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May 11, 2025

Twist by Colum McCann

May 11, 2025/ Tom LeClair
Twist by Colum McCann

A review of the new book from novelist Colum McCann

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May 11, 2025/ Tom LeClair/
Twist, Colum McCann, fiction, contemporary fiction
April 06, 2025

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

April 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

The new novel from the author of “The Atlas Six”

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April 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Gifted & Talented, Olivie Blake, fiction, contemporary fiction
April 01, 2025

Swept Away by Beth O'Leary

April 01, 2025/ Joe Spivey
Swept Away by Beth O'Leary

A review of Beth O’Leary’s new romance novel

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April 01, 2025/ Joe Spivey/
Swept Away, Beth O'Leary, fiction
February 03, 2025

A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, edited by Deborah Treisman

February 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, edited by Deborah Treisman

A gigantic anthology of New Yorker fiction in honor of the magazine’s 100th birthday

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February 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Deborah Treisman, A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, fiction, contemporary fiction, The New Yorker, New Yorker fiction
January 31, 2025

Andromeda by Therese Bohman

January 31, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Andromeda by Therese Bohman

A novel in which two members of a publishing house reflect on their work and life together

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January 31, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Andromeda, Therese Bohman, Marlaine Delargy, fiction, literature in translation, Swedish fiction, contemporary fiction
January 17, 2025

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

January 17, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

A novel in which a young woman seeks answers from an eccentric family

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January 17, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, Emma Knight, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 15, 2025

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

January 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

A thriller in which the disappearance of a writer’s wife leads him to a mysterious island

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January 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney, fiction, contemporary fiction, thriller
January 14, 2025

To Save the Man by John Sayles

January 14, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
To Save the Man by John Sayles

A new novel from John Sayles about the infamous Carlisle School for ‘reforming’ Native Americans

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January 14, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
To Save the Man, John Sayles, fiction, historical fiction
January 13, 2025

The Suicides by Antonio di Benedetto

January 13, 2025/ Eric Bies
The Suicides by Antonio di Benedetto

A new translation of the concluding volume of the author’s Trilogy of Expectation

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January 13, 2025/ Eric Bies/
The Suicides, Antonio di Benedetto, Esther Allen, literature in translation, fiction
January 12, 2025

My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

A novel in which a father searches for his wayward son

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January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
My Darling Boy, John Dufresne, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 07, 2025

Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

A lightweight new novel about ordinary people living in London

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January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Another Man in the Street, Caryl Phillips, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 04, 2025

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Kurt Beals

January 04, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Kurt Beals

A new translation of the great war-novel

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January 04, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, Kurt Beals, literature in translation, German literature, war fiction, fiction
November 24, 2024

Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

Critic Tom LeClair reflects on two major prize-noticed new novels

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November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
james, James, Percival Everett, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, fiction, contemporary fiction
November 22, 2024

American Rapture by CJ Leede

November 22, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
American Rapture by CJ Leede

A novel about a young woman coming of age during a diabolical pandemic

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November 22, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
American Rapture, CJ Leede, fiction, pandemic fiction
October 19, 2024

The Drowned by John Banville

October 19, 2024/ Ryan Davison
The Drowned by John Banville

Crime fiction is elevated in John Banville's darkly deceptive new mystery

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October 19, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
The Drowned, John Banville, fiction, mystery fiction
October 05, 2024

The Talnikov Family by Avdotya Panaeva

October 05, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Talnikov Family by Avdotya Panaeva

A new translation of a century-old Russian novel

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October 05, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
The Talnikov Family, Avdotya Panaeva, Fiona Bell, fict4ion, fiction, historical fiction
September 17, 2024

Playground by Richard Powers

September 17, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Playground by Richard Powers

A review of the latest novel from the great American writer Richard Powers

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September 17, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
Playground, fiction, American fiction, Richard Powers
August 13, 2024

Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

August 13, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

In Sarah Stewart Taylor’s new novel, a mysterious death involves an entire community in 1965 Vermont

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August 13, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Sarah Stewart Taylor, Agony Hill, mystery, fiction, Vermont
August 01, 2024

City in Ruins by Don Winslow

August 01, 2024/ Ryan Davison
City in Ruins by Don Winslow

Don Winslow's incongruent last novel leaves us wanting a stronger exit.

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August 01, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
City in Ruins, Don Winslow, fiction, contemporary fiction
July 07, 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk

July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Parade by Rachel Cusk

In Rachel Cusk’s new book, an artist turns his art on its head

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July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Parade, Rachel Cusk, fictoin, fiction, contemporary fiction
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