Jennifer Givhan has forged a compelling tension between psychological drama and romance that makes for a riveting read.
Jennifer Givhan has forged a compelling tension between psychological drama and romance that makes for a riveting read.
Literary Fiction
If you allow yourself the time, you could easily spend a month reading and thinking about this novel’s debates regarding grace, redemption and love.
If you allow yourself the time, you could easily spend a month reading and thinking about this novel’s debates regarding grace, redemption and love.
Though it’s categorized as a novel, there is little that, on the surface, appears fictional in Martin Amis’ capacious “novelized memoir,” Inside Story.
Though it's categorized as a novel, there is little that, on the surface, appears fictional in Martin Amis’ capacious “novelized memoir,” Inside Story.
David Hajdu’s debut novel is the literary equivalent of negative space in art: creating a picture of a subject by focusing on surrounding details.
David Hajdu’s debut novel is the literary equivalent of negative space in art: creating a picture of a subject by focusing on surrounding details.
‘A Room Called Earth’, written by a neurologically diverse author, culminates in unexpected intimacy between the reader and an extraordinary mind.
‘A Room Called Earth’, written by a neurologically diverse author, culminates in unexpected intimacy between the reader and an extraordinary mind.
‘Payback’ offers many pleasures, not only the range in voices but also the evocation of two eras, the early 1970s and the current decade.
‘Payback’ offers many pleasures, not only the range in voices but also the evocation of two eras, the early 1970s and the current decade.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar mixes fact and fiction about the awakening that marked his journey to Broadway.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar mixes fact and fiction about the awakening that marked his journey to Broadway.
‘Transcendent Kingdom’ has an expansive scope that ranges into fresh, relevant territories.
‘Transcendent Kingdom’ has an expansive scope that ranges into fresh, relevant territories.
Everyone has a moment when they wish they could just chuck everything and start over. Larry Watson leaves room for readers to ponder whether they should.
Everyone has a moment when they wish they could just chuck everything and start over. Larry Watson leaves room for readers to ponder whether they should.
First-time novelist Ella Berman deftly captures the entertainment industry in all its fickleness.
First-time novelist Ella Berman deftly captures the entertainment industry in all its fickleness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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