9 Novels So Magnetic You'll Forget to Cheat on Your Resolutions

by Okey Ndibe

Ndibe writes of culture clash in a moving way that makes Ike’s march toward disaster inexorable and ineffably sad. Full review >

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by Chang-rae Lee

Welcome and surprising proof that there’s plenty of life in end-of-the-world storytelling. Full review >

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by Lara Vapnyar

Slight in girth but not in depth. Full review >

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by Meg Wolitzer

Ambitious and involving, capturing the zeitgeist of the liberal intelligentsia of the era. Full review >

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by John Grisham

Trademark Grisham, with carefully situated echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird. A top-notch thriller. Full review >

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by Amy Tan

A satisfyingly complete, expertly paced yarn. Full review >

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by Fannie Flagg

Flagg flies high, and her fans will enjoy the ride. Full review >

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by Sue Monk Kidd

Kidd’s portrait of white slave-owning Southerners is all the more harrowing for showing them as morally complicated, while... Full review >

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by Drew Perry

A funny, frenzied tale of a terrified man plummeting helplessly into his own adulthood. Full review >

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