LILITH
2024 NPR BOOKS WE LOVE PICK
"Honest to the core, fearless, and written with impeccable pacing and economy of language...should be mandatory reading..." — National Public Radio
IN THE PRESS
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"LILITH is a gripping tale of love, power, courage, and morality. Eric Rickstad is at his very best with this timely and poignant novel."
DON WINSLOW
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
CITY OF RUINS
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I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM
A New York Times
Best Thriller of the Year
Amazon Best Book
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Apple Best Book
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“A tale not just of profound misunderstanding but dynastic wealth and dysfunction, of how money and power can warp a community…[A] shocker of a finale.”
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"THE SILENT GIRLS is a bone-chilling mystery set in one of New England's darkest corners, the kind of place travelers are well-advised to avoid after nightfall. This well-crafted book will have you staying up late, turning pages and afraid to turn off the light."
PAUL DOIRON
AUTHOR of
THE MICHAEL BOWDITCH SERIES
SARAH LYALL
NEW YORK TIMES
ERIC RICKSTAD

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times and international bestselling author of nine novels. His most recent novel, LILITH, was an NPR Book of the Year, praised as a novel that "shows you society with love and great insight into what makes us tick, but also with brutal honesty and under a stark, unwavering light. This is a brave, timely novel that goes straight to the damaged soul of this country." It was also long-listed for the ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, given for, "an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture."
His previous novel I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM was a New York Times Thriller of the Year. His other novels include WHAT REMAINS OF HER, REAP, and The Canaan Crime Series — LIE IN WAIT, THE SILENT GIRLS, and THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS — which has been translated into many languages and has sold nearly 700,000 copies.
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He received his MFA in Fiction from UVA on full scholarship as both a Henry Hoyns and a Corse Fellow.
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