10 Best Quick Reads

by Toni Morrison

At the outset, this might seem like minor Morrison (A Mercy, 2008, etc.), not only because its length is borderline novella,... Full review >

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by John Steinbeck

Steinbeck is a genius and an original. Full review >

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by Philip Roth

A rich exploration of the epiphany that awaits us all—that “life’s most disturbing intensity is death.” Full review >

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by Ben Rice

Some will grumble, feeling manipulated, while many, many more will shed a quiet tear or two. Full review >

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by Tove Jansson

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by Lloyd Jones

A little Gauguin, a bit of Lord Jim, the novel’s lyricism evokes great beauty and great pain. Full review >

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by Walter Kirn

If Kirn has continued reading the Bible, he should continue writing about it, for his responses to Job and the New Testament... Full review >

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by Penelope Fitzgerald

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by Gabriel García Márquez & translated by Randolph Hogan by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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by Muriel Spark

Another perfect little novel of manners from the ever-wondrous Spark (Aiding and Abetting, 2001, etc.): a microcosm of the... Full review >

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