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HOPE: A TRAGEDYBrutal, irreverent and very funny. An honest-to-goodness heir to Portnoy’s Complaint. Full review >
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BLASPHEMYWhether recent or from his earliest period, these pieces show Alexie at his best: as an interpreter and observer, always... Full review >
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KINGDOM COMEby J.G. Ballard
Ballard writes brilliantly about the nightmarish underside of modern life, and this novel makes us poignantly aware of the... Full review >
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LAZARUS IS DEADBeard’s take on Lazarus is nothing less than astonishing—and he respects the reader by taking religion and religious... Full review >
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THE SANDCASTLE GIRLSA gruesome, unforgettable exposition of the still too-little-known facts of the Armenian genocide and its multigenerational... Full review >
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TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOMEThere is much to admire in this novel. The subtle insight on sibling rivalry and the examination of love make for a poignant... Full review >
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TELEGRAPH AVENUEThe evocation of “Useless, by James Joyce” attests to the humor and ambition of the novel, as if this were a Joyce-an remix... Full review >
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THE INVESTIGATIONby Philippe Claudel ; translated by John Cullen
A technocratic Kafka nightmare—heavy on surreal diagnosis of the world’s ills, light on the traditional rewards of... Full review >
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A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KINGby Dave Eggers
Even so, Eggers’ fiction has evolved in the past decade. This book is firm proof that social concerns can make for resonant... Full review >
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THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTSby Tan Twan Eng
Grace and empathy infuse this melancholy landscape of complex loyalties enfolded by brutal history, creating a novel of... Full review >
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GONE GIRLOne of those rare thrillers whose revelations actually intensify its suspense instead of dissipating it. The final pages are... Full review >
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CANADAby Richard Ford
At the start of the novel’s coda, when Dell explains that he teaches his students “books that to me seem secretly about my... Full review >
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BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALKby Ben Fountain
War is hell in this novel of inspired absurdity. Full review >
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ARCADIAby Lauren Groff
As a follow-up to Groff’s well-received debut (The Monsters of Templeton, 2008), this novel is a structural conundrum,... Full review >
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AEROGRAMMESby Tania James
At every turn, James’ prose is crisp, observant and carefully controlled; unlike the narrator of “Escape Key,” who grows... Full review >
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ZOO TIMEGuy’s not a lucky guy, to be sure, but if there’s justice, Jacobson will enjoy best-sellerdom in his place with this latest... Full review >
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THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEAREDA great cure for the blues, especially for anyone who might feel bad about growing older. Full review >
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DEAR LIFEby Alice Munro
The author knows what matters, and the stories pay attention to it. Full review >
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THE COLDEST NIGHTAn exceptionally fine study of love, war and the double-edged role of memory, which can both sustain and destroy.... Full review >
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THE COVEby Ron Rash
Even better than the bestselling Serena (2008), for here Rash has elevated melodrama to tragedy. Full review >
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WISH YOU WERE HEREby Graham Swift
Profound empathy and understated eloquence mark a novel so artfully nuanced that the last few pages send the reader back to... Full review >
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THE AGE OF MIRACLESRiveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving. Full review >
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BUILDING STORIESby Chris Ware
A dazzling document, beautifully if most idiosyncratically drawn; in this iteration, sure to become a collector’s item,... Full review >
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HOSTAGEby Elie Wiesel & translated by Catherine Temerson
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wiesel continues to remind us of the brilliant possibilities of the philosophical and political... Full review >
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