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by Lisa Ko
Published Apr 2018
Read ReviewsFinalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction.
Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and Electric Literature, Lisa Ko's debut novel is essential reading for our times.
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Published Jan 2018
Read ReviewsViet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer was one of the most widely and highly praised novels of 2015. Nguyen's next fiction book, The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.
by Ha Jin
Published Oct 2017
Read ReviewsFrom the universally admired, award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist's dogged quest for truth in the Internet age.
by Joan Dempsey
Published Oct 2017
Read ReviewsCompulsively readable, This Is How It Begins is a timely novel about free speech, the importance of empathy, and the bitter consequences of long-buried secrets.
by Joanna Scott
Published Oct 2015
Read ReviewsA gripping novel about a seemingly charmed marriage and a mysterious disappearance at sea.
by Denis Johnson
Published Oct 2015
Read ReviewsDenis Johnson's The Laughing Monsters is a high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world that shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game.
by Vanessa Manko
Published Jul 2015
Read ReviewsThrough the unforgettable character of Austin Voronkov, Manko explores the little-known period in American history of the Palmer Raids and the far-reaching implications of exile and loss.
by Ben Macintyre
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsMaster storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century's greatest spy story.
by Ian McEwan
Published Jul 2013
Read ReviewsIan McEwan's mastery dazzles us in this superbly deft and witty story of betrayal and intrigue, love and the invented self.
by Ma Jian
Published Jun 2009
Read ReviewsAt once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, Beijing Coma is Ma Jians masterpiece. Spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and deep rage, this extraordinary novel confirms his place as one of the worlds most significant living writers.
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