REVIEWS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND RUMINATIONS
on some of the most transformative books of the last hundred years
Historical Fiction
Peruse the list of books—click on a book to read a review.
David Benioff
Geraldine Brooks
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
Jennifer Egan
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Neel Mukherjee
Peter Nadas
Ben Okri
Tommy Orange
Ralph Ellison
Orhan Pamuk
Jeffrey Eugenides
William Faulkner
Ann Patchett
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Francine Prose
Gunther Grass
Marilynne Robinson
The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love
Oscar Hiujelos
Salman Rushdie
Edward P. Jones
Salman Rushdie
Daniel Kehlmann
George Saunders
Daniel Kehlmann
Francesca Melandri
Ian McEwan
Robert Seethaler
Maggie Shipstead
Amor Towles
Toni Morrison