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June 20, 2025

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates

June 20, 2025/ Ryan Davison
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates

Literary suspense is exquisitely delivered in an icon’s newest work

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June 20, 2025/ Ryan Davison/
Fox, Joyce Carol Oates, fiction, contemporary fiction
June 02, 2025

The Doorman by Chris Pavone

June 02, 2025/ Ryan Davison
The Doorman by Chris Pavone

A review of “a mystery pulsing with realism and cultural understanding”

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June 02, 2025/ Ryan Davison/
Chris Pavone, The Doorman, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 11, 2025

Twist by Colum McCann

May 11, 2025/ Tom LeClair
Twist by Colum McCann

A review of the new book from novelist Colum McCann

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May 11, 2025/ Tom LeClair/
Twist, Colum McCann, fiction, contemporary fiction
April 06, 2025

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

April 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

The new novel from the author of “The Atlas Six”

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April 06, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Gifted & Talented, Olivie Blake, fiction, contemporary fiction
February 03, 2025

A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, edited by Deborah Treisman

February 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, edited by Deborah Treisman

A gigantic anthology of New Yorker fiction in honor of the magazine’s 100th birthday

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February 03, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Deborah Treisman, A Century of Fiction in the New Yorker, fiction, contemporary fiction, The New Yorker, New Yorker fiction
January 31, 2025

Andromeda by Therese Bohman

January 31, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Andromeda by Therese Bohman

A novel in which two members of a publishing house reflect on their work and life together

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January 31, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Andromeda, Therese Bohman, Marlaine Delargy, fiction, literature in translation, Swedish fiction, contemporary fiction
January 17, 2025

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

January 17, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

A novel in which a young woman seeks answers from an eccentric family

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January 17, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, Emma Knight, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 15, 2025

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

January 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

A thriller in which the disappearance of a writer’s wife leads him to a mysterious island

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January 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney, fiction, contemporary fiction, thriller
January 12, 2025

My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
My Darling Boy by John Dufresne

A novel in which a father searches for his wayward son

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January 12, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
My Darling Boy, John Dufresne, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 07, 2025

Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips

A lightweight new novel about ordinary people living in London

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January 07, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Another Man in the Street, Caryl Phillips, fiction, contemporary fiction
November 24, 2024

Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair
Orbital by Samantha Harvey & James by Percival Everett:

Critic Tom LeClair reflects on two major prize-noticed new novels

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November 24, 2024/ Tom LeClair/
james, James, Percival Everett, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, fiction, contemporary fiction
August 01, 2024

City in Ruins by Don Winslow

August 01, 2024/ Ryan Davison
City in Ruins by Don Winslow

Don Winslow's incongruent last novel leaves us wanting a stronger exit.

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August 01, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
City in Ruins, Don Winslow, fiction, contemporary fiction
July 07, 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk

July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Parade by Rachel Cusk

In Rachel Cusk’s new book, an artist turns his art on its head

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July 07, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Parade, Rachel Cusk, fictoin, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 09, 2024

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

May 09, 2024/ Amberlee Venters
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror and horror movies intertwine in the new novel by Stephen Graham Jones

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May 09, 2024/ Amberlee Venters/
Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake, fiction, contemporary fiction
May 03, 2024

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

A review of Kaliane Bradley’s touted debut novel about a time-displaced Arctic explorer.

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May 03, 2024/ Joe Spivey/
The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley, fiction, contemporary fiction
February 29, 2024

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

February 29, 2024/ Ryan Davison
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

An ultra-meta maybe-murder mystery with more trickery than infrastructure

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February 29, 2024/ Ryan Davison/
The Fury, Alex Michaelides, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 23, 2024

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

January 23, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

A novel in which a woman is woefully certain she’s an extraterrestrial emissary

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January 23, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 17, 2024

The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell

January 17, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell

In Bonnie Jo Campbell’s sumptuous new novel, the fates of a strange family of women and a small town intertwine

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January 17, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Waters, Bonnie Jo Campbell, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 12, 2024

Inverno by Cynthia Zarin

January 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Inverno by Cynthia Zarin

A novella about good phone manners

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January 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Inverno, Cynthia Zarin, fiction, contemporary fiction
January 11, 2024

This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack

January 11, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack

The new novel — or a piece of one, anyway — from the author of “Solar Bones”

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January 11, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
This Plague of Souls, Mike McCormack, fiction, contemporary fiction
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