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DEC. 5, 2017
Regal, raunchy, revealing—the stories in this collection leave a lasting impression. Full review >
APRIL 4, 2017
Heralds a new voice with certain staying power. Full review >
OCT. 3, 2017
An exceptional and pungently inventive first book. Full review >
OCT. 10, 2017
Bracing, often brilliant stories deliver a shock to the routine narratives we tell. Full review >
APRIL 25, 2017
Swamps and streams, lightning and dogs all play a part in these beguiling, suggestive fables. The stories are of perfect... Full review >
OCT. 3, 2017
Sprightly or serious, Eugenides consistently writes about complex lives with depth and compassion. Full review >
JULY 11, 2017
Burns is an unmissable heir to writers of the peculiar, from Shirley Jackson to Roald Dahl. Full review >
JULY 18, 2017
Grab your comforter and a flashlight for this tour de force collection from one of our most inventive storytellers. Full review >
SEPT. 26, 2017
McBride emerges here as a master of what some might call “wisdom fiction,” common to both The Twilight Zone and Bernard... Full review >
FEB. 7, 2017
Nguyen is the foremost literary interpreter of the Vietnamese experience in America, to be sure. But his stories, excellent... Full review >
APRIL 25, 2017
Another powerful examination of painfully human ambiguities and ambivalences—this gifted writer just keeps getting better. Full review >
MARCH 21, 2017
Chock-full of emotional insight and comic verve, Unferth’s beguiling stories are not to be missed. Full review >
MARCH 14, 2017
An enchanting, unparalleled anthem of displacement and repatriation. Full review >
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