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A Novel for Everything (And We Mean Everything) That Ails You

  • FICTION

    ME BEFORE YOU

    DEC. 31, 2012

ROMANCE

ME BEFORE YOU

by Jojo Moyes

Despite some obviousness in the storyline, this is uplift fiction at its best, with fully drawn characters making difficult... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THERE BUT FOR THE

    SEPT. 1, 2011

FICTION

THERE BUT FOR THE

by Ali Smith

Offbeat exploration of the human need to connect with others. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

    APRIL 4, 2005

FICTION

EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Much more is revealed as this brilliant fiction works thrilling variations on, and consolations for, its plangent message:... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    ASYLUM

    FEB. 1, 1997

FICTION

ASYLUM

by Patrick McGrath

McGrath, always a worthy descendant of Poe, here takes things a level higher—producing fiction in the tradition of... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    1Q84

    OCT. 25, 2011

FICTION

1Q84

by Haruki Murakami & translated by Jay Rubin & Philip Gabriel

Orwellian dystopia, sci-fi, the modern world (terrorism, drugs, apathy, pop novels)—all blend in this dreamlike, strange and... Full review >

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