The Best Fiction of 2010

by Paul Auster

Sure to please Auster fans and likely to attract new readers as well. Full review >

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by Brock Clarke

A seriously playful novel about the interweave of literature and life. Full review >

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by Margriet de Moor and translated by Carol Brown Janeway

It’s hard to resist using the word “symphonic” to describe this exquisitely composed, piercingly moving story. De Moor... Full review >

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by Jonathan Dee

Thoughtful and bracingly unpredictable, though the lack of a resolution is frustrating. Full review >

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by Don DeLillo

An icy, disturbing and masterfully composed study of guilt, loss and regret—quite possibly the author’s finest yet. Full review >

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by Jennifer Egan

Another ambitious change of pace from talented and visionary Egan, who reinvents the novel for the 21st century while... Full review >

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by Danielle Evans

A welcome new talent—with a funny and dark take on being black in America. Full review >

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by Julia Franck ; translated by Anthea Bell

Franck’s impressionistic style and empathy encourage fresh responses to familiar subject matter—fine, disturbing, memorable... Full review >

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by Robert Hellenga

Three reasons to love Hellenga: He’s a fine storyteller; he gives us new eyes; he restores our sense of wonder. Attention... Full review >

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by Oscar Hijuelos

More than worth the wait. Full review >

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by Daniel Kehlmann & translated by Carol Brown Janeway

A brazen take on the modern yearning for recognition. Kehlmann is a writer worth reading. Full review >

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by Stieg Larsson & translated by Reg Keeland

Patented Larsson, meaning fast-paced enough to make those Jason Bourne films seem like Regency dramas. Full review >

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by Sam Lipsyte

The author’s most ambitious work yet—a brilliant and scabrously entertaining riff on contemporary America. Full review >

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by David Mitchell

It’s as difficult to put this novel down as it is to overestimate Mitchell’s virtually unparalleled mastery of dramatic... Full review >

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by Rick Moody

A smart, fun satire—Jonathan Swift in space, with twists befitting Vincent Price. Full review >

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by Paul Murray

Long and impossibly involved, but also beautifully written, with much truth and not a wasted word. A superb imagining of a... Full review >

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by Antonya Nelson

A small gem—more understated than Nelson’s recent stories, but equally sharp and deeply moving. Full review >

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by Howard Norman

It is extraordinary that a story which carries such a weight of sorrow is never depressing, but Norman the master craftsman... Full review >

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by Sigrid Nunez

Class, not cure, is Nunez’s preoccupation, and she handles it with fine-tuned irony and no small measure of profundity. Full review >

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by Jerzy Pilch & translated by David Frick

If laughter actually is the best medicine, fortunate readers of this wonderful novel will surely enjoy perfect health for... Full review >

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by Gary Shteyngart

When Lenny realizes “I can’t connect in any meaningful way to anyone,” he’s writing about not merely a technological... Full review >

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by Robert Stone

Vintage Stone. Enough said. Full review >

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by Susan Straight

Deeply rooted in the African-American experience, yet filled with insights that resonate for anyone seeking to make a better... Full review >

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by Brady Udall

Fans of the HBO series Big Love will be pleased to see an alternate take on the multi-household problem, and lovers of good... Full review >

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