Naomi Krupitsky Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Naomi Krupitsky is a published author and an editor.

Naomi was born in Berkeley, California. She went to NYU and attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, graduating in 2012.

Today the author continues to write and resides in the city of San Francisco, but notes that she calls many places home. Her debut novel was published in 2021 for readers to enjoy and is titled The Family.

The Family is a 2021 novel by Naomi Krupitsky. If you’ve been looking for something modern to add to your to-read list and want something that is proven to be popular with its audience, this might be the right pick for you! This novel was an instant New York Times bestseller and was also selected as a TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick.

Whether you’re packing it along in your bag to take to the beach or bringing it as part of your next book club, you can’t go wrong with giving new literature a try. This is a fascinating debut novel that revolves around the fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and is basically at the core of it a story about coming of age in the time of 20th century Brooklyn.

Two daughters come from two different families, but growing up around each other mean that their lives become intertwined and they end up sharing one fate together that just may be inescapable no matter what they do.

Main character Sofia Colicchio has always been a free spirit at heart, the type of woman who is loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is frequently thoughtful and is always observing the world that exists around her. They have been best friends ever since they were born and live right next to each other; in fact, their houses share a brick wall.

Their fathers also belong to the unspoken community that connects all of them, known as the Family. The Family gets together at Sunday dinners every week to dine, discuss business matters with each others, and do what they can to renew the bond of blood and love.

But things are about to change when Antonia’s father wants to dream of a different life, and then it is not too much longer after that he goes missing. The disappearance of his father is able to move a thin wedge between Sofia and Antonia as they move through their lives and go on to become wives and mothers, while keeping up a complex friendship that at times feels very complicated.

Each of the women are pushing up against the boundaries of a prison that they live in, one that is constructed of expectations. As they remain tied to each other, their hearts are growing bigger in alignment with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them. It will not be too long before a night comes along where their loyalty to the Family and to each other will be tested.

In the end, only one of the women will be able to pull a trigger before it ends up being too late. Will one have to betray the other in order to survive? Was there anything that they could have done to avoid coming up against this fate? Read the fascinating debut novel from Naomi Krupitsky to find out!