Megan Abbott - In Store

Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eleven novels, including New York Times bestseller The Turnout, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Give Me Your HandYou Will Know MeThe FeverDare Me, and The End of Everything. She received her PhD in literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Timesthe Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Guardian, and The Believer. She's the cocreator and executive producer of USA's adaptation of Dare Me, now on Netlfix, and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show The Deuce. Abbott lives in New York City.


If you're attending the event:

  • A copy of the author's new book must be purchased from MBTB in order to obtain a line number and get anything signed.   
  • Line Numbers for the event will be available starting the day the book goes on sale, but you can preorder at any time and we'll pull a number for you when the book is released.
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  • If you're unsure you can make the event and would like your copy personalized / inscribed, please include personalization information in the order comments. 
  • Our signing policies can be found here.

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  • If you would like your copy personalized, please include inscription information in the order comments. 
  • If your order contains a preorder, it will not ship until it's complete. If you would prefer to have your books shipped as they're released we recommend placing separate orders or ordering in batches with similar release dates.
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Event date: 

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - 6:30pm

Event address: 

2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
Beware the Woman By Megan Abbott Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593084939
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 30th, 2023

An NPR Best Book of the Year

By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game.


The Turnout By Megan Abbott Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593084922
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 3rd, 2022

"Impossible to put down, creepy and claustrophobic. It’s ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ in ballet shoes." —Stephen King

Best Book of the Year
NPR • Wall Street Journal • Boston Globe • Library Journal • CrimeReads • LitReactor • Air Mail


Dare Me: A Novel By Megan Abbott Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316430173
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Back Bay Books - December 31st, 2019

From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Give Me Your Hand: the searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as "Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...Tense, dark, and beautifully written."  Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted l


Give Me Your Hand By Megan Abbott Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316547208
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Back Bay Books - July 2nd, 2019

A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Turnout (Meg Wolitzer).

You told each other everything.