10 Books to Wake Up Your Book Club

by Shawn Vestal

Plainspoken stories filled with profound ambivalence and occasional flickers of redemption. Full review >

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by Dale Maharidge

A powerful narrative of the dark side of American combat in the Pacific theater and the persistence of resulting injuries... Full review >

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by Dana Spiotta

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by James Lasdun

A horrifying cautionary tale that reveals the vast dimensions of our vulnerability in the cyber age. Full review >

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by Herman Koch

At its best, a chilling vision of the ugliness of keeping up appearances. Full review >

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by Lionel Shriver

Not for the faint-hearted or those contemplating parenthood. Full review >

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by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Comparisons to Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here (1991) are inevitable and warranted. Full review >

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by Manuel Gonzales

Delightfully eerie tales from the dark side. Full review >

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by Amity Gaige

Smart, comic, unsettling, yet strangely of a piece—not unlike its disarming lead character. Full review >

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by Ayad Akhtar

Engaging and accessible, thoughtful without being daunting: This may be the novel that brings Muslim-American fiction into... Full review >

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