I’ve been hearing about Zen Cho’s novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, for months, ever since Rebecca […]
The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, by David John Griffin
David John Griffin’s novel, The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, is a curiously constructed tale of […]
Shylock is My Name, by Howard Jacobson
The Merchant of Venice has vexed me since I read it in college. I was […]
Crooked Heart, by Lissa Evans
After reading Chris Offutt’s My Father, the Pornographer, I figured I needed a book with a […]
The Sealed Letter, by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue’s The Sealed Letter is another example of a subgenre I adore: historical fiction based […]
The Lie, by Helen Dunmore
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”—so says the […]
The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
Reading David Mitchell’s Slade House a couple months ago sent me back to the library to […]
Mrs. Engels, by Gavin McCrea
I’ve always hated the question: what do women want? It presumes that a) there’s one […]
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
I am lucky in the way that the women in Kate Walbert’s A Short History of […]
Slade House, by David Mitchell
I’m not sure what I expected from David Mitchell’s Slade House after reading (and loving) Cloud Atlas. […]