FICTION

FOREIGN GODS, INC.

by Okey Ndibe

Ndibe writes of culture clash in a moving way that makes Ike’s march toward disaster inexorable and ineffably sad. Full review >

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ON SUCH A FULL SEA

by Chang-rae Lee

Welcome and surprising proof that there’s plenty of life in end-of-the-world storytelling. Full review >

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FICTION

THE INTERESTINGS

by Meg Wolitzer

Ambitious and involving, capturing the zeitgeist of the liberal intelligentsia of the era. Full review >

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THRILLER & SUSPENSE

SYCAMORE ROW

by John Grisham

Trademark Grisham, with carefully situated echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird. A top-notch thriller. Full review >

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FICTION

THE INVENTION OF WINGS

by Sue Monk Kidd

Kidd’s portrait of white slave-owning Southerners is all the more harrowing for showing them as morally complicated, while... Full review >

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KIDS THESE DAYS

by Drew Perry

A funny, frenzied tale of a terrified man plummeting helplessly into his own adulthood. Full review >

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