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Tag Archives: Matterhorn
Long vacation ahead? Pick up a doorstop novel!
A month ago, we highlighted 15 superstar story collections. Now, it’s time to move in the opposite direction. Here are 15 doorstop novels we love, in a variety of genres. We’re defining “doorstop” loosely as a long book that will … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, top picks
Tagged 11/22/63, 1Q84, A.S. Byatt, Brady Udall, Chad Harbach, Child 44, doorstop novels, epic novels, Fall of Giants, Haruki Murakami, Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Evison, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Justin Cronin, Karl Marlantes, Ken Follett, Leila Meacham, long novels, Matterhorn, Pat Conroy, Paul Murray, Roses, Skippy Dies, South of Broad, Stephen King, Susanna Clarke, The Art of Fielding, The Children's Book, The Lonely Polygamist, The Passage, Tom Rob Smith, West of Here, Wolf Hall
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Delightful debuts
At BookPage, we have been struck by the high number of impressive spring debuts. A few of our favorites, in no particular order (click the titles to read a review): The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman Girl in Translation by Jean … Continue reading
Posted in fiction
Tagged 31 Bond Street, Ellen Horan, Girl in Translation, Heidi Durrow, Helen Simonson, Jean Kwok, Karl Marlantes, Laura Munson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Matterhorn, spring debuts, Tatjana Soli, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, The Imperfectionists, The Lotus Eaters, This Is Not The Story You Think It is, Tom Rachman
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An ‘amazing’ war novel
We’re highlighting Karl Marlantes’ Matterhorn tomorrow in Book of the Day, and in my research about the novel, I was struck by the author’s backstory. Marlantes was in the Marines reserves, and he went to Yale and then Oxford on … Continue reading
