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Laura Sims

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in Waterville, Maine, The United States

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Laura Sims’s third novel, THE MAN, is due out from Putnam in July of 2026. Her novels HOW CAN I HELP YOU (2023) and LOOKER (2019) have been on Best Books lists in The New York Times, Vogue, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Publishers Weekly, and more. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, Lit Hub, and Electric Lit. She lives in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a children’s librarian.

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	How Can I Help You 3.40 avg rating — 14,978 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Looker 3.07 avg rating — 7,780 ratings — published 2019 — 20 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
	Practice, Restraint 4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2005	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
	Stranger 4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	My god is this a man 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Staying Alive 3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings — 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
	The Man 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 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
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	Marbling (Weekend Crafter) by Laura Sims (2002-09-26) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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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Laura and 14 other people liked Robyn Harding's review of The Man: "A jaw-dropping POV shift, and elegant yet propulsive prose, make THE MAN a chilling page-turner that explores art, ambition, gender dynamics, and true fear. Creepy, disturbing, and dripping with dread, I had to force myself to put it down! "
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Such a great book that I had to read it over and over and over and over...and over again. And now I'm done. I hope you enjoy it! ...more
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Laura and 5 other people liked Andrea Bartz's review of The Man: "Haunting, atmospheric, and relentlessly unnerving, THE MAN kept me up late reading...and had me looking over my shoulder on dark corners. Beneath the muscular prose and quiet sense of dread is a thoughtful exploration of power imbalances, our relatio" Read more of this review »
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“Men can never keep their violence to themselves.”
― Laura sims, How Can I Help You

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“But wouldn't it make us sisters, the actress and me? Wouldn't it be an act of communion with her, in the end? Could I ever make her see it that way?”
― Laura Sims, Looker

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“Her look makes me feel as if she's turning me over in her hands, inspecting my spine and pages for wear, thumbing my table of contents. Or what she thinks is my table of contents.”
― Laura Sims, How Can I Help You

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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

12 votes, 41.4%

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

8 votes, 27.6%

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

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The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian

2 votes, 6.9%

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

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How Can I Help You by Laura Sims

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The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

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