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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2008
  • Latest Book:
    June 2021
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single, confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her--or almost exactly like her--and even audaciously claims to be her. While everyone else is fooled by this...



  • A short-story collection from one of America's brightest young talents. In one of these intensely imaginative stories a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly...



  • In paperback at last: Rivka Galchen’s beloved baby bible -- slyly hilarious, surprising, and absolutely essential reading for anyone who has ever had, held, or been a babyIn this enchanting miscellany, Galchen notes that literature has more dogs th...





  • “Rivka Galchen delivers joy and cleverness reminiscent of The Phantom Tollbooth, Alice in Wonderland, and Hayao Miyazaki movies” (NPR, Best Books of 2019) in Rat Rule 79, a brain-twisting adventure story about friendship, growing up, and peanut-b...



  • Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humor, and intellectual fire for which award-winning author Rivka Galchen’s writing is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch is a tale for our time -- th...




Award-Winning Books by Rivka Galchen

Atmospheric Disturbances
2010 Saroyan Writing Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rivka Galchen has published 6 books.

Rivka Galchen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch, was published in June 2021.

The first book by Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in June 2008.

No. Rivka Galchen does not write books in series.