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Diane Brady, Fraternity
Illuminates the issues that defined an era, and shines a spotlight on a v… more »
Jesmyn Ward, Salvage The Bones…
Equal parts tenderness and violence that calls to mind Flannery O'Connor … more »
Daniel Handler, Why We Broke U…
Depicts adolescence as an everyday battle of self-doubt, without moralizi… more »
Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, L…
A comic novel told from the perspective of two disparate, battling charac… more »
Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descen…
An examination of the guts of generational and familial conflict It may b… more »
Lionel Shriver, We Need to Tal…
Plotted like a thriller with a complexity that matches the very best psyc… more »
Adam Johnson, The Orphan Maste…
A visceral tale of abandonment and loss in North Korea As his name might … more »
Betty White, If You Ask Me…
Equal parts sweetness and saucy wit, with a pinch of kindly grandma throw… more »
Tom Mueller, Extra Virginity: …
"A substance of such prestige and volume, the ancient world's answer to s… more »
Alex Ross, Listen to This…
Introducing his subjects' human side without straining for it It's hard t… more »
Michael Cunningham, By Nightfa…
As much a puzzle of a marriage as a portrait As a specialist in domestic … more »
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriag…
Rewarding nostalgia for college grads of any era In nearly two decades, J… more »
Denis Johnson, Train Dreams…
At once gruff and tender, rich and spare Denis Johnson's Train Dreams is,… more »
Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-sid…
One of our most astute critics exposes some inconvenient truths From over… more »
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom…
Follows a couple as they meet, marry, breed, and then fall apart Let's sa… more »
Sam Lipsyte, The Ask
A social comedy worthy of Wodehouse If one were to boil Sam Lipsyte's glo… more »
Olivia Munn, Suck it, Wonderwo…
Olivia Munn may be most infamous for being the subject of a high-profile … more »
Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My…
Sometimes a stomachache is just a stomachache. But when Eric Weiner's was… more »
Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods…
Should be required for anyone who has ever worked in an office After year… more »
Stephen King, 11/22/63…
What comes through most powerfully is the author's joy at working a new m… more »
Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers…
Turning the little moments of suburbia into graceful and intriguing scene… more »
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International Bookshelf
By Jess Sauer, eMusic Contributor
The idea that diverse languages are a form of divine punishment, serving only to separate us, is a popular one in numerous mythologies and religious traditions. In Genesis, humanity is unified by a common tongue… more »
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