Book Review: The Half-Drowned King
/The first installment in a projected series about a wily Viking warrior, his leader - and the women in his life
Read MoreBook Review: The Seventh Function of Language
/Was the death of literary theorist Roland Barthes in 1980 the result of a simple traffic accident - or part of a deeper plot? Laurent Binet's new novel takes readers into the weird world of ginned-up semiology.
Read MoreBook Review: A Talent for Murder
/Andrew Wilson's new novel dramatizes the real-life ten-day disappearance of mystery novelist Agatha Christie nearly a century ago - and adds a touch of murder.
Read MoreLove and Death in the Dream Forest
/Ancient gods and tree-born civilizations form the backdrop for Thoraiya Dyer's fascinating fantasy debut. Justin Hickey reviews Crossroads of Canopy.
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 MoreUp Against Art: An interview with Jessie Chaffee
/Steve Danziger interviews Jessie Chaffee about her much-praised debut novel Florence in Ecstasy.
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: Grace
/A young girl in 19th-century Ireland sets off on a dangerous odyssey with her even-younger brother in Paul Lynch's new novel.
Read MoreBook Review: Bed-Stuy is Burning
/A debut novel tackles the volatile issues of gentrification and police brutality.
Read MoreBook Review: Madame Zero
/Many readers will find reflections of themselves in the nine stories that comprise Sarah Hall's newest collection.
Read MoreBook Review: The Epiphany Machine
/A mysterious machine gives people tattoos that reveal deep oracular truths about themselves - and drives one young man to understand it all.
Read MoreBook Review: See What I Have Done
/The famous Lizzie Borden axe-murders are 125 years old in 2017, and a new debut novel explores the horrors from the viewpoints of several people directly involved.
Read MoreBook Review: We Shall Not All Sleep
/The centuries-old rivalry between two families erupts in new tensions during one summer on a small island off the coast of Maine
Read MoreBook Review: The New Annotated Frankenstein
/Mary Shelley's indomitable horror classic gets a sumptuous new annotated edition.
Read MoreSummer Reading 2017 - Political Fictions
/The summer months might be lazy and carefree in theory, but in 2017 certain specters loom over even the laziest warm day - in our annual feature, OLM editors and regulars write about political literature.
Read MoreMatching Pink Turtleneck
/Katherine Heiny's debut novel neatly balances cynicism and warmth in order to portray an unconventional family.
Read MoreThe Parties Were Hell
/Diana Trilling worked in her eminent husband’s shadow; a new biography hints at the toll that took and brings her accomplishments into the light.
Read MoreBodies in Motion
/A horrific murder in upstate New York creates the choking atmosphere for J. Robert Lennon's new novel.
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