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Top 25 September Fiction (page 2)


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Cover art for THE OTHER HALF OF ME
FICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012

"Darkly lush, filled with an irresistibly sad glamour, this is a memorable debut. "
A beautiful, brooding novel of siblings growing up half-wild in a grand Welsh manor house. Read full book review >
Cover art for HOLD IT ’TIL IT HURTS
FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012

"Transcendent contemporary American literary fiction, a rich and passionate story rewarding enough to be read again."
Afghanistan's brutal war and Hurricane Katrina's ominous shadow haunt Johnson's powerful literary debut. 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 THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED
FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012

"A great cure for the blues, especially for anyone who might feel bad about growing older."
A Swedish debut novel that will keep readers chuckling. Read full book review >
Cover art for TELEGRAPH AVENUE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012

"The evocation of "Useless, by James Joyce" attests to the humor and ambition of the novel, as if this were a Joyce-an remix with a hipper rhythm track."
An end-of-an-era epic celebrating the bygone glories of vinyl records, comic-book heroes and blaxploitation flicks in a world gone digital. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE MALICE OF FORTUNE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012

"This is a dense narrative, permeated by the sights, sounds and smells of Renaissance Italy, and one that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose, with which it is sure to be compared."
In this epic novel, Ennis gives ample evidence that political and religious corruption in early-16th-century Italy makes anything vaguely analogous look like Sunnybrook Farm. Read full book review >