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Deafening
by Frances Itani“Moving and memorable. . . . Itani is an artist who understands what to include and what to leave out, when to whisper and when to shout. . . ….
Sons and Other Flammable Objects
by Porochista Khakpour“Punchy conversation, vivid detail, sharp humor . . . Khakpour brings her characters vividly to life; their flaws and feints at intimacy feel poignantly real, and their journeys generate real…
Eden
by Olympia Vernon“Daring [and] explosively supernatural. . . . [Eden is] a startling reminder of how forceful Southern magic can be.” –The New York Times Book Review…
The Siege
by Helen Dunmore“The best historical fiction delivers emotional truth through the lives of imaginary but ordinary people, making it possible to feel the texture of events that have been smoothed out by…
Ocean State
by Stewart O'NanSet in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things…
An Untamed State
by Roxane Gay“Clear your schedule now! Once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down. An Untamed State is a novel of hope intermingled with fear ….
The Gathering
by Anne Enright“There is something livid and much that is stunning about The Gathering. . . . Anger brushes off every page, a species of rage that aches to confront silence and…
The Good Doctor
by Damon Galgut“Like most elements of this slim, absorbing novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, the title is ambiguous. The narrator, Frank, is a doctor, but, to judge from our first impression,…
I’ll Steal You Away
by Niccolò AmmanitiFrom the author of the critically acclaimed best seller and Miramax indie hit film I’m Not Scared, a charming, tragicomic tale of a philandering forty-something Don Juan who returns to…
Two Guys from Verona
by James Kaplan“Kaplan’s novel is a view of suburban life as David Lynch might imagine it: as banal as a mini-mall, yet seething with anxiety, eroticism and violence. Novels don’t come any…
