The People Who Report More Stress
A Best Book of 2023 - Publisher's Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public Library
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
"Alejandro Varela’s The People Who Report More Stress: Stories is a master class in analyzing the unspoken." —The New York Times
"A searing collection about gentrification, racism, and sexuality." —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
The Town of Babylon
A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
A LIBRARY JOURNAL AND PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "BEST BOOK OF 2022"
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing
*Recommended by The New York Times*