The Guest by Emma Cline
“I subscribe to the law of contrary public opinion…if everyone thinks one thing, then I say, bet...
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How Evan Broke His Head by Garth Stein
We meet Evan at Tracy’s funeral and we are given the following facts: Tracy and Evan used to date,...
At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcon
When I read Daniel Alarcon’s first novel, I knew I had found a writer I would follow, that I would...
Love by Drowning by C.E. Poverman
At sea, a group of men struggles to reel in a marlin—a struggle that lands two brothers in the...
Subtle Bodies by Norman Rush
I was won over by Subtle Bodies early and what did it was the elf shoes. Nina is enroute to...
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
With the recent passing of Elmore Leonard, it is apt that Pynchon has chosen a quote from...
Enon by Paul Harding
Enon. An abbreviation of a Latin word? A biblical name? Here it is the name of a small town in New...
& Sons by David Gilbert
Every so often, you come across something that’s the perfect hybrid of what you’re looking for. If...
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
The idea propelling Night Film forward for six hundred odd pages seems to be something to do with...
Want Not by Jonathan Miles
So many things have changed since 9-11. Nothing really changed; we just made choices, and some of...
Best of 2011, part 2: Jason Rice
Men Women & Children by Chad Kultgen: I’ve given this book to so many people it would seem like I’m starting a Chad Kultgen cult.…
