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Best Small Press

Acre Books was awarded the 2026 Midwest Book Award Special Distinction for Best Small Press!

BUTTER ROAD reviewed by Foreword Reviews

“In Jaclyn Gilbert’s luminous novel Butter Road, three women in an Amish community are haunted by grief. . . . The persistence of grief and the aftereffects of trauma also permate the pages.  . . . Butter Road is a profound novel in which women grapple with their tragic pasts and moral dilemmas.”
— Foreword Reviews

Wang story collection reviewed by Sandbox World

“A debut collection that feels beautifully chaotic, painfully human, and impossible to ignore. . . . At its core, Manual for How to Live Magnificently feels like a love letter to outsiders, lonely people, and anyone struggling to hold themselves together while the world spins faster around them. It is funny, heartbreaking, awkward, tender, messy, and deeply relatable all at once.”
Sandbox World

DEFIANT ACTS recognized with awards

James Stewart III’s novel Defiant Acts was named a bronze winner in the 2025 Foreword INDIES awards in Multicultural Fiction and a winner of the 2025 Friends of American Writers Award

Praise for DESERTERS by Jerry Gabriel

“Calm, deliberate, methodical . . . ”
—Sarah Steers, Booklist 

Order this immersive adventure story set during the American Civil War here!

RANGE OF MOTION reviewed by Ninth Letter

“Brian Trapp’s Range of Motion is as rip-roaring in pace and humor as it is in its tenderness.”
—Nathan Metz, Ninth Letter

THE LIGHTHOUSE TATTOO available for preorder

Jose Hernandez Diaz’s fourth book is out November 15, but you can preorder your copy right now!

Blog

Staff Review by Hussain Ahmed: COMMON DISASTER

Common Disaster delves into many planes, including our personal and collective awareness of life and death and what...

Acre Books Holiday Sale

Acre’s holiday sale is here: 30% off all books, free shipping, and delivery by Christmas if you order by December 4.

Pivotal Pages / Nothing Vast

One of the greatest pleasures of working for Acre Books comes from reading the hundreds of submissions we receive, and...

An Interview with Nicola Mason

Publisher Nicola Mason on the opportunities that have shaped Acre and her sensibilities as a reader and editor.

Three Questions with Malia Márquez

In this interview, Acre’s summer graduate assistant editor, Sam Simas, speaks with Acre author Malia Márquez about her layered, multigenerational novel and the feminist perspective woven throughout her work. Check out This Fierce Blood and stay tuned for more conversations with Acre’s authors in future interviews.