Fans of Lauren Thoman’s debut novel, I’ll Stop the World, will likely enjoy You Shouldn’t Be Here, an eerie new offering that is equal parts ghost story and crime thriller. Thoman will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Hollow Bones, a new novel by Erica Wright, explores religious trauma, small-town life, and how fear can manipulate us. Wright will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on August 8, The Arts Building in Chattanooga on August 17, and the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Memphis writer MJ Wassmer takes readers on the worst island getaway ever in Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend. Wassmer will appear at Novel in Memphis on August 6 and at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Jen Fawkes’ latest novel, Daughters of Chaos, finds its center in Civil War-era Nashville and the decision to protect Union soldiers against syphilis by removing all prostitutes from the city. Fawkes will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Sarai Johnson’s debut novel, Grown Women, is an eloquent story of multiple generations of Black women navigating their lives against a nonlinear backdrop of American motherhood.
With her debut novel, Lo Fi, Liz Riggs proves that Nashville can hold its own along with New York, L.A., or Boston when it comes to locales where young artists go to find themselves. Riggs will discuss Lo Fi at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 31.
