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Tag Archives: fiction
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Good Kings Bad Kings’
Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum Algonquin • $23.95 • ISBN 9781616202637 published May 28, 2013 Stories told from alternating perspectives catch me every time, and Good Kings Bad Kings is no exception. Susan Nussbaum has created a powerful … Continue reading
Monday contest: Personalized summer reading selections
Is it summer yet? Though the weather’s been slow to get with the program, 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 … Continue reading
Dan Brown Day
Today’s the day: Dan Brown’s Inferno (Doubleday) is keeping readers busy everywhere. Our reviewer is frantically turning pages, but there have been a couple of early, entertaining pieces going ’round the web: “How to Deal with Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’ ” … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘A Delicate Truth’ by John le Carré
John le Carré, best-selling author of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Constant Gardener is at the top of his game with a new novel, A Delicate Truth. In the book, two … Continue reading
Fall fiction: Thomas Pynchon
This week we celebrated Thomas Pynchon’s birthday, so it feels like a good time to mention that Pynchon fans can look forward to the publication of his first novel in four years, Bleeding Edge (Penguin Press), on September 17. The famously … Continue reading
Top 10 books for May
May is here, bringing lots of exciting new books and a new issue of BookPage. Since we’re a recommendation guide, every book that appears in BookPage is worth your attention—but if you want a quick and easy way to find … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Golem and the Jinni’ by Helene Wecker
In Helene Wecker‘s magical debut, two supernatural creatures meet in New York City to forge a redemptive friendship. Chava is a golem, created out of clay to be her late master’s wife. Ahmad is a jinni, a creature of fire, … Continue reading
A podcast discovery for summer road trips
Podcasts get me through long drives or flights, and I’ve been taking a lot of trips lately—too many to be entertained simply by the once-weekly Slate Culture Gabfests or monthly(ish) Audio Book Clubs that I usually listen to. While prowling iTunes for … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Asylum’
The Asylum by John Harwood HMH • $25 • ISBN 9780544003477 On sale May 21 Tasmanian writer John Harwood is a modern master of the Victorian ghost story. If you’ve ever wished that Wilkie Collins and MR James had written … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘Reconstructing Amelia’ by Kimberly McCreight
When lawyer Kate Baron gets a call saying that her star-student teenage daughter has been suspended for cheating, she is shocked. But that’s nothing compared to what happens when she arrives at the school and is told that Amelia has … Continue reading
A female astronomer’s struggle for recognition
On a trip to Nantucket in 1996, Amy Brill was intrigued by the story of a 19th-century young Quaker girl named Maria Mitchell, who pursued a life of math and science even though university training was not open to her. … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘Ordinary Grace’ by William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger is well known as the author of the successful Cork O’Connor detective series, but he breaks into new territory with his latest novel Ordinary Grace. The book takes place in the summer of 1961 in New Bremen, … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Andalucian Friend’ by Alexander Soderberg
Alexander Soderberg‘s debut thriller The Andalucian Friend is, as our reviewer describes it, “a tale of cutthroat mob bosses and the extraordinary lengths to which they will go to one-up one another.” When a widowed mother and nurse named Sophie … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: ‘The Love Song of Jonny Valentine’ by Teddy Wayne
Our top pick in fiction this month is Teddy Wayne‘s novel The Love Song of Jonny Valentine. Jonny Valentine is a Bieber-esque 11-year-old thrust into a world of fame and fortune, who puts on a packaged face for his fans, … Continue reading
Monday contest: Fantastic fiction
Which is better: Excitement over a debut author, or the glee that comes from learning that a treasured favorite has a new book out? Fortunately, you don’t really have to choose which is better. (Though with the four fabulous books … Continue reading
