Category: Books

Barn 8

May 7, 2020

By Deb Olin Unferth While the characters of Barn 8 are exceedingly compelling, the novel is fundamentally an ode to the humble chicken and a critique of factory farming wrapped up in a darkly...

I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir

Mar 30, 2020

By Esther Safran Foer Esther Safran Foer grew up in a home where the past was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther...

Heart of Junk

Feb 26, 2020

By Luke Geddes In Luke Geddes’ debut novel, The Heart of America is the largest year-round antique mall in Kansas, composed of 189,000 square feet of quality antiques and collectibles. But antique...

The New York Time’s 10 Best Books of 2019

Jan 15, 2020

Disappearing Earth By Julia Phillips In the first chapter of this assured debut novel, two young girls vanish, sending shock waves through a town perched on the edge of the remote, brooding...

The Divers’ Game

Oct 28, 2019

By Jesse Ball; Ecco, September 2019 I think I’m officially over books set in dystopian futures. I know that, considering the state of the world, this type of book is becoming less fictional and more...

How Not to Die Alone

Jun 23, 2019

By Richard Roper; G.P. Putnam & Sons, May 2019 Andrew, the lead character in Richard Roper’s How Not to Die Alone, is presented as your typical single, middle-aged sad-sack…but with a...