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IOWA Magazine | 03-23-2026

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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Last Night in Brooklyn
The Beheading Game
Whistler
Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
Lidie: The Further Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

Explore Past Bookshelf Picks

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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