Beyond “Ma”
/A new novel re-imagines the beloved character of "Ma" from Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books.
Read MoreSearching for Him
/Zinzi Clemmons' much-discussed debut novel blurs the line between memoir and fiction; Britta Böhler reviews What We Lose.
Read MoreThe Continuing Enterprise of the Poem
/Veteran translator David Ferry tackles that Mount Everest of the translator's art, Virgil's Aeneid.
Read MoreSeeing Through Hypocrisy
/Elfriede Jelinek’s Charges is a response to the European refugee crisis, but can fiction address reality by stripping it of all its details?
Read MoreTry the Right Angle
/Since his 1997 debut, novelist Daniel Kehlmann has been subverting the familiar comforts of science and society. Up next: his new book You Should Have Left.
Read MoreThe World in Her Image
/Bestselling author of Tudor historical fiction Philippa Gregory takes up the familiar tragedy of Lady Jane Grey - and her forgotten but equally compelling sisters - in her new book, as A Year with the Tudors II continues.
Read MoreVisitations in the Night
/A stylish new neo-Victorian novel uncovers the mystery of a mythical serpent returned from the deeps.
Read MoreBook Review: The New Annotated Frankenstein
/Mary Shelley's indomitable horror classic gets a sumptuous new annotated edition.
Read MoreMatching Pink Turtleneck
/Katherine Heiny's debut novel neatly balances cynicism and warmth in order to portray an unconventional family.
Read MoreBodies in Motion
/A horrific murder in upstate New York creates the choking atmosphere for J. Robert Lennon's new novel.
Read MoreHunger Pangs
/Roxane Gay's new memoir about food, trauma, and her "unruly body" is often as difficult to read as it must have been to write.
Read MoreManhattan Picaresque
/A mysterious, youthful Englishman arrives in the New World and exposes an underbelly of economic uncertainty, political tension, and the impossible romantic yearnings of its diverse and complex inhabitants.
Read MoreThe Phantom of Constancy
/The 1930 novel Rapture, by the Russian avant-garde artist Iliazd, is a fast-paced, darkly funny spin on the adventure genre.
Read MoreAn “Untold” Story?
/Unlike Jean Rhys, Sarah Shoemaker tells Mr. Rochester's side of Jane Eyre with respect and fidelity to Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece. But is that the problem?
Read MoreThe Book Beneath the Noise
/Both a new TV adaptation and the alarmingly dystopian trend of current political news have brought new attention to Margaret Atwood's classic The Handmaid's Tale, but underneath the hype there's the book itself.
Read MoreThe Mother of Woman
/Zadie Smith's latest novel returns her to the familiar subject of multicultural London--but this time her dance moves are new and her mood seems darker.
Read MoreMemory Problems
/Zachary Mason's visionary new novel set in a bleak future features a villainous artificial intelligence intent on stealing memories from the people most intent on keeping them.
Read MoreDancing Through the Depression
/Depression-era Montreal is the setting for Heather O'Neill's much-lauded novel, which follows the lives of two orphans, a piano prodigy and a superb dancer.
Read MoreOver the Top
/An ambitious new novel joins a long and illustrious parade of writers in telling the story of WWI as a tale of innocence lost.
Read MoreThe Tools We Need
/In times of crisis, what good are books, exactly? Two explorations of the virtues of reading and writing make the hard sell for literature's continued relevance.
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