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Established 2014 · New York Literary Thrillers & Satire

Eric Price

Award-winning author of pulse-pounding thrillers, sharp-edged satire, and stories that refuse to be ignored.

Author portrait of Eric Price in his New York study
Photograph by Anna Tilbrook · 2024
An Invitation

Six novels, two short-story collections, two Edgar-nominated entries on the New York Times list — and a backlist now in fourteen languages. Eric Price writes the kind of fiction you finish at two in the morning and immediately quote to whoever will listen.

Below: the next book, the full catalog, and a free short story reserved for readers who join the Margin Notes list.

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The Next Book · Pre-Order Now

A Furnace for the Living

A novel of suspense · On sale 14 March 2026 · Crown Publishing

When a small-town American prosecutor is appointed to revisit the country's most infamous unsolved serial-killer case, she inherits forty years of locked evidence, one aging suspect, and a diary that implicates someone still very much alive. A Furnace for the Living is Eric Price at his most controlled — a courtroom thriller braided with a portrait of a woman refusing to inherit a lie.

  • Length 384 pages · hardcover, e-book, & audiobook
  • Audiobook Narrated by Audie Award finalist Helen Calloway
  • Bonus Free companion short story, The Margin, for email subscribers only

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Cover of A Furnace for the Living by Eric Price
The Catalog

Six novels. Two collections. One complete backlist.

From his 2014 debut to his forthcoming release, every Eric Price title in print — each delivered as signed bookplate, e-book, and Audie-nominated audiobook.

  • Cover of The Quiet Atlas

    The Quiet Atlas

    2022 · Novel · New York Times bestseller

  • Cover of Burning Hours

    Burning Hours

    2023 · Novel · New York Times bestseller

  • Cover of A Small Vicious Animal

    A Small Vicious Animal

    2020 · Novel · LibraryReads Top 10

  • Cover of Parliament of Gulls

    Parliament of Gulls

    2019 · Novel · LibraryReads Top 10

  • Cover of The Cartographer's Widow

    The Cartographer's Widow

    2017 · Novel · LibraryReads Top 10

  • Cover of Nine Parts Wanting

    Nine Parts Wanting

    2014 · Debut Novel · Crown Publishing

  • Cover of Margin Notes story collection

    Margin Notes

    2021 · Stories · Twelve tales

  • Cover of White Carbon story collection

    White Carbon

    2024 · Stories · Ten tales

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Eric Price has perfected a particular kind of novel: meticulously plotted, wry in its world view, and constructed so cleanly that the reader feels in the hands of a writer who has thought of everything. The Quiet Atlas is the year's most intelligent thriller.

The New York Times Book Review · 2022
By the Numbers

A backlist that earned its place.

  • 1.8M Copies in print, e-book, and audio
  • 14 Languages · 22 international territories
  • 4.7 Across 18,400+ verified Amazon reviews
  • #3 New York Times debut week, Nine Parts Wanting
  • 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee, Best Novel
  • LibraryReads Top 10 Picks, 2021–2024

Two New York Times bestseller entries · 2024 ITW Silver Buckeye Award for Best First Novel · Audie-nominated audiobooks on three of his last four releases.

The Margin Notes reader community: a reading table with marginalia notebooks
The Margin Notes Reader Community

Join 11,800 readers — and Eric himself, once a month.

Margin Notes is the free reader community Eric founded in 2019, named for the small handwritten comments he scribbles in the margins of his own galley copies. Members get the free companion short story for every new release, the first look at cover reveals, and an open invitation to a monthly virtual Q&A — a candid hour of craft talk, plotting notes, and the occasional unprintable opinion on the thriller industry.

  • A free short story with every new release, reserved for the list
  • Monthly virtual Q&A — the recording arrives in your inbox the next morning
  • Signed bookplate included with every direct order, no minimum
  • 42% average open rate — meaning the emails are read, not filtered