REVIEWS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND RUMINATIONS
on some of the most transformative books of the last hundred years
Literary & Popular Fiction
Peruse the list of books—click on a title to read a review.
Aravind Adiga
David Benioff
Lucia Berlin
Lucia Berlin
Geraldine Brooks
Octavia Butler
Albert Camus
Ann Carson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Diaz
Junot Diaz
Cherie Dimaline
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan
Ralph Ellison
Louise Erdrich
Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides
William Faulkner
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen
Gunther Grass
The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love
Oscar Hiujelos
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones
James Joyce
Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Kehlmann
Doris Lessing
Daniel Mason
Francesca Melandri
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ian McEwan
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Neel Mukherjee
Haruki Murakami
Peter Nadas
Ben Okri
Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk
Ann Patchett
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Francine Prose
Marilynne Robinson
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
George Saunders
Robert Seethaler
Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Shipstead
Ali Smith
Ali Smith
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
Amor Towles
David Foster Wallace
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf