Fiction

William Gass is known and admired as a writer’s writer for his handsome, challenging, and experimental prose and as a misanthrope for his tendency to focus on his characters’ moral shortcomings.

John Irving, now in his early seventies, has been encouraging readers to think of him as the contemporary Dickens for more than four decades.

Very few of the books published in the United States each year are works in translation.

Tightrope by Simon Mawer tells the story of Marian Sutro, a World War II heroine who fought behind the lines to assist the Allies.

Science fiction. Noir. Gritty detective novel. 1960s alt history.

"even his critics have to admire his pluck."

Eric Carle has sold in excess of 40 million copies of his 70 plus books. Remarkably, at 86, he is still creating.

Optimist Libby Miller’s life takes an unimaginable terrifying turn. On the very day she learns she has a life-threatening illness, her husband, Tom, reveals a marriage-ending secret.

“the best book this year . . . when it comes to literature.”

In an author’s note to his intense and amazing new collection of short fiction, Colum McCann writes:

If ever a story cried out to be conveyed as a graphic novel it’s this one.

“It’s not a perfect situation, of course. But really, when you think about it, what actually is?”

The new English translation of Patrick Modiano’s 2003 novel Paris Nocturne defies categorization.