Robert P. Baird



June 16, 2025

The Nimbus in The New Yorker

Screenshot of The New Yorker Best Books feature

The New Yorker named The Nimbus one of its “Best Books of the Year So Far.”



June 10, 2025

The Nimbus is out now!

Photo marking the publication of The Nimbus

My debut novel The Nimbus is out today from Henry Holt. You can order it from Bookshop, Tertulia, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, or wherever books are sold.


April 17, 2025

My NYT review of Stephen Harrigan’s Sorrowful Mysteries

Cover of Sorrowful Mysteries by Stephen Harrigan

My review of Stephen Harrigan’s Sorrowful Mysteries is out in the New York Times Book Review.




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