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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1993
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Book List in Order: 11 titles




  • Named one of the 20 Best Young American Novelists by Granta magazine, Elizabeth McCracken is a writer of fabulous gifts. The Giant's House, her first novel, is an unforgettably tender and quirky novel about the strength of choosing to love in a world...



  • The singular, enchanting debut story collection from Elizabeth McCracken, now back in print as part of Ecco’s “Art of the Story” series, and with a new introduction from the authorCalled “astonishingly assured” by The Guardian, the nine sto...



  • By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House, Elizabeth McCracken. Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age ...



  • Unstuck returns with more than 500 pages of elephant men and minotaurs, magic charms and lost islands, talking dogs and miniature husbands, library urchins and zombie bank robbers, mechanical cattle, and many other curiosities. You'll find new fictio...



  • From the author of the beloved novel The Giant’s House -- finalist for the National Book Award -- comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with the humor, the empathy, and the rare and magical descriptive pow...



  • A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley From the day she is discovered unco...



  • Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date In these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractu...



  • A taut, bighearted new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about a daughter’s relationship with her larger-than-life mother -- and all that is left behind as one generation moves to the next Over the course of one...






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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...



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    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...


Award-Winning Books by Elizabeth McCracken

The Giant's House
1996 Discover Great New Writers -- Fiction
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
2015 Story Prize -- Fiction Collection


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth McCracken has published 11 books.

Elizabeth McCracken does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Hero of This Book, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Elizabeth McCracken, Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry, was published in May 1993.

No. Elizabeth McCracken does not write books in series.