7

"'Polls have recently confirmed what has long been suspected; most men do not want brainy women. Stewardesses have turned out to be that occupation blessed most often with marriage. The key elements appear to be uniforms and travel.'It is 1947 and in the aftermath of World War II halcyon days have not returned to Magrit, Minnesota, where the veterans have failed to come home. The men haven't died; they've just moved onto greener pasture ..."






What I Didn't See(Reprint)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Small Beer Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931520-48-5, ISBN: 1-931520-48-8

"Shirley Jackson Awards shortlistLocus Award shortlistStory Prize Notable BooksFrank O’Connor Award longlist"Beautifully written and subtly discomforting stories."—Nancy Pearl"An exceptionally versatile author."—St. Louis Post-DispatchIn her moving and elegant new collection, New York Times bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth’s younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of twins, and she digs ..."






Booth
A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Karen Joy Fowler
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2022 by Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-33143-9, ISBN: 0-593-33143-5

"From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth."






Sister Noon
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Serpent's Tail
ISBN-13: 978-1-78125-549-0, ISBN: 1-78125-549-0

"'Words were invented so lies could be told' Mary Ellen PleasantSan Francisco in the 1890s is a town of contradictions, home to a respectable middle class, but with the Wild West lingering in the imagination, and even the behaviour, of some residents. Lizzie Hayes, a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster, is praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies' Relief and Protection Society Home, or the Brown Ark. She doesn't know it, but she ..."






We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Serpents Tail
Kindle Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-84668-966-6, ISBN: 1-84668-966-X

"Shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award One of the New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2013Named by The Christian Science Monitor as one of the top 15 works of fiction The New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club introduces a middle-class American family, ordinary in every way but one...   Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Ro ..."






Wit's End(1st Edition)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 2008 by Putnam Adult
ISBN-13: 978-0-399-15475-1, ISBN: 0-399-15475-2

""[A] delightful and eccentric new tale"(The Boston Globe) from the author of the runaway bestseller The Jane Austen Book Club In Karen Joy Fowler's newest novel, the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club once again delivers top-notch storytelling, creating characters both oddball and endearing in a voice that is utterly and memorably her own. Wit's End is a clever, playful novel about finally allowing oneself to grow up-with a ..."






The Jane Austen Book Club(Reprint)
by Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2005 by Plume
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-399-15161-3, ISBN: 0-399-15161-3

"A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California. Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun. Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsui ..."






The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016
by Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams, Fowler/Adams, Vv.Aa.
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Mariner Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-544-55520-4, ISBN: 0-544-55520-1

"From quiet, elegiac, contemporary tales to far-future, deep-space sagas, the stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Karen Joy Fowler for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 demonstrate the vast spectrum of what science fiction and fantasy aims to illuminate, displaying the full gamut of the human experience, interrogating our hopes and our fears—of not just what we can accomplish or destroy as ..."



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