New and Notable Fiction for October

by Charles Frazier

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by David Guterson

More comedy than tragedy: It’s hard to garner much sympathy for characters whose lives are determined by their own selfish... Full review >

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by Carolly Erickson

A delectable serving of Tudor dish. Full review >

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by John Barth

Idiosyncratic, outlandish—and a good read. Full review >

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by Jim Harrison

Wounds-and-all portrait of a lion in winter, beleaguered but still battling. Full review >

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by Philippa Gregory

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by Charles Frazier

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by Howard Jacobson

A lovely, lively novel for all its sometimes bitter view of the war between the sexes; impeccably written, and without a... Full review >

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by John Sandford

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by Terry Pratchett

A treat no fan of Discworld—and there are boatloads of them—will want to miss. Full review >

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by Haruki Murakami & translated by Jay Rubin & Philip Gabriel

Orwellian dystopia, sci-fi, the modern world (terrorism, drugs, apathy, pop novels)—all blend in this dreamlike, strange and... Full review >

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edited by Geraldine Brooks

Each one of these stories could establish itself as some reader’s favorite. Full review >

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by Edward J. Delaney

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by Michael Ondaatje

Elegiac, mature and nostalgic—a fine evocation of childhood, and of days irretrievably past. Full review >

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by Anne Enright

In rueful, witty, unpredictable and compassionate prose, Enright gives expression to subtle, affecting shades of human... Full review >

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