The Pole by J.M. Coetzee
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A review of JM Coetzee’s provocative new novel.
Read MoreBiography of X by Catherine Lacey
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Catherine Lacy’s new novel is full of literary ambition and game-playing — but does it work?
Read MoreY/N by Esther Yi
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Esther Yi’s debut novel tries to be a reflection of the fandom experience of our time.
Read MoreThe Passenger and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
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After a long hiatus, Cormac McCarthy brings out a pair of linked novels.
Read MoreThe Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
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An opinionated central character dominates Tess Gunty’s promising debut novel.
Read MoreSuch a Beautiful Thing To Behold by Umar Turaki
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The people in Umar Turaki’s debut novel must contend with a mysterious illness known as “The Grey.”
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Small World by Jonathan Evison
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Jonathan Evison’s big new novel presents a panorama of the American experience.
Read MoreBibliolepsy by Gina Apostol
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A award-winning novel about a young woman intoxicated by books.
Read MoreHell of a Book by Jason Mott
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Why did Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book” win the National Book Award?
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Villa of Delirium By Adrien Goetz
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Not merely a historical novel, this is an epic novel of Greek history.
Read MoreFraternity by Ben Nugent
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A debut collection of short stories centering around a frat house, where boys and girls navigate the limbo between adolescence and adulthood.
Read MoreThe Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
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The bizarre black market for rare bird eggs is the subject of Joshua Hammer’s new book.
Read MoreShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
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In Douglas Stewart’s moving debut novel, a family is shattered by a mother’s all-consuming alcoholism.
Read MoreBerta Isla by Javier Marías
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The difference between material conservatism (née antiquarianism) and good old-fashioned, the-kids-aren’t-alright cultural conservatism is often hardly a difference at all.
Read MoreThe Ghost Clause by Howard Norman
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Tells its multiple stories with a clean workmanship that feels both old-fashioned and a bit revolutionary.
Read MoreProfessor Andersen’s Night by Dag Solstad
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Solstad’s prose is efficient, curlicued with self-reflection, wrapping itself around patches of dry irony with ease.
Read MoreInland by Téa Obreht
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A novel guaranteed to appear on every “most anticipated” list before a word of it had been written.
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