List of Books by Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem's novel Motherless Brooklyn put him on the literary register and won him a National Book Critics Circle Award. Prior to that he wrote four genre fiction (detective and sci–fi) books including the post–apocalyptic novel, Amnesia Moon. Lethem has since published four more critically acclaimed books including The Fortress of Solitude and Brooklyn Crime Novel. He has also written a number of short story collections, and several books of nonfiction. In 2005, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. Lethem teaches creative writing at Pomona College.

All Books By Jonathan Lethem

Shop all the books by Jonathan Lethem at Barnes & Noble. Jonathan Lethem's books and short stories combine elements of science fiction, genre fiction, social commentary and crime mystery aspects. The American author is known for his award-winning breakthrough book, Motherless Brooklyn, which is part literary fiction part captivating crime novel about Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette's syndrome. The popular book was adapted into a film by the same name in 2019. Lethem's other critically acclaimed books include The Fortress of Solitude, a coming-of-age story about a friendship between two boys growing up in a diverse Brooklyn community in the 1970's and 80's, and one of his latest, Brooklyn Crime Novel, which takes you through several decades in a Brooklyn neighborhood as it evolves through crime and gentrification. Whether you're looking for Lethem's earlier novels like Amnesia Moon and Girl in Landscape or one of his newer works like The Feral Detective or The Arrest, we've got you covered!

10 Bestselling Books by Jonathan Lethem

Brooklyn Crime Novel
Motherless Brooklyn
The Fortress of Solitude
Dissident Gardens
Talking Heads' Fear of Music
The Arrest: A Novel
Gun, with Occasional Music
Chronic City
The Feral Detective
The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc.