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IOWA Magazine | 09-28-2026

Bookshelf Picks: New Releases From University of Iowa Authors

By IM Staff
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Check out the latest must-read titles from the Writing University.

Current Bookshelf Picks

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EXTRAordinary! A Little EXTRA to Reach BIG Dreams
The Hill
The Occidental Book of the Dead
Angel Down
We’re So Lucky to Live Here

Explore Past Bookshelf Picks

Last Night in Brooklyn
The Beheading Game
Whistler
Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World
Canon
Ultranatural
The Academy: A Novel
A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction
Early Stories by Tennessee Williams
Bog Queen: A Novel
The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays
Pancake’s Passport
Queen Esther
Life Without: The Wrongful Conviction of Sandy Shaw
Minor Black Figures
Bug Hollow
Becoming Caitlin Clark
The Tiny Things Are Heavier
What You’re Made For: Powerful Life Lessons From My Career in Sports
Lethal Prey
Goddess Complex
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