What begins as a 16th-century tennis match between Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo and Italian painter Caravaggio fractures into a far-flung historical stream of consciousness.
Chris Bachelder takes readers into the minds of 22 adult men and dissects their fears, failures, grievances and qualms with exacting humor.
Told in hypnotic and at times sharp-witted prose, ‘Some Go Home’ asks what land means to us, what we will do for that land and who we’ll become along the way.
Graceful and moving, Maggie O’Farrell’s novel is a triumph of literary and historical fiction.
Lilia, the main character in Yiyun Li’s new novel, bears some resemblance to Elizabeth Strout’s indelible character Olive Kitteridge.
Canadian writer Cherie Dimaline blends fantasy, monsters and contemporary First Nation struggles in a powerful and inventive novel.
Alex Landragin’s debut novel weaves a remarkable tale across centuries, landscapes and human lives.
Raven Leilani’s writing is cerebral and raw, and this debut novel will establish her as a powerful new voice.
Prepare to mourn a bleak image of the future and to embrace an everlasting hope in Franny’s heroic example.
Catherine Lacey’s provocative and suspenseful modern-day parable explores how our fear of otherness stands in the way of our compassion.
The novel is at once a beautifully executed coming-of-age story and an unflinching account of lost innocence and idealism.
The scope of this novel—from its vast conspiracies and social commentary to its decades-long timeline—is at times impressive to behold.
As readers witness a growing friendship, the specificity of place cradles the characters’ attempts to understand what it means to be human and to love.
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