9 Books You'd Recommend to Anyone

by Amy Bloom

Bloom enlivens her story with understated humor as well as offbeat and unforgettable characters. Despite a couple of... Full review >

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by Karen Russell

More of a detour than a natural progression for the author, whose fans will nevertheless find this as engaging as it is... Full review >

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by Roz Chast illustrated by Roz Chast

A top-notch graphic memoir that adds a whole new dimension to readers’ appreciation of Chast and her work. Full review >

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by Celeste Ng

Ng's emotionally complex debut novel sucks you in like a strong current and holds you fast until its final secrets surface. Full review >

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by Maria Venegas

As Venegas portrays him in this stark, tender narrative, Jose is an extremely complicated man—longing for his children’s... Full review >

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by M.R. Carey

One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon. 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 Anthony Doerr

Doerr captures the sights and sounds of wartime and focuses, refreshingly, on the innate goodness of his major characters. Full review >

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by Yelena Akhtiorskaya

Akhtiorskaya’s sideways humor allows rays of genuine emotion to filter through the social and domestic satire. Full review >

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