Tayari Jones displays tremendous writing prowess with "An American Marriage", an enchanting novel that succeeds at every level. The story focuses on a marriage that is slowly and cruelly torn apart. After only a year of marriage, Roy and... Read More

Hanif Kureishi’s "The Nothing" is a darkly humorous and slightly pornographic story about three extremely self-centered individuals entrenched in an odd, triangular affair. A retired and terminally ill filmmaker, Waldo, has suspicions... Read More

There is a wide-eyed sweetness that lurks underneath the hostility of this novel, told in journal style. As with an actual knucklehead, with time and patience, the rewards well exceed the effort. Young, black law student Marcus Hayes... Read More

This dystopian novel is poetic even in its austerity. Andrew Valencia’s dystopian "Lord of California" is set in rural, isolated California a few decades after it disbands from the United States. When Elliot Temple dies, each of his... Read More

With the flavor of an international thriller and deep explorations of grieving and healing, "The Unmade World" is a novel with heart. Spanning many years and traversing two continents, "The Unmade World" by Steve Yarbrough weaves... Read More

"Heartland" arrives in a saturated swirl of inner monologue and devoted observances. The novel’s unnamed narrator grew up in Elmira, a town with distinctive characteristics and a people whose specificity seems to have been cultivated... Read More

In Gerty Dambury’s "The Restless", living and dead members of a Guadeloupe neighborhood recount the tragic aftermath of a deadly protest. The novel is inspired by real events and a shocking cover-up. On May 24, 1967, a union strike in... Read More

Malmquist’s immersive prose perfectly limns the demands of living within the chiaroscuro of deep grief. In Sweden, two expectant parents await the birth of their first child. But a routine trip to the emergency room begins parenthood... Read More