Fiction

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Early in Sebastian Barry’s magnificent and boundless novel, Days Without End, young Thomas McNulty flees Ireland’s Great Famine: “I was among the destitute, the ruined, the starving. . .

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What would it take to destroy everything you appear to value in your life?

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“filled with the excitement of a Saturday morning matinee . . .”

The early life of the man calling himself Roamer was a Cinderella story.

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A curious word comes to mind in describing Margaret Atwood’s new novel Hag-Seed.

That word is effective.

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The Nowhere Man is a good ride down a toboggan run of nonstop action and intrigue.”

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“a beautiful epic of the meaning and misinterpretation of honor and bravery, and the triumph of will over power . . .”

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Joe M. McDermott's The Fortress at the End of Time is inventive, thought-provoking, insightful, ambitious, and tedious.

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“Deeply engaged in the connection with the physical body and the human soul . . .”

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Louisiana writer Tim Gautreaux's latest offering, Signals: New and Selected Stories, collects twelve new short stories alongside nine others from his previous two collections, Same Pla

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The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson is a startling novel following the life of Persimmons Wilson, a former slave that fights in the Civil War, only to be imprisoned and hanged once he o

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The world’s most famous Venus flytrap detective is back on the case in author Tom Angleberger’s latest picture book installment, Inspector Flytrap: The Goat Who Chewed Too Much.

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Fantasy author and artist Brom has continued his trend of rewriting myths and legends with the recently released Lost Gods.

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Jack the Ripper wreaked fear and havoc across the overcrowded slums of Whitechapel in the East End of London in 1888.

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a remarkable accomplishment in literary suspense.”

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In April 2005 two men on opposite sides of the world are grieving for loved ones who died when the tsunami of December 2004 destroyed a Thai seaside resort.

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Whose Poop Is That? This question is asked of readers many times. Can you guess correctly? From the basis of a clump of poop and a paw print, can you guess what animal left its scat?

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Ultimately the people who love Swanson’s work will remember . . .

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The River at Night is an engaging story . . .”

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The setting for this debut novel by Lindsey Lee Johnson is a high school in the over-privileged enclave of Mill Valley, California.

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Nonfiction wrapped up in fiction, academic arguments presented as stories. Sekaran has admirably shown us all sides without bias.”

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Last Look is a cold indictment of pretentious frauds yet an intimate exploration of fear, regret, and failure.”

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“The story itself is entertaining, a tense and taut mystery with a circuitous plot that intrigues as it mystifies.”

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What the #@&% Is That?, edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen, features fiction from established authors such as John Langan, Laird Barron, Christopher Golden, and Johnathan Ma

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When an Elephant Falls in Love is an adorable story with a sneak peek into the heart of love’s first nibbles. It is sweet and simple, tender and relatable.

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