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'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
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'Trans-Atlantic' by Colum McCann
This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver
Inspired in part by Shriver's own relationship with her brother, who died of complications from diabetes and obesity in 2010, this is an unflinching look at the toll of obesity on family relationships.
'Sparta' by Roxana Robinson
Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
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'The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells' by Andrew Sean Greer
Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
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Author Archives: Abby, Fiction Editor
Big news for Scott Turow fans
Scott Turow has made a name for himself writing fast-paced, incisive legal thrillers (eight of which have been bestsellers). But the book that started it all—1987′s Presumed Innocent—is undoubtedly his best-known (and best-selling) work. Set in a midsize Midwestern city, … Continue reading
What We're Reading Wednesday
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner May 2001, Pocket In these cold, snowy (even in Nashville!) winter months, there is nothing better than curling up in bed with a good book—and lately I’ve found myself on a chick lit kick. … Continue reading
Chatting with Sara Evans
Country music superstar Sara Evans was in Nashville Monday night to promote her first novel, The Sweet By and By. Evans teamed up with veteran author Rachel Hauck to write the first in a four book fictional series about a … Continue reading
What We’re Reading Wednesday
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories by Kevin Wilson March 2009, Harper Perennial Disclaimer: I don’t read a lot of short stories. So when a friend suggested I pick up this story collection from debut author Kevin Wilson, … Continue reading
A very novel idea
Special thanks to yesterday’s edition of Shelf Awareness for pointing us in the direction of “Novel-Ts”–a collection of t-shirts dedicated to those of us who find “heroes in the bookstore instead of in the ballpark.” Check out http://novel-t.com/about.htm for “an … Continue reading
What We're Reading Wednesday
Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship By Gail Caldwell August 2010, Random House An unbelievably honest, moving and heartbreaking account of Caldwell’s midlife friendship with fellow writer Caroline Knapp, who died suddenly of lung cancer in … Continue reading
Mail call – and a contest!
Yes, it’s true—at BookPage, sometimes we get really, really excited about what has arrived in the day’s mail (see our fervor over the new Penguin Classics here). Today the mail gods brought us a set of the latest Olive Editions … Continue reading
Big February fiction
2010 is looking like a great year—for fiction, at least. I’ve been busy sorting through the January stacks, trying to decide between big names (Elizabeth Kostova, J.M. Coetzee, Tracy Chevalier and Amy Bloom among them) and outstanding debuts (remember the … Continue reading
L.A. Candy to hit theaters near you
It’s no secret that I’m a Lauren Conrad fan. Earlier this year, I forced Trisha to come with me to a Nashville signing of her first Y.A. novel, L.A. Candy (check out our adventures here). And I read—and enjoyed—the book. … Continue reading
Oprah's next book club pick
We’ll believe it when we see it, but The Washington Post is reporting that Uwem Akpan’s 2008 short story collection, Say You’re One of Them, will be Queen O’s next book club pick. The Post says that Ingram International, a … Continue reading
Dinner with a debut author
Last night Trisha and I were lucky enough to attend a dinner honoring debut novelist, Amy Greene. Amy’s novel, Bloodroot, goes on sale in January and since the author is a true Tennessee girl, her very wise Ingram account manager, … Continue reading
Morning Show . . . Murders?
At BookPage we’ve been gearing up for the holidays. It may seem early, but since we work 2-3 months ahead of publication dates, we’ve been happily sorting through piles of the best books to give (and receive) this season. While … Continue reading
Hometown heroes
Ok, I admit it—I’ve been a bad BookPage blogger as of late. Trisha thinks our blog readers must miss my voice—I think she’s just trying to flatter me into blogging more. But whatever the case, I’m back on this fine … Continue reading
Win a free copy of Conroy!
When we blogged about South of Broad, Pat Conroy’s new novel, back in April, we were thrilled with the huge reader response we got. Our readers commented to tell us how much they love Conroy and how excited they are … Continue reading
