Literary Fiction

Pulitzer Prize Winner Colson Whitehead Returns With Huge Heists and Shakedowns in “Harlem Shuffle”

Colson Whitehead embarks on a double-sided exploration of 1960s Harlem in his latest work of fiction, Harlem Shuffle (Doubleday). For a Black man trying to survive and keep his furniture business afloat in tumultuous times, Ray Carney finds that street smarts are just as important as his college degree. Balancing…

Michael FerrySeptember 14, 2021

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3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

"She was struck by the smell. Underneath the blood, all that blood, there was something else, something older, sweet and rank, like lilies left too long in the vase. The smell and the look of him, impossible to resist, his beautiful dead face, glassy eyes framed by long lashes, plump…

Naomi NairAugust 31, 2021

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Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

"A stylish, hard-boiled novel painted in shades of gray with a whole lot of heart." — Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay —∞— It’s 1970s Mexico City, and civil unrest creates a dangerous backdrop for our unsuspecting, fantasy-minded protagonist, Maite. Working days as a bored secretary and nights deeply…

Emma LongAugust 17, 2021

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A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

“Memory, of course, is also a story. It feels like the truth, especially when there is no one to dispute your recollection of events. But it is a story nonetheless — some moments have been elided, and others have been emphasized and made either luminous or horrific or both ……

Neil NyrenJune 25, 2021

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Bachelorette Fling Haunts Newlyweds’ Idyllic Honeymoon in “Every Vow You Break”

“ pulse-pounding not-so-happily-ever-after thriller.” — The Big Thrill —∞— In human history, is there anything more dangerous than the fragile male ego? At root, it can be blamed for a majority of war and suffering across the ages. Closer to home, it’s also the foundation of plenty of marital misery, which…

Casey BarrettMarch 23, 2021

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A Rhino, Expats in Africa and Nazi Memorabilia Make for Wicked Fun in “Embassy Wife”

“Delightful, humorous and shocking … A page-turner filled with astute commentary on American expats, the legacy of colonialism, and white feminism.” — Emily Burack, Alma —∞— “Entertaining and insightful… Crouch presses her female characters to their limits, reaching notes of genuine triumph without sacrificing the wry comedy, while the red…

Jodé MillmanJuly 12, 2021

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Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

In Stories We Never Told (Lake Union), Sonja Yoerg weaves a tale about deception, obsession, deep wounds, and acceptance in four points view that’s sure to wind readers into its spell. Jackie Strelitz is a psychology professor who, from a distance, seems to have it all together. She’s happily married…

Tif MarceloApril 16, 2020

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“Trust” Defies Narrative Convention in its Incisive Look at American Wealth and Power

In a worthy follow-up to his outstanding debut, In the Distance, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Hernan Diaz presents a story that begins with the accumulation of extraordinary wealth and ends with an illusion of power. A monumental piece of storytelling told in four overlapping sections, Trust (Riverhead Books) defies conventional narrative…

Michael FerryMay 18, 2022

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“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

An intellectually snobbish, would-be writer living in his employer’s treehouse. The exhibitionist thespian daughter of a beleaguered preacher. A “muscled mercenary thug” with little compunction for killing, whether for hire, vengeance or sport. A sinister Iranian-Russian plot to shuttle a nuclear artillery shell to America’s borders and elicit under-the-radar diplomatic…

Cynthia ConradMay 6, 2022

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Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

There’s so much to love about Michelle Muriel’s latest book of fiction, Westland (Little Cabin Books). It’s a fine history lesson set in Alabama shortly after the Civil War, where folks are trying their best to recover and rebuild — not only their homes and their land but also their…

Sherri DaleyMarch 30, 2022

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Romance, Mystery & Art Behind a Tranquil Fifth Avenue Façade in Fiona Davis’ Latest

The stories embedded in the architectural masterpieces of New York City have long intrigued Fiona Davis, whose new novel, The Magnolia Palace (Dutton), is set in a Fifth Avenue mansion that happens to house one of the finest art collections in the world. The industrialist Henry Clay Frick, who made…

Claudia KeenanJanuary 25, 2022

Fiction

Mike Bond Launches Book Two of ’60s Coming of Age Historical Saga

We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it … —Billy Joel, 1989 Firmly rooted in fact and history, Freedom (Big City Press) is highly readable, bitterly nostalgic, romantic, a little heartbreaking and surprisingly edifying. In this book, the second in a series…

Sherri DaleyNovember 4, 2021

Fiction

“Little Hours” Highlights Unexpected and Healing Bonds Between Unique Women

In her debut work of fiction, author Lil Copan creates a world so real, rich and relatable that you will not want to leave it behind. The epistolary novel, Little Hours (One Bird Books), is a character-driven story revolving around an exchange of letters between a 42-year-old woman seeking peace…

Susan BaileySeptember 16, 2021

Fiction

Tune In, Drop Out, Read Tao Lin

"No one writes like Tao Lin." — Tommy Orange, author of There There —∞— "Warm, funny, hearteningly nonconformist." — Melissa Broder, author of Milk Fed —∞— As I write this, I am on a couple prescribed pharmaceuticals and a cannabis-infused espresso bean. In the bag next to me, there is…

Casey BarrettAugust 5, 2021

Fiction

“Second Place” is a Captivating Narrative Unlike Anything Else

Rachel Cusk earned critical renown with her “Outline” series, three books that strip bare traditional narrative formats and train the spotlight on minor characters, eliding the narrator’s identity and making her a mere conduit. Cusk’s newest novel, Second Place (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), performs an about-face from this approach, sinking…

Jessica McEnteeMay 7, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Love Triumphs in McBride’s Witty and Moving “Deacon King Kong”

“Deeply felt, beautifully written and profoundly humane; McBride’s ability to inhabit his characters’ foibled, all-too-human interiority helps transform a fine book into a great one.” — The New York Times Book Review “The prose radiates a kind of chain-reaction energy.” — The New Yorker —∞— In partnership with Apple, Oprah…

BookTribJune 17, 2020

Pulitzer Prize Winner Colson Whitehead Returns With Huge Heists and Shakedowns in “Harlem Shuffle”

3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

Bachelorette Fling Haunts Newlyweds’ Idyllic Honeymoon in “Every Vow You Break”

A Rhino, Expats in Africa and Nazi Memorabilia Make for Wicked Fun in “Embassy Wife”

Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

“Trust” Defies Narrative Convention in its Incisive Look at American Wealth and Power

“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

Romance, Mystery & Art Behind a Tranquil Fifth Avenue Façade in Fiona Davis’ Latest

Mike Bond Launches Book Two of ’60s Coming of Age Historical Saga

“Little Hours” Highlights Unexpected and Healing Bonds Between Unique Women

Tune In, Drop Out, Read Tao Lin

“Second Place” is a Captivating Narrative Unlike Anything Else

Love Triumphs in McBride’s Witty and Moving “Deacon King Kong”

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