9 Novels You Shouldn't Miss Before Summer's Over

by Adam Johnson

Bittersweet, elegant, full of hard-won wisdom: this is no ordinary book, either. Full review >

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by Helen Phillips

Intense and enigmatic, tense and tender, this novel offers no easy answers—its deeper meanings may mystify—but it grabs you... Full review >

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by Kathleen Alcott

A luminous second novel from a first-class storyteller. Full review >

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by Alice Hoffman

Lilting prose, beautifully meted out folklore and historical references, and Hoffman’s deep conviction in her characters... Full review >

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by Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare

A charming novel that believes in the healing properties of fiction, romance, and a summer in the south of France. Full review >

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by Julia Heaberlin

Heaberlin takes what could have been the ingredients for just another episode of CSI and turns them into a truly compelling... Full review >

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by Julianna Baggott

Moments of heartbreak balance moments of hilarity in Baggott’s ambitious portrait of a family created from equal parts... Full review >

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by Susan Barker

Effortlessly blends the past with the present, dark humor with profound sadness. A deeply human masterpiece. Full review >

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by Paula McLain

Ernest Hemingway, who met Markham on safari two years before her Atlantic crossing, tagged her as “a high-grade bitch” but... Full review >

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