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Anthony Marra is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tsar of Love and Techno and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, winner of the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and longlisted for the National Book Award.

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Greetings! I'm delighted to announce that my new novel, Mercury Pictures Presents, is coming out this summer. In the run-up to publication, I want to reconnect with readers in a way that feels more intimate than social media. To that end, I’ve devised a free, fun monthly newsletter dedicated to discussing books I love, books you recommend, and books my cats have fallen asleep on.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 88,520 ratings · 12,612 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 54,588 ratings — published 2013 — 76 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 Tsar of Love and Techno 4.27 avg rating — 17,584 ratings — published 2015 — 44 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
	Mercury Pictures Presents 3.67 avg rating — 11,640 ratings — published 2022 — 29 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 Lion's Den 3.47 avg rating — 3,664 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths by Kate Bernheimer (Editor, Contributor), Laura van den Berg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ron Currie Jr. (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.45 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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 Nonrequired Reading 2016 by Rachel Kushner (Goodreads Author), 826 National (Editor), Kyle Boelte (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2016 — 3 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 Wolves of Bilaya Forest 4.31 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Chechnya 3.42 avg rating — 36 ratings	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
	An Introduction to Music Travel Culture 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	El zar del amor y el tecno (Narrativa nº 9) (Spanish Edition) by Anthony Marra (Goodreads Author), Jacinto Pariente de Carranza (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.”
― Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

tags: civilization, humanity, self

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“Life: a constellation of vital phenomena—organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation.”
― Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

tags: constellation, definition, life, phenomena, vital

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“There is something miraculous in the way the years wash away your evidence, first you, then your friends and family, then the descendants who remember your face, until you aren’t even a memory, you’re only carbon, no greater than your atoms, and time will divide them as well.”
― Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

tags: mortality

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Polls

August Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 books move onto final round

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

7 votes, 17.1%

In Pieces

by Sally Field

6 votes, 14.6%

The Chalk Man

by C.J. Tudor

6 votes, 14.6%

My Lovely Wife

by Samantha Downing

5 votes, 12.2%

The Bean Trees

by Barbara Kingsolver

4 votes, 9.8%

Beautiful Bad

by Annie Ward

3 votes, 7.3%

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Marra

3 votes, 7.3%

Pieces of Her

by Karin Slaughter

3 votes, 7.3%

Modern Girls

by Jennifer S. Brown

2 votes, 4.9%

The Vacationers

by Emma Straub

2 votes, 4.9%

41 total votes

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