Fraternity by Ben Nugent
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A debut collection of short stories centering around a frat house, where boys and girls navigate the limbo between adolescence and adulthood.
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The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
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The least sympathetic Bennet girl from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” takes center stage in Janice Hadlow’s debut novel.
Read MoreThe Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
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The bizarre black market for rare bird eggs is the subject of Joshua Hammer’s new book.
Read MoreThe American People Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact by Larry Kramer
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Writer and activist Larry Kramer’s epic work “The American People” thunders to a conclusion in “The Brutality of Fact”
Read MoreShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
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In Douglas Stewart’s moving debut novel, a family is shattered by a mother’s all-consuming alcoholism.
Read MoreThe Best Books of 2019: Fiction!
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Stevereads Best Books of 2019 closes with the very best of a strong year for fiction!
Read MoreBerta Isla by Javier Marías
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The difference between material conservatism (née antiquarianism) and good old-fashioned, the-kids-aren’t-alright cultural conservatism is often hardly a difference at all.
Read MoreThe Ghost Clause by Howard Norman
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Tells its multiple stories with a clean workmanship that feels both old-fashioned and a bit revolutionary.
Read MoreProfessor Andersen’s Night by Dag Solstad
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Solstad’s prose is efficient, curlicued with self-reflection, wrapping itself around patches of dry irony with ease.
Read MoreInland by Téa Obreht
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A novel guaranteed to appear on every “most anticipated” list before a word of it had been written.
Read MoreGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Gods of Jade and Shadow combines whimsy, adventure, and an uplifting central message.
Read MoreFleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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Just like each of Roth’s two-dozen novels, Fleishman is in Trouble is fundamentally Jewish.
Read MoreDeep River by Karl Marlantes
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Marlantes writes smoothly readable prose and has a solid skill at developing characters over time.
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The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora
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A disturbing psychological thriller heavy in atmosphere that doubles as a cautionary tale.
Read MoreMistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin
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A pleasing number of dramatic twists and a central, intriguingly complex marriage.
Read MoreBirthday by César Aira
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Aira’s lack of a larger schema ultimately makes Birthday an unsatisfying venture.
Read MoreThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Whitehead constantly plays off optimistic idealism against cynical trickery.
Read MoreThe Damascus Road by Jay Parini
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A squarely straight-laced affair, a prosier elaboration of the Epistles, an Act Two of the Apostles.
Read MoreLandfall by Thomas Mallon
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In this third book as in the first two, a prodigious amount of research congregates right beneath the chatty, fast-moving surface of the plot.
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