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TampaAlissa Nutting★★★★★3.6(4K)Review “...A highly diverting read...Ms. Nutting lands it.” — New York Times “Impeccably written, full of smart...
Hot MilkDeborah Levy★★★★★3.6(3.9K)Gorgeous . . . What makes the book so good is Ms. Levy’s great imagination, the poetry of her language, her way of...
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The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.: A NovelAdelle Waldman★★★★★3.6(1.5K)From Booklist In this sharply written first novel, Waldman homes in on a self-absorbed writer living in New York City....
The Adults: A NovelCaroline Hulse★★★★★3.6(1.3K)“Your worst-ever family holiday gathering can’t possibly be as painfully hilarious as the one in Caroline Hulse’s...
The Almost MoonAlice Sebold★★★★★3.6(975)About the Author Alice Sebold is the bestselling author of The Lovely Bones , a novel, and Lucky , a memoir. She lives...
Cape May: A NovelChip Cheek★★★★★3.6(914)Chip Cheek’s Cape May is a debut novel about a young, virginal Southern couple on their off-season honeymoon in 1957...
A Week in DecemberSebastian Faulks★★★★★3.6(750)This vast novel, well-plotted and gripping throughout, is the first that Sebastian Faulks has set in our time... the...
Dear Mr. M: A NovelHerman Koch★★★★★3.6(694)“An exhilarating and unpredictable novel…[it] opens before us like a set of nesting dolls, each narrative turn...
Final Cut: A NovelS. J. Watson★★★★★3.6(664)A tight, brisk plot drives this sharp character study. Watson perfectly capture small town ennui while illustrating how...
BeatleboneKevin Barry★★★★★3.6(630)A New York Times Notable Bookxa0• Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize “ Beatlebone is a novel that takes its reader to...
Jane Was HereSarah Kernochan★★★★★3.6(531)Publishers Weekly, May 9 2011:The sudden appearance of a young woman called Jane in rural Graynier, Mass., propels this...
1 STATION AWAYOlaf Olafsson★★★★★3.6(491)Review “...A remarkably tender, touching exploration of a man’s emotional journey to reconcile the past with the...
There But For The: A NovelAli Smith★★★★★3.6(465)A Washington Post Notable Book of 2011 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011 “There but for the is a brilliant title...
Butterflies in NovemberAuður Ava Ólafsdóttir★★★★★3.6(427)With subtle prose and sardonic humor Olafsdottir upends expectations." — Carmela Ciuraru, New York Times "Quirky and...
Nice Girls: A NovelCatherine Dang★★★★★3.6(376)Dang captures the surface cynicism a young college student like Mary would adopt to mask the flameout of potential,...
The Fourth Child: A NovelJessica Winter★★★★★3.6(326)Jessica Winter’s sophomore novel is Franzen-esque in its broad sweep of a Rust Belt family coming down off the highs...
The Dead Man Volume 1: Face of Evil, Ring of Knives, Hell in HeavenLee Goldberg★★★★★3.6(322)“I don’t like horror novels. I don’t much care for the fantasy genre. And buckets of gore put me off. So how come...