Summer Novels You Won't Be Able to Put Down

by Emma Straub

A novel that is both a lot of fun to read and has plenty of insight into the marital bond and the human condition. Full review >

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by Smith Henderson

Of a piece with Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in imagining a rural West that’s seen better... Full review >

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by Michael Koryta

Summer reading doesn't get better than this. Full review >

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by Cristina Henríquez

A smartly observed tale of immigrant life that cannily balances its optimistic tone with straight talk. Full review >

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by Tom Rachman

Brilliantly structured, beautifully written and profoundly sad. Full review >

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by Lauren Owen

A book that seems to begin as a children’s story ends in blood-soaked mayhem; the journey from one genre to another is... Full review >

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by Elin Hilderbrand

Beach reading with an unsettling edge. Full review >

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by Mira Jacob

Comparisons of Jacob to Jhumpa Lahiri are inevitable; Lahiri may be more overtly profound, Jacob more willing to go for... Full review >

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by Terry Hayes

Two psychos enter, and one psycho leaves. Good entertainment for readers with a penchant for mayhem, piles of bodies and a... Full review >

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by Alan Furst

Furst owns the dark blanket that covers Europe between the two world wars. His latest is a satisfying, thought-provoking... Full review >

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