February

“Luminous . . . Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the very consciousness of her characters. In this way, she does more than make us feel for them. She makes us…

Blueprints of the Afterlife

An audacious, hilarious, and compelling novel of future shock, overconsumption, social control, and human nature by Ryan Boudinot, whom Dave Eggers has called “Some kind of new and dangerous cross…

Frisk

“Frisk is a significant work of fiction. Cooper . . . wants to lead us into the wormy heart of the murderous impulse.” –Michael Cunningham, author of A Home at…

From Where You Dream

“Butler shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness, and seriously aspiring writers should receive this text/manifesto in the same light.” —Publishers Weekly (starred…

Halsey’s Typhoon

“Absorbing . . . A vivid tale of tragedy and gallantry at sea.” —Publishers Weekly…

Going, Going, Gone

“Going, Going, Gone is the sixth and final novel in Womack’s futuristic Ambient series, a stinging critique of corporate capitalism that is dark, funny and brutal. . . . Beyond…

Numbers

Icelander

“Icelander is . . . a kind of Series of Unfortunate Events for adults . . . It is writing born out of hysterical laughter and a lingering sense of…

Grove at Home: September 27—October 3

…Woolf, and her politician husband, Harold Nicolson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaMcqN3zsqI Thursday, October 1 Big news: Shuggie Bain has been shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize! We awoke this morning…

Room Temperature

“Details so fine, and so finely observed . . . that they give off propulsive heat and spur the reader along with delicious little jolts . . . Some of…