National Book Festival 2023

The National Book Festival was co-founded in 2001 by first lady Laura Bush with the Library of Congress. The festival celebrates creators and draws thousands of readers together each year to engage with writers and the national library. This festival’s theme, “Everyone Has a Story,” celebrates the storyteller in us all.

Book lovers across the nation can join the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival on PBS Books, which will host a series of virtual interviews with some of the festival’s featured authors July 20-August 31 in partnership with PBS stations across the country.

You can find the full list of authors here, and links to the PBS Author talks here.




Updated July 19, 2023
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Family Lore
Acevedo, Elizabeth.
Paper Book
A huge-hearted novel about three generations of women preparing for a living wake - the debut adult novel from the National Book Award-winning poet and YA author of The Poet X
Warrior girl unearthed
Boulley, Angeline
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley takes us back into the world of Firekeeper's Daughter in this high-stakes mystery about the power of discovering your stolen history A Waterstones Best YA Books of 2023 A Financial Times Best YA Summer Book 2023<...
Promise boys
Brooks, Nick
Paper Book
Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal's murder to clear their own names. For fans of Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, and Karen McManus.The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As...
All the sinners bleed
Cosby, S. A.
Paper Book
***GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2023*** THE TIMES - THRILLER OF THE MONTH*** *** MAIL ON SUNDAY - BEST NEW FICTION*** FINANCIAL TIMES - BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS*** 'A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating'...
G-man : J. Edgar Hoover and the making of the American century
Gage, Beverly
Paper Book
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023 Winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography Winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy Winner of the American History Book Prize Shortlisted for the...
The getaway
Giles, Lamar
Paper Book
  'Timely, thrilling, and gripping from start to finish. An absolute page-turner.' --KAREN M. MCMANUS, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFONE OF US IS LYING NO ONE HAS EVER DIED IN KARLOFF COUNTY Welcome to the funnest place around . . . Jay is living his best life inside Karloff...
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Grann, David
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER  *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian  ...
How to sell a haunted house
Hendrix, Grady
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a hilarious and terrifying new novel that explores the way your past -- and your family -- can haunt you like nothing else... Louise's parents...
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide.
Izgil, Tahir Hamut.
Paper Book
A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history ***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*** **A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023** **AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023** *WINNER OF THE...
In the lives of puppets
Klune, TJ
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, In the Lives of Puppets is a queer retelling of the Pinocchio tale, inviting you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. 'A deeply stirring...
I have some questions for you
Makkai, Rebecca
Paper Book
**A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR OPRAH DAILY, TIME, NPR, USA TODAY, BUSTLE, STAR TRIBUNE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND MORE** 'Whip-smart and uncompromising' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Quietly riveting' IRISH TIMES 'It's the perfect crime' NEW...
One of us is lying
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
The international bestselling YA thriller by acclaimed author Karen M. McManus - now available in a bold new cover look complete with a blood red background and matching sprayed edges. Five students walk into detention. Only four come out alive. Yale...
The song of the cell an exploration of medicine and the new human
Mukherjee, Siddhartha
Paper Book
From the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller, comes his most spectacular book yet, about the fundamental unit of life. Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists,...
The Golden Frog Games
Ortega, Claribel A.
Paper Book
An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller! Get ready for more magic, mayhem, and monstruos in this magical sequel to Witchlings from Claribel A. Ortega, author of Ghost Squad and Frizzy. Every four years, the Twelve Towns gather for a...
White Bird: A Novel: Based on the Graphic Novel
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Wonder comes White Bird- an unforgettable Second World War story about bravery, friendship and the power of kindness. Now a major film starring Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson. Sara...
Hot dog
Salati, Doug
In this gorgeous, calming picture book, a sausage dog takes a trip to the beach to escape a sweltering summer in the city
Liberation day : stories
Saunders, George
Paper Book
Named a book of the year 2022 by the Sunday Times, The Times, Guardian, Irish Times, New Statesman, BBC and Waterstones 'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review ...
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' - Joe HillIn New York City, Jamie Gray is a driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls 'an animal rights organization'. Tom's team needs a...
The Lincoln highway
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW 'Deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre' OBSERVER 'An...
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel
Van Pelt, Shelby
Paper Book
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK OVER 60,000 5 STAR REVIEWS GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOKS OF 2022 GLAMOUR BEST BOOKS OF 2022 'Remarkably Bright...

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