13 Books To Read Before They’re Movies

by Beth Macy

An urgent, eye-opening look at a problem that promises to grow much worse in the face of inaction and indifference. Full review >

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by Frank Herbert

With its bug-eyed monsters, one might think Dune was written thirty years ago; it has a fantastically complex schemata and... Full review >

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by J.R. Moehringer

A straight-up account of masculinity, maturity and memory that leaves a smile on the face and an ache in the heart. Full review >

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by Graham Swift

Swift has fun with language, with class conventions, and with narrative expectations in a novel where nothing is as simple... Full review >

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by Janae Marks

An extraordinary, timely, must-read debut about love, family, friendship, and justice. Full review >

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by Lisa Taddeo

As full of sensuality, amorality, and drama as its riveting narrator. Full review >

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by Don DeLillo

DeLillo turns a TV-movie disaster scenario into a new Book of Revelations in these pages: a very disturbing, very impressive... Full review >

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by Uzma Jalaluddin

A delicious treat filled with South Asian fervor and Canadian heart. Full review >

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by Carl Hiaasen

Not as funny as Hiaasen’s best (Star Island, 2010, etc.), with a title character more vicious than amusing, but still the... Full review >

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by David Grann

Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Full review >

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by Paulo Coelho & translated by Margaret Jull Costa

Coelho's placebo has racked up impressive sales in Brazil and Europe. Americans should flock to it like gulls. Full review >

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by Maggie O'Farrell

A gripping drama of the conflict between love and destiny. Full review >

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by Robinne Lee

A fascinating, thought-provoking, genre-bending romantic read. Full review >

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