We like to keep up with our SVWC family to see what they are publishing—below are the latest book releases for 2023. Be sure to add these to your reading list, and check back periodically as we keep this blog post updated with new releases.

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January 10 – Stephen Markley (SVWC 2015 Fellow)
The Deluge

February 7 – Salman Rushdie (SVWC 2016)
Victory City: A Novel

February 21 – Rebecca Makkai (SVWC 2020 Community Speaker Series)
I Have Some Questions for You

April 4 – Timothy Egan (SVWC 2008)
A Fever in the Heartland

April 11 – Curtis Sittenfeld (SVWC 2023)
Romantic Comedy

April 25 – Simon Winchester (SVWC 2018)
Knowing What We Know

May 2 – Abraham Verghese (SVWC 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2009)
The Covenant of Water

May 2 – Dave Barry (SVWC 2023)
Swamp Story: A Novel

May 16 – Evan Thomas (SVWC 2017)
Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

May 23 – Elliot Ackerman (SVWC 2021)
Halcyon: A Novel

June 6 – Isabel Allende (SVWC 2021)
The Wind Knows My Name

June 6 – John Valliant
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

July 17 – Colson Whitehead (SVWC 2017)
Crook Manifesto

August 1 – Brando Skyhorse (SVWC 2019)
My Name Is Iris

August 8 – Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (SVWC 2017)
Prophet

August 8 – James McBride (SVWC 2015)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

September 5 – Stephen King (SVWC 1997)
Holly

September 12 – Walter Isaacson (SVWC 2012)
Elon Musk

September 12 – Lauren Groff (SVWC 2022, SVWC 2017)
The Vaster Wilds

September 26 – Yascha Mounk (SVWC 2022)
The Identity Trap

September 26 – Carl Hiaasen (SVWC 2008, SVWC 2019)
Wrecker

October 17 – Andrew Roberts & David Petraeus (SVWC 2023)
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

October 24 – David Brooks (SVWC 2017, SVWC 2011)
How to Know a Person

October 24 – Richard Blanco (SVWC 2021)
Homeland of My Body: New and Selected Poems

If you are an SVWC alum and we somehow missed your book release, please email us at [email protected] and we will get you added to the list!

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