More Pricks Than Kicks

“It is in the vaudeville aspect that his exuberance gleams, and it is his exuberance – even the exuberance of his despair – that endears an author to us, far…

The Mistake I Made

In Paula Daly’s electrifying new domestic thriller, a single mother is offered an indecent proposal she can’t refuse. But how much is she willing to compromise in order to keep…

The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez

“A gritty picture of life on the cusp . . . vividly rendered.” —Kirkus Reviews…

The Middleman and Other Stories

“Bharati Mukherjee, in this astonishing second book of short stories, zeroes in on uneasy terrain that no one has looked at with quite so clear an eye since approximately World…

The Middle of Nowhere

“Sloan knows New York and New Yorkers right down to their socks, and his novels . . . hum with the brutal vitality of the city. . . . His…

Nadja

Mexico City Blues

“A great masterpiece, a singing religious poem.”—Michael McClure

Meantime

A beautifully wrought, emotionally riveting novel about two fiercely independent sisters drawn together in the wake of life-changing events as they reimagine their futures and redefine their beliefs in family.

The Master and Margarita

“I fell in love with it. . . . I reread it often . . . for me it’s one of those magical books that hits you with something new…

The Man Who Spoke Snakish

“How to describe the book? Imagine it is the end of the world, and Tolkien, Beckett, Mark Twain, and Miyazaki (with Icelandic sagas and Asterix comic books stuffed under their…