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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1976
  • Latest Book:
    June 2017
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About the Author

On 9-24-17 Kit Reed died at the age of 85 - Brain Tumor

Book List in Order: 26 titles








  • Conjures up a future where control of New York City has passed from the wealthy to the poor, the criminal, and the dispossessed and where Bart Cavanaugh and hundreds of others are held captive at the Parkhurst...





  • In powerful stories of solitude and family, the characters in Thief of Lives grapple with the relentless forces of change. "Whatever it is, whatever threatens us," says a father to his son in "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "you might as well b...



  • A motorcycle gang of nuns rides out on a mysterious rescue mission in this dazzling work of metaphysical science fiction by Kit Reed.This scarifying trip into the near future provides an extraordinary look at women in the contemporary world. Mar...



  • Kit Reed has been delighting and terrifying readers for over thirty years with her darkly comic speculative fiction. This collection of short stories, drawn from a lifetime's work, shows Reed at the top of her form. First published in venues ranging ...






  • "Seven for the Apocalypse brings together Kit Reed''s powerful 1994 novella with seven short stories about love and isolation. A work of metaphysical science fiction and a finalist for the Tiptree award, Little Sisters of the Apocalypse interweaves t...



  • @expectations is a fabulous work of women's fiction by a writer who has made a career of delving deep into women's hearts and finding the truth of their feelings and their lives. Reed's fiction has always examined the female and familial conditions w...



  • TV says it. Magazines say it. American society commands it. You must be thin. You must be young. Fad diets. Fat-purging pills. Fitness clubs. Liposuction. Breast implants. Steroids.In the tomorrow of Thinner Than Thou, the cult of the body ...



  • The Dogs of Truth contains 17 new or previously uncollected short stories. Included are "High Rise High," about a student revolt at the ultimate "secure" high school; "Focus Group," where a star-struck fan dictates the fate of soap opera characters ...



  • The new novel from the author of Thinner Than Thou, Bronze is a brooding tale of love and art and dark ambition. When Jude Atkins hops a plane to be with a handsome artist she met online, she has no idea what horrors await her on the Carolina coast. ...



  • The baby business is booming. Billions of dollars are spent each year on strollers, cribs, and clothing, not to mention assisted reproduction and adoption. With fertility rates dropping precipitously in the US and babies becoming ever more valuable a...



  • Inside the Castertown MegaMall, the biggest mall in the world, live the night children--runaways, abandoned kids, kids who got lost and were never found. They only come out at night, after all the shoppers are gone. When thirteen-year-old Jule Dev...



  • The world is in chaos: war, plague, global ecological collapse. Parents everywhere seek sanctuary for their precious children, the future of mankind. For those who are rich and powerful enough, safety can be found--for a price--at the Clothos Academy...



  • Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection, Naked City, is not to be missed! Edited by award-winning editor Ellen Datlow.In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hot...



  • In the room across the hall the old soldier shouts, just as he has done for years... And behind her, something in the shadows stirs. "One of our brightest cultural commentators" --Publishers Weekly...






  • The little boy next door is just so good. In fact, he's pretty much perfect. And he has a strangely powerful influence on Danny. A disturbing story from an author whose short fiction has been described by scifi.com as "Brilliant on all levels"."Reed ...



  • The wives spent every day by the pool â€" this was where the men had left them, after all. A moving, incisive story that gets right under your skin from an author whose prose style has been described as "pure dry ice" by The New York Times Book Revie...



  • A spellbinding American Southern Gothic thriller with a supernatural twist -- a past secret has the power to destroy the future. When Lucy Cartaret dies, her journalist son Dan returns to her hometown, Fort Jude, Florida, in search of his real fat...



  • The best stories from a master of speculative fiction Called "one of our brightest cultural commentators" by Publishers Weekly, Kit Reed draws from life -- with a difference. This new collection brings together thirty-four of her strong, original sto...



  • In a coastal town on the Outer Carolina Banks, David Ribault and Merrill Poulnot are trying to revive their stale relationship and commit to marriage, and a slick developer claiming to be related to a historic town hero, Rawson Steele, has come to to...



  • Four speculative near futures by Kit Reed, author of Where and Mormama, showcasing her sharp and transgressive social dystopias where characters are pushed to their psychological limits.@ExpectationsJenny lives a typical suburban life and stumbles up...



  • A riveting supernatural, southern gothic tale Dell Duval has been living on the street since his accident. He can't remember who he was or where he came from. All he has is a tattered note in his pocket with an address for the Ellis house, a spra...


Award-Winning Books by Kit Reed

Thinner Than Thou
2005 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kit Reed has published 26 books.

Kit Reed does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Mormama, was published in June 2017.

The first book by Kit Reed, Captain Grownup, was published in June 1976.

No. Kit Reed does not write books in series.