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Isle McElroy

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Isle McElroy is based in Brooklyn. Their debut novel, The Atmospherians, was named a NY Times Editors' Choice. Their second novel, People Collide, was named a best book of 2023 by Vulture, NPR, Vogue and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. Their third novel, Satellite, will be published by Viking in 2027. Other writing appears in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, The Cut, Vulture, GQ, Vogue, The Atlantic, Tin House, and elsewhere.

Isle was named one of The Strand's 30 Writers to Watch. They have received fellowships from The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Tin House Summer Workshop, The Sewanee Writers Conference, The Inprint Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, and The National Parks Service.

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Average rating: 3.47 · 6,134 ratings · 1,230 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Atmospherians 3.42 avg rating — 3,208 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	People Collide 3.54 avg rating — 2,757 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	no ordinary love by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author), R.O. Kwon (Goodreads Author), Oisín McKenna 2.15 avg rating — 86 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
	Daddy Issues 4.54 avg rating — 37 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
	Satellite 4.11 avg rating — 22 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 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
	This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West by Danilo John Thomas (Editor), Vanessa Hua (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Willy Vlautin 3.89 avg rating — 9 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
	Goods by Matthew Baker (Goodreads Author), Isle McElroy (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Allegra Hyde (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Heavy Feather Review 3.3 by Heavy Feather, Ace Boggess (Goodreads Author), Andrew Bourelle (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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
	What Comes Out of Your Mouth (A Short Story) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 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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Isle McElroy and 1 other person liked Buck's review of Satellite: "Thank you NetGalley for an e-ARC! wow! I really enjoyed this book. I loved being in Joey’s mind. The portrayal of disability and caretaking left me feeling raw. The first half of the book is slow but not in a bad way, a way that absolutely fits and pu" Read more of this review »
Oct 15, 2026 10:37AM · see review
Isle McElroy and 1 other person liked Kayla Maiuri's review of Satellite: A Novel: "I tore through this one. McElroy is fantastic on a line level, with sharp, observant prose and standout imagery. I underlined something on every page."
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Isle McElroy and 4 other people liked Jackie's review of Satellite: A Novel: "What did I just read?! I don’t even know how to explain it, but it was bizarre, twisted, completely fascinating and I could not put it down. I loved it! The premise was so unique and unlike anything I’ve read in a while. The more the story unfolded, t" Read more of this review »
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Isle McElroy liked Leah's review of Satellite: A Novel: "Sexy and devastating. A stunning exploration of intimacy, both of caregiving and with the self. "
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“Your pain won’t impress anyone. The people your pain does impress aren’t worth impressing.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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“I was angry at them. And I wanted to hurt them. I believed seeing them hurting might free me of my anger, as if justice were some kind of cosmic seesaw in which bringing them down might lift my spirits. This is not justice, however. This is revenge. And there is no end to revenge. That's the point of it.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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“We longed for ennui and weariness, but what we felt was a deep, gullible passion for anywhere else splashing inside us like a puppy in a pool.”
― Alex McElroy, The Atmospherians

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