This Winter's Best Bets

by Elizabeth Strout

Fiction with the condensed power of poetry: Strout deepens her mastery with each new work, and her psychological acuity has... Full review >

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by Chris Offutt

Though his relationship with his father was distant, melancholic, and precarious, Offutt quite movingly weaves his personal... Full review >

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by Tessa Hadley

Hadley is the patron saint of ordinary lives; her trademark empathy and sharp insight are out in force here. Full review >

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by Patricia Bell-Scott

A fresh look at Eleanor Roosevelt and a fascinating exploration of a cherished, mutually beneficial friendship. Full review >

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by Robert S. Boynton

Engaging reading, surreal in some of the Orwellian detail. Full review >

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by Francisco X. Stork

Following Schneider Award–winning Marcelo in the Real World (2009), Stork further marks himself as a major voice in teen... Full review >

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by Alexander Chee

Richly researched, ornately plotted, this story demands, and repays, close attention. Full review >

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by Paul Goldberg

For all its dark, discursive content, Goldberg's novel about unlikely rebels plotting Stalin's downfall is streaked with... Full review >

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by Charles Lambert

A one-of-a-kind literary horror story. Full review >

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