Longlisted for the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize
Days of Wonder
from Algonquin/Hachette
SELECTED PRAISE
"Leavitt's most audacious and empathetic novel yet." BUSTLE
"Leavitt infuses a much-told story with contemporary social issues that render the work fresh and provocative and deep. Leavitt’s gift for complex yet self-aware protagonists makes us root for them," THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Heralds the power of steady perseverance, sturdy faith and the raw restorative power of love." NEW YORK TIMES
"Readers who crave drama will love it." BOOKLIST
"Splendid. A great American writer." SCOTT SIMON, NPR
"Heart-rendingly beautiful, achingly poignant, and innately and almost miraculously full of love and wonder." BOOKREPORTER
"One of Leavitt's finest." LILITH MAGAZINE
"Marvelously satisfying." THE NATIONAL BOOK REVIEW
"A true escape to look forward to." OPRAH DAILY
"This intense page-turner takes place in the boroughs of New York City and in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Some may call it a psychological thriller, given that passion and attempted murder are central elements. This is Caroline Leavitt’s best work to date. "JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL
"As intricately patterned as a high-quality Persian rug. Page-turning, almost impossible to put down." Fran Hawthorne, NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
PASSPORT TO READING BOOKS AROUND THE WORLD PICK for 2025,Kathy L. Murphy/Pulpwood Queens
"All page-turning drama." One of People Magazine's Best Books of April
One of Three Top LitPics from CBS MARY CALVI BOOKCLUB
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What do Joyce Carol Oates, John Irving, Jill McCorkle and more have to do with me? We're all upcoming on TUBI TV on Jake Brown's 2-million+ watched show ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV.
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Purls of Wisdom: How knitting helps loss, in and out of prison. From Modern Daily Knitting.
Estrangement, forgiving the unforgivable and why it's okay to hire a developmental editor: Read new essays about Days of Wonder from Writer's Digest.
Hear and see me read the first pages of Days of Wonder and discuss self-doubt, writing more, on the 7am Novelist with Michelle Hoover.
From BookTrib, Naming Names and ReWriting History: How I Used My Family's Real Names in my novel, Days of Wonder.
One of BookBub's "Ultimate Book Club Books."
Read an interview with me on The National Book Review with John Valerie.
