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Review: Thrilling ’Heartwood' begins when a woman vanishes in a forest
Fiction: Using the hook of the search for a missing hiker, Gaige writes a suspenseful meditation on risk, knowledge, error and beauty.
April 3, 2025
Review: ‘Mothers and Sons’
Fiction: Examining a fractured family through questions of vocation, guilt and secrecy.
January 1, 2025
A playwright claims her new play is not about her dad in ‘The Hypocrite.’ It very much is.
FICTION: Jo Hamya’s novel unspools at an expert pace, exploring questions of performance and narrative.
August 15, 2024
Gorgeous novel wonders if marriage makes ‘Liars’ of us all
FICTION: Outstanding and merciless, Sarah Manguso’s book captures the thrills and disappointments of a marriage in magnificent prose.
July 17, 2024
Insightful ‘Swift River’ is a novel in which a woman explores her family’s secrets
FICTION: Chambers’ debut is a frank examination of family mystery and loss, set in a landscape of economic and racial turmoil.
May 22, 2024
Commiserating about mom or fighting like cats, these sisters have one thing in common: ‘Worry’
FICTION: Alexandra Tanner’s “dark, funny” debut is a haunting snapshot of contemporary life.
March 27, 2024
That ’Green Dot’ on your phone? This novel says it could be love
FICTION: An exceptionally funny debut explores the dull realities of work, joys of love and friendship, and extremes of hope and denial.
February 21, 2024
A spy's biggest mission may be investigating herself in novel 'Ilium'
FICTION: The tension of espionage, grief and the longing for a child come together in this brilliant, original work.
January 11, 2024
Insightful ‘Swift River’ is a novel in which a woman explores her family’s secrets
FICTION: Chambers’ debut is a frank examination of family mystery and loss, set in a landscape of economic and racial turmoil.
May 22, 2024
Commiserating about mom or fighting like cats, these sisters have one thing in common: ‘Worry’
FICTION: Alexandra Tanner’s “dark, funny” debut is a haunting snapshot of contemporary life.
March 27, 2024
That ’Green Dot’ on your phone? This novel says it could be love
FICTION: An exceptionally funny debut explores the dull realities of work, joys of love and friendship, and extremes of hope and denial.
February 21, 2024
A spy's biggest mission may be investigating herself in novel 'Ilium'
FICTION: The tension of espionage, grief and the longing for a child come together in this brilliant, original work.
January 11, 2024