Tag: Literary Fiction

  • Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

    I had no expectations for this book and I think that’s the right way to approach it. I’d seen that it received some good press and it was available at the library so I dove in. What an outrageously good surprise. This is kind of a crime thriller, but way smarter. The author uses the…

  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

    I could have read a thousand more pages of this. Opening this book was like curling up with a dog and a blanket and a warm beverage. It was so warm and charming and comforting. Towles can write. The story itself was somewhat small in scope, but it didn’t matter. Almost every page had a sentence…

  • Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

    I haven’t read David Copperfield (but I have read a bunch of Dickens), and this is the first of Kingsolver’s for me. But! This book was dull. The first 200 pages were absolutely riveting. The narrator’s voice is unique, insightful, funny and makes you want to read sections out loud. Like Shuggie Bain narrated by Gus…

  • White Teeth by Zadie Smith

    This was impossible to put down. The characters leap off the page, the writing is filled with energy and charm. Loved it.

  • Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez

    Go buy this book and the biggest box of Kleenex you can find. It is stunning, beautiful and heartbreaking. I wish I could un-read this book and read it again. Easily the best book I have read this year.