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Back to SearchEmma Cline on THE GUEST
Emma Cline, author of the The Girls, returns with her propulsive new novel, The Guest. This is the story of a singular young woman — a con artist dr…
3 years ago
Mary Beth Keane on THE HALF MOON
Mary Beth Keane's new novel, The Half Moon, follows a small-town couple navigating the uncertainties of marriage and starting a family. Keane joins u…
3 years ago
Ramona Emerson on SHUTTER
"When I was working forensics, I always thought, we do this work for the people who need us to do this work — it's not always the easiest thing."
Ra…
3 years ago
Brinda Charry on THE EAST INDIAN
"I have to transport myself, and only then I can transport my reader."
Brinda Charry's novel, The East Indian, transports readers to Colonial Virgini…
3 years ago
John Wray on GONE TO THE WOLVES
"It's more than responsibility. It's fear of just sucking — I don't want to write some garbage that people are going to dismiss."
John Wray's new nov…
3 years ago
Abraham Verghese on THE COVENANT OF WATER
"I loved that sense of the slow evolution of a community and watching it happen under your eyes."
Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone, retu…
3 years ago
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS
"…A big part of the journey with this book is realizing that people's humanity shouldn't be negotiable."
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's debut novel Cha…
3 years ago
Double Shot: Christina Sharpe and Ava Chin
These riveting works of nonfiction by two incredible women have powerful narratives on family, race, and the way we get to tell our stories.
Ordinary…
3 years ago
David Grann on THE WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER
"We all shape our stories in some way, we all try to emerge as the hero of them…"
Author of Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann, takes on mutiny …
3 years ago
Dennis Lehane on SMALL MERCIES
Dennis Lehane, prolific author for both the page and the screen, returns with Small Mercies, a thriller set against the time of desegregation of publ…
3 years ago