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Tag Archives: West of Here
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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25 best book jackets of 2011
Perhaps you can’t judge a book by its cover, but don’t you just love a great book jacket? One that seems to pop off the shelf? It can make all the difference when browsing through a bookstore, for a book … Continue reading
Posted in best of 2011
Tagged 1Q84, A Jane Austen Education, Bella Pollen, book covers, book jackets, Bossypants, Carsten Jensen, Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Emily Alone, Erin Morgenstern, Fiction Ruined My Family, Francisco Goldman, Haley Tannen, Haruki Murakami, Helen Oyeyemi, Jean Thompson, Jeanne Darst, Jonathan Evison, Karen Russell, Kevin Wilson, Meg Wolitzer, Mr. Fox, My New American Life, Patrick deWitt, Pigeon English, Rebecca Makkai, Robert Rodi, Samuel Park, Seven Seasons in Siena, STefan Merrill Block, Stephen Kelman, Stewart O'Nan, Swamplandia!, The Borrower, The Family Fang, The Night Circus, The Sisters Brothers, The STorm at the Door, The Summer of the Bear, The Uncoupling, The Year We Left Home, This Burns My Heart, Tina Fey, Vaclav & Lena, We the Drowned, West of Here, William Deresiewicz
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Trailer Tuesday: ‘West of Here’ by Jonathan Evison
Okay, okay, this trailer is not technically for West of Here, Jonathan Evison’s new epic novel—and our March top pick for fiction. However, this video is about Jonathan Evison, and he does mention West of Here. I wanted to share … Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Evison, Pacific Northwest, top pick for fiction, Trailer Tuesday, West of Here, writing process
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