Fiction

This quirky, compelling narrative explores inheritance, connection and tradition.

This quirky, compelling narrative explores inheritance, connection and tradition.

Jami Attenberg’s characters—flawed, defensive, overwhelmed and frequently endearing—fizz off the page.

Jami Attenberg’s characters—flawed, defensive, overwhelmed and frequently endearing—fizz off the page.

The Twisted Ones is tense, well-crafted Southern horror with a meta twist.

The Twisted Ones is tense, well-crafted Southern horror with a meta twist.

With his debut collection, Malcolm Tariq is asking, gorgeously, a question, and allows anyone to answer.

With his debut collection, Malcolm Tariq is asking, gorgeously, a question, and allows anyone to answer.

With its spare but insightful prose and probing exploration of the price of our sins, this latest novel fits among James Sallis’ finest.

With its spare but insightful prose and probing exploration of the price of our sins, this latest novel fits among James Sallis’ finest.

The stories in Zadie Smith’s first collection are ready to grapple with the complex times we live in.

The stories in Zadie Smith’s first collection are ready to grapple with the complex times we live in.

Part mother-daughter story, part self-help guide and part math workbook, Lara Vapnyar’s sixth novel yields humorous and profound life lessons.

Part mother-daughter story, part self-help guide and part math workbook, Lara Vapnyar’s sixth novel yields humorous and profound life lessons.

Celebrated Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has done the impossible and published a satisfying sequel to her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.

Celebrated Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has done the impossible and published a satisfying sequel to her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.

All the characters in James Gregor’s debut novel are horrible people, but I couldn’t help but root for them.

All the characters in James Gregor’s debut novel are horrible people, but I couldn’t help but root for them.

Author Joshilyn Jackson does a pitch-perfect job narrating her own novel.

Author Joshilyn Jackson does a pitch-perfect job narrating her own novel.

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