Sarah Anderson Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Sarah Anderson is a published author.

Sarah is an author who writes out of Gainesville, Florida. She wrote a short story “Take Me to Kirkland” which was first published in Joyland. It was picked for the Best American Short Stories 2025 anthology.

Her writing has also been featured in places such as Epiphany magazine. It was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, won two Hopwood Awards, and also received support from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund.

Anderson recently graduated from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel comes from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux and is titled Fallow.

Fallow is a 2026 book by Sarah Anderson. This is a funny and tender story that follows along with a young woman who signs up to be the first in-house corporate surrogate for the world, then discovers that she has gotten completely caught up in a different social experiment.

Deep down, Natalie knows that one thing is true– there isn’t any such thing as a good job. She spends her time watching the clock tick away at the workplace harassment call center and as she does she attempts to try and notice the pain in her jaw, which is increasing.

Natalie does not have dental insurance or skills or ambitions. She just has student loans. As the minutes go by, she is able to hear the many different ways that workers are not getting by and are getting hustled at the same time as well.

While Natalie is at the blood bank selling her plasma, a strange flier ends up taking her to The Company. It turns out that Natalie is seen as the ideal candidate for their pilot in-house surrogate. The Company pitches it as a chance to assist women and help them to access larger gender equity, as well as motherhood without maternity leave.

At last, she is going to be generously and adequately compensated. Over the years, every need that she has is attended to. She has plenty of healthy meals stacked up for her to eat in the fridge of her luxury condo. She also has access to nutritionists, fitness coaches, and healthcare around the clock.

In between deliveries, she is able to take some time off and that comes without obligations or expectations. For what is perhaps the first time in her life, Sarah feels that she is someone who is good at her job. For the first time in her life, she really does feel free.

As she is about to fulfill her contract’s terms, Sarah is surprised to find out that a staffing decision could change everything. Suddenly she is pulled deeper into a different social experiment. There she is able to see new questions that have to deal with her future, her freedom, her purpose, and ultimately what she is able to expect from the world.

Very funny and moving, this novel is a funny real life look at a woman who is balancing on the knife’s edge of capitalism as she starts to realize who it is that she wants to be. Read Fallow from Sarah Anderson to follow along with every word.