Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shoe Box Waltz | 2024 | Kelly Link | Buy |
| 2 | The Book of Love | 2024 | Kelly Link | Buy |
Kelly Link’s standalone novels mark her long-awaited move into long-form fiction after building her reputation on short stories and novellas. The Book of Love (2024) was one of the most anticipated literary debuts in recent memory, arriving after years of award-winning short fiction.
The novel follows three teenagers who return from the dead to their coastal Massachusetts town, each holding a fragment of a magical song. It showcases the same genre-blending sensibility that defines Link’s shorter work — part literary fiction, part fantasy, and entirely its own thing.