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- 28 May 2013
'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.
- 4 June 2013
'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.
- 25 June 2013
'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?
'Sisterland' by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld returns with the story of twin sisters: Vi, a professed psychic, and Kate, a wife and mother in denial of her talents. When Vi predicts a devastating earthquake is around the corner, Kate must decide whether to support her sister and out herself for the potential good of the community, or continue to ignore her own instincts.
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Tag Archives: contest
Monday contest: On love and parenting
Contest details are at the bottom of this post. Meeting and interviewing authors is my favorite part about working at BookPage (well—besides reading!), so I was thrilled when Summer Wood recently contacted our staff to let us know she’d be … Continue reading
Autographed books in an XTRA special contest
Tomorrow morning we’re sending out a Fantastic Fall Fiction-themed edition of BookPageXTRA. The e-newsletter is filled with book recommendations that are not in our print edition. Remember that blog post from a couple weeks ago on Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, … Continue reading
LAST CHANCE: Win free books for a year!
I posted about this contest three weeks ago, but here’s a little reminder since you’re running out of time to enter. BookPageXTRA has paired up with Very Short List to sponsor a Win Free Books for a Year Sweepstakes. For … Continue reading
Monday contest: Anthropology of an American Girl
I blogged about Hilary Thayer Hamann‘s fantastic debut novel a few weeks ago for our What We’re Reading Wednesday series and promised a Q&A with the author on BookPage.com. I’m happy to say now that the Q&A‘s up, and it … Continue reading
Monday Contest: Summer reading giveaway
Happy Memorial Day! Since this is the official start of summer, we have a special Monday giveaway to kickstart your summer reading. Leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite genre is, and you’ll be entered to … Continue reading
Re-reading the classics: Dewey's Read-a-thon mini-challenge
Welcome read-a-thon participants! It’s almost 12 hours in now, so we at the Book Case hope this mini-challenge will be a welcome break from reading—and a fun contest. Since our prize is copies of the new Penguin Classics editions of … Continue reading
Fired up
Scholastic is boasting—and justifiably so—about the news that Suzanne Collins’ teen novel Catching Fire is now the best-selling book in the country for any age group, according to bestseller lists just released by USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. … 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
All heart
Author Joyce Maynard heard about my earlier post on the striking cover design of her new novel, Labor Day, and was nice enough to email over the weekend with some reflections of her own about the cover. “First off,” Joyce … Continue reading
Judging a book by its cover
Joyce Maynard’s just-released novel, Labor Day, is drawing kudos from all over. In her review for BookPage, Deborah Donovan calls it “a marvelous read” and she notes, as several other reviewers have, that the book is “perfect for one long … Continue reading
Father figures
C’mon people, with Father’s Day just four days away, we’d like to have more nominees for favorite fictional father. Vote getters so far: We’re going with Atticus Finch*, but you might have a different idea. Check out the comments and … Continue reading
Father's Day finds
If you’re gift-challenged like me, holidays/birthdays/graduations and other gift-giving events have a way of sneaking up on you. We’re doing our part to help out by warning you a full week in advance that Sunday is FATHER’S DAY and if … Continue reading
A very nice problem to have
As BookPage’s fiction editor, I get to read (or at least partially read) dozens and dozens of great novels every month. But the hardest part of the job (at least for me) is narrowing all of these great books down … Continue reading
Shakespeare's anniversary; present for you
The big news in publishing today may be The Link (see earlier post), but the big news 400 years ago was a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Well, sort of. As Clinton Heylin writes in So Long As Men Can Breathe—reviewed … Continue reading
