Tilt: A Novel

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A USA TODAY Bestseller A Best Book of 2025 for Vogue Set over the course of a single day an electrifying debut novel from “a powerful new literary voice” ( Vogue ) following one woman’s journey across a transformed city carrying the weight of her past and a fervent hope for the future. “Utterly gripping.” —NPR All Things Considered Last night you and I were safe. Last night in another universe your father and I stood fighting in the kitchen. Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland Oregon. With no way to reach her husband no phone or money and a city left in chaos there’s nothing to do but walk. Making her way across the wreckage of Portland Annie experiences human desperation and kindness: strangers offering help a riot at a grocery store and an un