Tag Archives: Literary

Bream Gives Me Hiccups

by Jesse Eisenberg

The remarkable debut by the Academy Award–nominated actor, famous for his roles in The Social Network and other films, a collection of hilarious, moving,…

Brecht & Co.

by John Fuegi

“This biography is fascinating in its diversity of detail and portraiture of a period.” –The Economist

Briar Rose

by Robert Coover

“Brilliant . . . surely one of the most perfectly executed literary gems ever.” –Los Angeles Times

Bright Air Black

by David Vann

Set in the Mediterranean and Black Sea 3,250 years ago, Bright Air Black is David Vann’s exhilarating version of Medea as a slayer of…

Broken for You

by Stephanie Kallos

A buoyant debut novel about two women in self-imposed exile whose worlds are transformed when their paths intersect, and a glorious homage to the beauty of broken things.

Born on a Tuesday

by Elnathan John

From a two-time Caine Prize finalist and Nigerian novelist, an exceptional coming-of-age story about a Muslim boy in remote Nigeria and an intimate look…

Bottomland

by Michelle Hoover

A haunting tale surrounding the disappearance of two German American sisters from a small Iowan farm at the end of WWI and the family…

Bowl of Cherries

by Millard Kaufman

“A picaresque of inexhaustible comic invention by debut novelist Millard Kaufman, whose dexterous prose swims with Judd’s delightfully precocious turns of phrase.” —Entertainment Weekly

The Boy Who Ran to the Woods

by Jim Harrison

“Harrison is a master at describing the natural world, and Pohrt’s illustrations are gently evocative of the northern Michigan landscape.” —San Francisco Sunday Examiner…

Brass

by Helen Walsh

“In Brass, Walsh has created some of literature’s sexiest sex scenes, most out-of-it drug-taking . . . and imagery you won’t easily scrub off the back of your mind. It is spellbinding and utterly unique.” —The Independent…