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- 21 May 2013
'And the Mountains Echoed' Khaled Hosseini
It’s been nearly 10 years since Hosseini’s dark horse debut hit, The Kite Runner, was published. He returns with (in his own words), “a multi-generational-family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other.”
'Golden Boy' by Abigail Tarttelin
It's the story of the seemingly perfect Walker family—two successful parents and two handsome sons, Max and Daniel. But when Steve Walker launches a Parliament run, the family is pushed into the spotlight and a secret Max has been keeping is uncovered.
- 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.
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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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Tag Archives: new yorker
Weekly links: Jezebel poses questions for your book club; Exupery revelations; ‘Shades of Grey’ trilogy breaks 10 mill in sales & more
Running short of discussion topics at your book club meetings? Julieanne Smolinski, whose Fifty Shades of Grey takedown tickled my funnybone a few weeks back, has 15 hilarious ideas over at Jezebel. A few highlights: 4. This book has sold several million … Continue reading
Malcolm Gladwell on power in 2013 book
Malcolm Gladwell, writer for the New Yorker and author of bestsellers The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, will release a new book from Little, Brown in 2013. Its topic? Power. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Gladwell was … Continue reading
Nell Freudenberger’s international love story
Here’s yet another novel to get excited about for 2012: Nell Freudenberger’s The Newlyweds will be published by Knopf on May 1. Freudenberger, who hit the literary scene in a big way with her short story collection, Lucky Girls, hasn’t published … Continue reading
The New Yorker’s top writers under 40
Yesterday the New Yorker announced its top 20 writers under 40, who will be featured in the June 14 & June 21 fiction issue. This is the first time the publication has made such a list since 1999—a list that … Continue reading
More details on Franzen’s latest
It’s a pretty safe bet that anyone who finishes Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections will 1.) immediately urge someone else to read it and 2.) immediately ask where Franzen’s next novel is. There’s been no satisfactory answer to that question for … Continue reading
Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction'
New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert has written a book based on a series of New Yorker articles—and last week, Holt won the rights to publish The Sixth Extinction in a big auction (source). Most scientists agree that there have been … Continue reading
Controversy courts Ian McEwan
Over the past year, novelist Ian McEwan (Atonement, Enduring Love) has dropped several tantalizing tidbits about his work-in-progress, an 11th novel—his first since 2007′s On Chesil Beach. It’s about global warming. It features a physicist whom McEwan has described as … Continue reading


