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I'm the author of the novels Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, Leave the World Behind, and Entitlement.

My short fiction has appeared in StoryQuarterly, Crazyhorse, Meridian, and elsewhere. I've also written for the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and the New Republic. I studied writing at Oberlin College. Now I live in New York with my husband and two kids.
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	Leave the World Behind 3.14 avg rating — 166,723 ratings — published 2020 — 31 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
	Rich and Pretty 2.77 avg rating — 11,114 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
	Entitlement 2.97 avg rating — 8,299 ratings — published 2024 — 11 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
	That Kind of Mother 3.07 avg rating — 7,721 ratings — published 2018 — 13 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 Children's Bach by Helen Garner, Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.51 avg rating — 3,971 ratings — published 1984 — 37 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
	Shell Game (Getaway, #6) 2.29 avg rating — 3,479 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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
	Undecorate: The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design by Christiane Lemieux, Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author), Deborah Needleman (Foreword) 3.53 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	There Are Flowers in Ohio by Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author), Michael Crouch (Narrator), Allison Hiroto (Narrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Boston Adventure by Jean Stafford, Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.73 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1944 — 39 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
	Things to Come and Go by Bette Howland, Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.55 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1983 — 11 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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“Parenthood was never knowing what was going to hurt your kids, but knowing only that something, inevitably, would.”
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“Ruth had learned only one thing from the current reality, and it was that everything held together by tacit agreement that it would. All it took to unravel something was one party deciding to do just that. There was no real structure to prevent chaos. There was only a collective faith in order.”
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“You never know when a time is the last time, because if you did you could never go on with life.”
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January BoTM Nominations ~ Book Published in 2020 ~ 1st Poll
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The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

9 votes, 21.4%

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

9 votes, 21.4%

The Henna Artist

by Alka Joshi

8 votes, 19.0%

This Is How I Lied

by Heather Gudenkauf

6 votes, 14.3%

The Last Flight

by Julie Clark

5 votes, 11.9%

The House in the Cerulean Sea

by T.J. Klune

3 votes, 7.1%

These Ghosts Are Family

by Maisy Card

1 vote, 2.4%

Leave the World Behind

by Rumaan Alam

1 vote, 2.4%

Pride of Eden

by Taylor Brown

0 votes, 0.0%

The Lost Orphan

by Stacey Halls

0 votes, 0.0%

Luster

by Raven Leilani

0 votes, 0.0%

The Cold Millions

by Jess Walter

0 votes, 0.0%

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