Below is an selective list of books published by our alumni. Email administrator Annaka Saari (crwr@bu.edu) to join our newsletter list for the most up-to-date information about the accomplishments of our alumni.
FICTION
| Author, Class Year | Title | Publisher | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shubha Sunder, 2012 | Optional Practical Training | Graywolf | 2025 |
| Catherine Con Morse, 2013 | The Summer I Remembered Everything | Crown Books for Young Readers | 2025 |
| Megan Collins, 2008 | Cross My Heart | Atria Books | 2025 |
| Weike Wang, 2015 | Rental House | Riverhead Books | 2024 |
| Brendan Flaherty, 2015 | The Dredge | Atlantic Monthly Press | 2024 |
| Sheila Sundar, 2020 | Habitations | Simon & Schuster | 2024 |
| Andrew Ewell, 2011 | Set for Life | Simon & Schuster | 2024 |
| Caroline Woods, 2009 | The Mesmerist | Doubleday | 2024 |
| Catherine Con Morse, 2012 | The Notes | Crown Books for Young Readers | 2024 |
| Maija Mäkinen, 2016 | The Ghosts of Other Immigrants | New American Press | 2023 |
| Michelle Min Sterling, 2010 | Camp Zero | John Murray Publishers Ltd | 2023 |
| Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, 1996 | The Promise of a Normal Life | Arcade | 2023 |
| Shubha Sunder, 2012 | Boomtown Girl | Black Lawrence Press | 2023 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, 1993 | Roman Stories | Knopf | 2023 |
| Rahad Abir, 2020 | Bengal Hound | Gaudy Boy LLC | 2023 |
| Shilpi Suneja, 2009 | House of Caravans | Milkweed Editions | 2023 |
| Megan Collins, 2008 | Thicker Than Water | Atria Books | 2023 |
| Daphne Kalotay, 1994 | The Archivists | TriQuarterly | 2023 |
| A.J. Bermudez, 2023 | Stories No One Hopes Are About Them | University of Iowa Press | 2022 |
| Nell Stevens, 2013 | Briefly, a Delicious Life | Scribner | 2022 |
| Katherine Chen, 2021 | Joan | Penguin Random House | 2022 |
| Christopher Amenta, 2013 | The Cold Hard Light | Blackstone Publishing | 2022 |
| Caroline Woods, 2009 | The Lunar Housewife | Doubleday | 2022 |
| Lisa Taddeo, 2017 | Ghost Lover | Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster | 2022 |
| Omer Friedlander, 2019 | The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land | Penguin Random House | 2022 |
| Weike Wang, 2015 | Joan Is Okay | Penguin Random House | 2022 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, 1993 | Whereabouts | Penguin Hamish Hamilton | 2021 |
| Ha Jin, 1994 | A Song Everlasting | Pantheon Books | 2021 |
| Peter Ho Davies, 1993 | A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself | Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster | 2021 |
| Dariel Suarez, 2012 | The Playwright’s House | Red Hen Press | 2021 |
| Lisa Taddeo, 2017 | Animal | Simon & Schuster | 2021 |
| Megan Collins, 2008 | The Winter Sister | Atria Books / Simon & Schuster | 2019 |
| H.M. Naqvi, 2006 | The Selected Works of Abdullah (The Cossack) | HarperCollins India and Black Cat (Grove Atlantic) | 2019 |
| John Rosengren, 1994 | A Clean Heart | Mango Press | 2019 |
| Dariel Suarez, 2012 | A Kind of Solitude | Willow Spring Books | 2019 |
| Molly McCloskey, 2018 | Straying | Scribner | 2018 |
| Molly McCloskey, 2018 | When Light Is Like Water | Penguin, UK | 2017 |
| Lisa Rosinsky, 2016 | Inevitable & Only | Boyds Mills Press | 2017 |
| Sharon Pywell, 1989 | The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life | Flatiron Books / Macmillan | 2017 |
| Weike Wang, 2015 | Chemistry | Knopf | 2017 |
| Caroline Woods, 2008 | Fraulein M. | Tyrus Books/Simon & Schuster | 2017 |
| Louie Cronin, 1994 | Everone Loves You Back | Gorsky Press | 2016 |
| Peter Ho Davies, 1994 | The Fortunes | Houghton Mifflin | 2016 |
| Isadora Deese, 1995 | Right of Capture | Pelekinesis | 2016 |
| Rachel DeWoskin, 2000 | Blind | Penguin | 2016 |
| John Domini, 1974 | Movieola! | Dzanc Books | 2016 |
| Jowhor Ile, 2017 | And After Many Days | Tim Duggan Books / Crown | 2016 |
| Ha Jin, 1993 | The Boat Rocker | Pantheon Books | 2016 |
| Julia Johnson, 1982 | Be Frank With Me | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 2016 |
| Askold Melnyczuk, 1978 | Smedley’s Secret Guide to World Literature | PFP, Inc. | 2016 |
| Sue Miller, 1980 | Family Pictures | Harper Perennial | 2016 |
| Andrew Mozina, 1990 | Contrary Motion | Spiegel & Grau | 2016 |
| Lili Anolik, 2003 | Dark Rooms | William Morrow / Harper Collins | 2015 |
| Tim Floreen, 2005 | Willful Machines | Simon & Schuster | 2015 |
| Patricia Park, 2009 | Re Jane | Penguin / Viking, Pamela Dorman | 2015 |
| Christopher Robinson, 2006 | War of the Encyclopaedists | Scribner | 2015 |
| Steve Sohmer, 1992 | Favorite Son | Amazon | 2015 |
| Melanie Sumner, 1987 | How to Write a Novel | Vintage Contemporaries | 2015 |
| Jessica Treadway, 2002 | Lacy Eye | Grand Central / Hacette | 2015 |
| Kimberley Elkins, 2010 | What Is Visible | Little, Brown | 2014 |
| Jim Gavin, 2012 | Middle Men: Stories | Simon & Schuster | 2014 |
| William Giraldi, 2004 | Hold the Dark | Liveright / Norton | 2014 |
| Robert Greer, 1989 | The Devil’s Hatband | Amazon | 2014 |
| Saskya Jain, 2010 | Fire Under Ash | Random House | 2014 |
| Ha Jin, 1993 | A Map of Betrayal | Pantheon Books | 2014 |
| Miriam Lipson, 2012 | The Cloud of Unknowing | Yeti Publishing | 2014 |
| Sue Miller, 1980 | The Arsonist | Knopf | 2014 |
| Jennifer Anne Moses, 1983 | Tales From My Closet | Scholastic | 2014 |
| Maya Sloan, 2007 | Rich Kids of Instagram | Simon & Schuster / Gallery Books | 2014 |
| Jessica Treadway, 2002 | And Give You Peace | Graywolf | 2014 |
| Christopher Castellani, 1999 | All This Talk of Love | Algonquin | 2013 |
| Steven Goldleaf, 1978 (editor of John O’Hara) | The New York Stories | Penguin Classics | 2013 |
| Robert Greer, 1989 | Limited Time | Amazon | 2013 |
| Daphne Kalotay, 1994 | Sight Reading: A Novel | HarperCollins | 2013 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, 1993 | The Lowland | Knopf | 2013 |
| Jessica Lott, 2004 | The Rest of Us | Simon & Schuster | 2013 |
POETRY
| Author, Class Year | Title | Publisher | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Asotić, 2019 | Say Fire | Archipelago | 2025 |
| Tyler Dunston, 2019 | Octaves | Moonstone Arts Center | 2025 |
| Tom Bailey, 2020 | Please Do Not Touch or Feed the Horses | Poetry London | 2025 |
| Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, 2013 | All Were Limones | The Word Works | 2025 |
| Dan Murphy, 2015 | Estate Sale | University of Utah Press | 2025 |
| Lauren Peat, 2018 | Future Tense | Baseline Press | 2024 |
| Duy Doan, 2010 | Zombie Vomit Mad Libs | Alice James Books | 2024 |
| Matthew Porto, 2016 | Moon Grammar | Slant Books | 2024 |
| Ryan Wilson, 2008 | In Ghostlight | LSU Press | 2024 |
| Rachel DeWoskin, 2000 | absolute animal | University of Chicago Press | 2023 |
| Christianne Goodwin, 2022 | Oracle Smoke Machine | Staircase Books | 2023 |
| Megan Fernandes, 2012 | I Do Everything I’m Told | Tin House Books | 2023 |
| Renee Emerson, 2009 | Church Ladies | Fernwood Press | 2023 |
| Sasenine Persaud, 2006 | Mattress Makers | Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd | 2023 |
| Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, 2020 | Common Grace | Beacon Press | 2022 |
| Lisa Hiton, 2011 | Afterfeast | Tupelo Press | 2022 |
| Carl Phillips, 1993 | Then the War | Macmillan | 2022 |
| Erin Belieu, 1995 | Come Hither Honeycomb | Copper Canyon Press | 2021 |
| Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, 1996 | Girl as Birch | Bauhan Publishing | 2021 |
| Martin Edumunds, 1996 | Flame in a Stable | Arrowsmith Press | 2021 |
| Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, 2020 | Ubasute | Slapering Hol Press | 2021 |
| Kate Hollander, 2006 | My German Dictionary | The Waywiser Press | 2020 |
| Rebecca van Laer, 2010 | How to Adjust to the Dark | Curbside Splendor | 2019 |
| D.M. Aderibigbe, 2016 | How The End First Showed | University of Wisconsin Press | 2018 |
| Sasenarine Persaud, 2006 | Monsoon on the Fingers of God | Mawenzi House | 2018 |
| Duy Doan, 2010 | We Play a Game | Yale University Press | 2018 |
| Ha Jin, 1993 | A Distant Center | Copper Canyon Press | 2018 |
| Susan Barba, 2012 | Fair Sun | David R. Godine, Publisher | 2017 |
| R.S. Deese, 1995 | Surf Music | Pelekinesis | 2017 |
| Lisa Hiton, 2011 | Variation on Testimony | Cutbank | 2017 |
| Maggie Dietz, 1997 | That Kind of Happy | University of Chicago Press | 2016 |
| Renee Emerson, 2009 | Threshing Floor | Jacar Press | 2016 |
| Adam Fitzgerald, 2010 | George Washington | Liveright / Norton | 2016 |
| Eleanor Goodman, 2003 | Nine Dragon Island | Zephyr Press | 2016 |
| Jordan Zandi, 2010 | Solarium | Sarabande Books | 2016 |
| Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, 1996 | Opinel | Bauhan Publishing | 2015 |
| Megan Fernandes, 2012 | The Kingdom and After | Tightrope Books | 2015 |
| Tracey Knapp, 2005 | Mouth | 42 Miles Press | 2015 |
| Sara Peters, 2008 | 1996 | Anansi Press | 2015 |
| Carl Phillips, 1993 | Reconnaissance | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2015 |
| Vanesha Pravin, 2009 | Disorder | University of Chicago Press | 2015 |
| Erin Belieu, 1995 | Slant Six | Copper Canyon Press | 2014 |
| Renee Emerson, 2009 | Keeping Me Still | Winter Goose Publishing | 2014 |
| A.J. Odasso, 2016 | The Dishonesty of Dreams | Flipped Eye Publishing | 2014 |
| Sasenarine Persaud, 2014 | Love in a Time of Technology | TSAR Publications | 2014 |
| Carl Phillips, 1993 | Silverchest: Poems | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2014 |
| Dariel Suarez, 2012 | In the Land of Tropical Martyrs | Backbone Press | 2014 |
| Ani Gjika, 2011 | Bread on Running Waters | Fenway Press | 2013 |
| Sophie Grimes, 2011 | City Structures | Damask Press | 2013 |
| Patrick Sylvain, 2014 | Masuife (Written in Haitian Creole) | Trilingual Press | 2013 |
| Tess Taylor, 2008 | The Forage House | Red Hen Press | 2013 |
NONFICTION
| Author, Class Year | Title | Publisher | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Hakimi Zapata, 2012 | Another World is Possible: Lessons from America from Around the Globe | New Press | 2025 |
| Laura Marris, 2013 | The Age of Loneliness | Graywolf | 2024 |
| Lili Anolik, 2003 | Didion & Babitz | Scribner | 2024 |
| Carl Phillips, 1993 and Erin Belieu, 1995 | Personal Best: Makers on Their Poems that Matter Most | Copper Canyon Press | 2023 |
| Ani Gjika, 2011 | An Unruled Body: A Poet’s Memoir | Restless Books | 2023 |
| Tess Taylor, 2006 | Leaning toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them | Storey | 2023 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, 1993 | Translating Myself and Others | Princeton University Press | 2022 |
| Susan Barba, 2012 | American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide | Abrams Books | 2022 |
| John Rosengren, 1994 | Classic Baseball: Timeless Tales, Immortal Moments | Rowman & Littlefield | 2022 |
| Charlotte Gordon, 1991 | Mary Shelley: A Very Short Introduction | Oxford University Press | 2022 |
| Peter Ho Davies, 1993 | The Art of Revision: The Last Word | Graywolf | 2021 |
| Lisa Taddeo, 2017 | Three Women | Simon & Schuster | 2019 |
| Ha Jin, 1993 | The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai | Pantheon Books | 2018 |
| Nell Stevens, 2013 | The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love Story, and a Friendship Across Time | Penguin Random House | 2018 |
| J.D. Daniels, 2003 | The Correspondence: Essays | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2017 |
| David Grann, 1994 | Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI | Doubleday | 2017 |
| Deepak Singh, 2018 | How May I Help You?: An Immigrant’s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage | University of California Press | 2017 |
| Nell Stevens, 2013 | Bleaker House | Doubleday | 2017 |
| Christopher Castellani, 1999 | The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story | Graywolf | 2016 |
| William Giraldi, 2004 | The Hero’s Body: A Memoir | Liveright/Norton | 2016 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri, 1993 | In Other Words | Knopf | 2016 |
| Charlotte Gordon, 1991 | Romantic Outlaws | Random House | 2015 |
| Elizabeth Alexander, 1987 | The Light of the World: A Memoir | Grand Central Publishing | 2015 |
| Matthew Battles, 1996 | Library: An Unquiet History | Norton | 2015 |
| Matthew Battles, 1996 | Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word | Norton | 2015 |
| Stacy Mattingly, 2011 | Captive: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero | William Morrow / HarperCollins | 2015 |
| Qais Akbar Omar, 2014 | A Night in the Emperor’s Garden | University of Chicago Press | 2015 |
| Carl Phillips, 1993 | The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination | Graywolf | 2014 |
| John Rosengren, 1994 | The Fight of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal and John Roseboro Turned Baseball’s Ugliest Brawl into a Story of Forgiveness and Redemption | Rowman and Littlefield | 2014 |
| Glyn Maxwell, 1988 | On Poetry | Harvard University Press | 2013 |
| Richard Rubin, 1991 | The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 2013 |
| Qais Akbar Omar, 2014 | A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 2013 |
TRANSLATIONS
| Author, Class Year | Title | Publisher | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Goodman, 2003 | Iron Moon: An Anthology of Chinese Worker Poetry | White Pine Press | 2017 |
| Eleanor Goodman, 2003 | The Boots of Wisdom, translation of Di Zang’s poetry | Zephyr Press | 2017 |
| Eleanor Goodman, 2003 | Days When I Hide My Corpse in a Cardboard Box: Selected Poems of Natalia Chan | Zephyr Press | 2017 |
| Laura Marris, 2013 | The Safe House, translation of Christophe Boltanski’s novel | University of Chicago Press | 2017 |
| Eleanor Goodman, 2003 | Something Crosses My Mind, translation of Wang Xiaoni’s poetry | Zephyr Press | 2014 |
| Heather Green, 2009 | Noontimes Won, translation of Tristan Tzara’s poetry | Octopus Books | 2015 |