Fiction

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“This is a book to linger over, for the thoughts in it and for the words and the ways the author uses them.”

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“a rich and important novel with unforgettable characters who spell out a critical message.

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“Sullivan is a strong writer, and each of her separate narratives is interesting in and of itself.”

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“Third in the Anjelica Henley series, The Kill List offers an intense and rapidly twisting plot, well-probed emotional costs, and a stunning but realistic finale.”

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“The Thirteenth Husband is an outstanding depiction of Aimee Crocker's complicated real life turned into fiction.”

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“a mixed-qualities novel that will appeal to a mixed audience.”

Ever heard of “forensic linguistics”?

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“challenging, but endlessly fascinating, as the reader follows Mamush’s geographical, mental, and spiritual journey. . . . a poignant and beautiful book.”

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Reading The Singer Sisters, what comes immediately to mind is not the soap-opera-like drama of Fleetwood Mac circa 1977’s Rumours, but the thinly veiled miniseries made of those s

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“Clairvoyants, seers, myths, legends, rituals, potions and spells, Strange Folk is a phantasmal, down-homey read in a setting where real magic com

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“‘And the wall became a scream of birth, this birth for it was the birth of the Universe . . .’”

“an important book by an important author who understands only too well that heavy topics are most accessible when delivered with a spoonful of sugar.”

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“the down-and-out world of Raymond Carver and Andre Dubus III, with song lyrics added.”

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“a sad story efficiently ­told by the author but one that may have been better had it been more vividly shown.”

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People who read series recognize four patterns: series that get stronger with each volume, series that get weaker, those that spike up and down, and those that hum along unchanged.

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“explodes with brilliant language. . . . a lovely, richly written first novel.”

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Isabel Dalhousie is a rarity in modern fiction in that she’s a philosopher. Not just a philosophically minded character, as is found across genres, but an actual working philosopher.

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Twelve years after the suicide of 16-year-old Alice, her family gathers for the wedding of her brother Benji and her best friend Morgan.

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“‘You’ll never own any White Orchard designs, you murderer!’ Her voice cut through the room and there was dead silence. Everyone was staring at them.

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“feels completely contemporary in terms of language, characters, descriptions. It just happens to take place in the 11th century.”

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Monica Arnaldo is the Canadian creator of numerous children’s picture books, including Mr. S (2023), which was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Literature,

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the tangled web of mysteries keeps the reader guessing. At the end, the author uses strands from the web to set the stage for the next novel in the series.”

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“an exciting, disturbing portrait of Hollywood’s cultural power during its heyday.” 

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“This could have been yet another Arthurian tale told ad nauseum over the decades, but here Lev Grossman stakes out a different kind of story that’s all his own.”

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“entertaining and fast-paced. . . . Readers who like plot-driven stories with heroic characters, dragons, and happy endings will find much to enjoy.”

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More spy story than mystery, Maggie Hope's last mission has as many twists and turns as a rollercoaster.

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