UPCOMING 2026 BOOKS BY UCROSS ALUMNI
The Ucross library features the works of Ucross poets, novelists, memoirists, nonfiction writers, playwrights, visual artists, and more. Artists-in-residence often say how much they enjoy spending time exploring the library and discovering the work from past fellows.
Every year, the collection expands to include the latest books by our prolific alumni. Explore this year's titles below,* and consider pre-ordering at Bookshop.org or your favorite indie bookstore.
The Ucross library features the works of Ucross poets, novelists, memoirists, nonfiction writers, playwrights, visual artists, and more. Artists-in-residence often say how much they enjoy spending time exploring the library and discovering the work from past fellows.
Every year, the collection expands to include the latest books by our prolific alumni. Explore this year's titles below,* and consider pre-ordering at Bookshop.org or your favorite indie bookstore.
Paula McLain, Skylark: A Novel (Atria Books), January
Patricia Albers, Everything Is Photograph: A Life of André Kertész (Other Press), January
Ellen B. Waterston, As Far As I Can Anthem: Poems (Bon Mot), January
J. R. Carpenter, p a u s e. (Broken Sleep Books), January
Victoria Chang, Eureka (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), January
Ethelene Whitmire, The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram (Viking), February
Tayari Jones, Kin (Random House), February
Lionel Shriver, A Better Life (Harper Collins), February
Wah-Ming Chang, Hand, Held (Bored Wolves) February/March
Karan Mahajan, The Complex (Viking), March
Andrew Martin, Down Time (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), March
Kim Fu, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts (Tin House), March
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Lake Effect (Harper Collins), March
Lily Brooks-Dalton, Ruins (Grand Central Publishing), March
Juliana Leite, Exemplary Humans (Two Lines Press), April
Manil Suri, A Room in Bombay (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.), April
Eleni Sikelianos, Memory Rehearsal (City Lights Books), May
Cathy A. Smith, Tales of a Double Woman Dreamer (Inner Traditions Publishing), Spring
Ann Patchett, Whistler (HarperCollins), June
Ben Fountain, Rasputin Swims the Potomac (Flatiron Books), June
Kevin Powers, Children of the Wild (Harper Collins), June
Lauren Acampora, The Animal Room (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.), June
Suzanne McConnell, If You Think Your Heart Can Take It (Serving House Books), June
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Names Have Been Changed (Tiny Reparations Books), June
Colson Whitehead, Cool Machine (Doubleday), July
Sigrid Nunez, It Will Come Back to You (Riverhead Books), July
Victoria Chang, Tree of Knowledge (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), July
Peter Rock, Makeshift (Soft Skull), August
Ayad Akhtar, The Radiance (S&S/Summit Books), September
*If you are looking forward to a publication this year, please email us at [email protected], so we can include the title in our round-up (and wish you a happy book birthday!).
Patricia Albers, Everything Is Photograph: A Life of André Kertész (Other Press), January
Ellen B. Waterston, As Far As I Can Anthem: Poems (Bon Mot), January
J. R. Carpenter, p a u s e. (Broken Sleep Books), January
Victoria Chang, Eureka (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), January
Ethelene Whitmire, The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram (Viking), February
Tayari Jones, Kin (Random House), February
Lionel Shriver, A Better Life (Harper Collins), February
Wah-Ming Chang, Hand, Held (Bored Wolves) February/March
Karan Mahajan, The Complex (Viking), March
Andrew Martin, Down Time (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), March
Kim Fu, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts (Tin House), March
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Lake Effect (Harper Collins), March
Lily Brooks-Dalton, Ruins (Grand Central Publishing), March
Juliana Leite, Exemplary Humans (Two Lines Press), April
Manil Suri, A Room in Bombay (Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.), April
Eleni Sikelianos, Memory Rehearsal (City Lights Books), May
Cathy A. Smith, Tales of a Double Woman Dreamer (Inner Traditions Publishing), Spring
Ann Patchett, Whistler (HarperCollins), June
Ben Fountain, Rasputin Swims the Potomac (Flatiron Books), June
Kevin Powers, Children of the Wild (Harper Collins), June
Lauren Acampora, The Animal Room (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.), June
Suzanne McConnell, If You Think Your Heart Can Take It (Serving House Books), June
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Names Have Been Changed (Tiny Reparations Books), June
Colson Whitehead, Cool Machine (Doubleday), July
Sigrid Nunez, It Will Come Back to You (Riverhead Books), July
Victoria Chang, Tree of Knowledge (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), July
Peter Rock, Makeshift (Soft Skull), August
Ayad Akhtar, The Radiance (S&S/Summit Books), September
*If you are looking forward to a publication this year, please email us at [email protected], so we can include the title in our round-up (and wish you a happy book birthday!).