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Steven Rowley

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Steven Rowley is the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR and Esquire Magazine as one of the Best Books of 2019, and The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and semi-finalist for The Thurber Prize in American Humor. His fiction has been published in twenty languages. Rowley lives in Palm Springs, CA with his husband, the writer Byron Lane.

Average rating: 3.94 · 374,575 ratings · 49,420 reviews · 8 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)

4.11 avg rating — 197,473 ratings — published 2021 — 25 editions
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The Guncle Abroad (The Gunc...

3.89 avg rating — 53,660 ratings — published 2024 — 11 editions
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Lily and the Octopus

3.74 avg rating — 53,108 ratings — published 2016 — 50 editions
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The Celebrants

3.63 avg rating — 52,773 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions
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The Editor

3.80 avg rating — 14,797 ratings — published 2019 — 21 editions
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The Dogs of Venice

3.46 avg rating — 2,732 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions
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Take Me with You

4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions
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“It's natural, as our loved ones age, to start grieving their loss. Even before we lose them.”
Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Grief orbits the heart. Some days the circle is greater. Those are the good days. You have room to move and dance and breathe. Some days the circle is tighter. Those are the hard ones.”
Steven Rowley, The Guncle

“To focus, I think of how dogs are witnesses. How they are present for our most private moments, how they are there when we think of ourselves as alone. They witness our quarrels, our tears, our struggles, our fears, and all of our secret behaviors that we have to hide from our fellow humans. They witness without judgment.”
Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

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What book would you like to read for our September 2022 Group Read? The theme is Trust.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Mystery, Hercule Poirot, Murder, Secrets
 
  25 votes 20.7%

1984 by George Orwell
Classic, Dystopian, Totalitarianism
 
  24 votes 19.8%

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Romania, Communism
 
  16 votes 13.2%

 
  16 votes 13.2%

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Fiction, Animals, Love
 
  14 votes 11.6%

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Classic, Horror, Victorian, Ghosts
 
  14 votes 11.6%

 
  12 votes 9.9%

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Rachel Thanks for accepting the friend request, Steven! Your book is absolutely brilliant. Love from Kentucky!


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