Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy People Don’t Live Here | 2025 | Amber Sparks | Buy |
Amber Sparks’s first novel, Happy People Don’t Live Here, is set for 2025. After building her reputation with four collections of short fiction, the novel represents her first extended work in the longer form.
Readers familiar with her short stories will be watching to see how her experimental style and interest in myth and transformation translate to a novel-length narrative. The title suggests the dark humor and emotional directness that characterizes her shorter work.