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Top 25 September Fiction (page 2)


Cover art for WINTER OF THE WORLD
FICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012

"An entertaining historical soap opera."
Follett continues the trilogy begun with Fall of Giants (2010) with a novel that ranges across continents and family trees. Read full book review >
Cover art for A WANTED MAN
FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012

"In this latest attempt to show Reacher enjoying every possible variety of conflict with his nation's government short of outright secession, Child (The Affair, 2011, etc.) has produced two-thirds of a masterpiece."
Will Jack Reacher ever make it to that woman in Virginia he was trying to reach in Worth Dying For (2010)? Not if all hell continues to break loose in Nebraska. Read full book review >
Cover art for JANE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012

"A respectful, exciting and disarming update of one of the last century's most oft-told tales."
The old "Me Tarzan, You Jane" dynamic established in Johnny Weismuller movies gets a radical update by shining the spotlight on adventuress Jane Porter. Read full book review >
Cover art for NW
FICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
NW

"Smith takes big risks here, but some might need to read this twice before all the pieces fit together, and more conventionally minded readers might abandon it in frustration."
A wildly ambitious jigsaw puzzle of a novel, one that shuffles pieces of chronology, identity, ethnicity and tone, undermining cohesion and narrative momentum as it attempts to encompass a London neighborhood that is both fixed and fluid. Read full book review >
Cover art for LOVE ANTHONY
FICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 2012

"Readers of Genova's latest excellent offering might very well find the same happening to them."
A story about unconditional love, loss and renewal by bestselling author Genova (Left Neglected, 2011, etc.). Read full book review >