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Jennifer Egan is the author of several novels and a short story collection. Her 2017 novel, Manhattan Beach, a New York Times bestseller, was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was chosen as New York City’s One Book One New York read. Her previous novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times book prize, and was named one of the best books of the decade by Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly. Also a journalist, she has written frequently in the New York Times Magazine, and she recently completed a term as President of PEN America. Her new novel, The Candy House, a sibling to A Visit From the Goon Squad, was published in Apri ...more

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	A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 232,790 ratings — published 2010 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manhattan Beach 3.62 avg rating — 88,273 ratings — published 2017 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Candy House 3.64 avg rating — 60,919 ratings — published 2022 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Keep 3.49 avg rating — 16,664 ratings — published 2006 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Look at Me 3.42 avg rating — 13,789 ratings — published 2001 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Circus 3.54 avg rating — 7,190 ratings — published 1994 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emerald City 3.74 avg rating — 3,538 ratings — published 1993 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The best American short stories 2014 by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author), Heidi Pitlor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda Urban (Afterword) 3.79 avg rating — 1,719 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Box by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author), Brendan Monroe (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 1,690 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why China? 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Celeste Ng’s new novel, Our Missing Hearts, depicts a disturbing version of the United States, set in the vaguely distant future, rife with...

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Jennifer Egan answered Cordula's question: I read Look at Me in 2010 and it seemed like your 2002 self grasped into the future. I loved this book so much. I’ve loved all your books, but that first one really stayed with me. Is it just me or did it seem so prescient looking back on it now? Your writing is just so good! Thank you so much, Cordula!!! LOOK AT ME is my "favorite child," so this praise is especially meaningful. I think there was a certain prescience in that book, though in a way it's not surprising--I'm responding imaginatively to the same forces that e See Full Answer
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Jennifer Egan answered Pete Brigham's question: Did you go to University High School? I think so. Happy to see your success as an author. The Goon Squad book was highly recommended. Hi Pete! Yes, I went to University for one year before transferring to Lowell, from which I graduated. Thanks and all best, Jenny
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“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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“If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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