Richard Powers - Bewilderment

Published October 19, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT

Book cover for "Bewilderment" by Richard Powers

Author Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for the #1 New York Times bestseller, “The Overstory.” His latest novel, “Bewilderment,” has already been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

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