FICTION

Over the past three decades, Stephen Amidon has produced a series of novels as compulsively readable as they are hard-edged about such uncomfortable facts of American life as race, class and money" Wendy Smith, Washington Post.


​LOCUST LANE
"Told in the voice of an omniscient narrator, who moves from character to character, Amidon’s compulsively readable, richly plotted crime novel is a tour de force that grabs readers’ attention and doesn’t let go until the final page. Read and enjoy." 
Michael Cart Booklist (Starred Review)
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HUMAN CAPITAL
“Amidon nails it...if there’s anyone writing about [the suburbs] now with the clarity, insight and honesty that he brings to the task, I’m unaware of it.  'Human  Capital' is terrific.” 
Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post  


​THE NEW CITY
“A Utopian thriller in which the best features of humanity are revealed as being uncomfortably close to the worst…This is an ambitious book, but Stephen Amidon is a clever enough writer — composed, elegant and confident — to realize his own intentions.”      
David Utterson, Times Literary Supplement  


​SECURITY
“With strong echoes of Tom Perrotta’s Little Children and John Cheever’s short stories, Amidon’s sixth novel is a gripping account of scandal and fear in outer suburbia…Amidon ekes out the finale with the patience of a seasoned moose hunter. He is not as self-consciously ambitious as, say, Jonathan Franzen, but he is every bit as good at peeking behind the curtain of the American domestic unit.”      
​Tom Cox, Financial Times   


​THE REAL JUSTINE
"Amidon...builds suspense relentlessly to a climax that's not easy forgotten in this masterful exploration of discerning the truth." 
Michele Leber, ​Booklist (Starred Review)


THE PRIMITIVE
"Amidon drags his reader kicking and screaming along a roller coaster of modern emotions. As finely crafted as we have come to expect and with a crescendo like a rabbit kick to the gut. Read it." 
Will Self.   


​THIRST
“Amidon is at this point: what he doesn't write about you simply don't want to read about, at least for the duration of the novel. And what he does, he does expertly. You cannot ask much more of fiction.” 
Tom Shone, Independent on Sunday.   


​SPLITTING THE ATOM
"Chunky, ambitious and hugely enjoyable." 
Nick Hornby, Daily Telegraph.   


​SUBDIVISION
“This slim volume is easily the very finest collection of short stories to appear this year. Stephen Amidon presents us with a written art form which is truly amazing.” 
New England Review of Books    
"A brilliant storyteller"  LITERARY REVIEW