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A new twist on the detective story from the Caribbean; a Pulitzer Prize winner’s spin on oceanographic marvels; an Irish writer’s take on...

The fall ’24 season is in full swing and extraordinary voices this week from Albania, Argentina, and South Africa await you

This week, we visit a town in rural Maine where nothing much happens; a passionate affair in Norway where too much happens; a future in which...

This week’s books, three of which we will celebrate with events at The Center, investigate the myriad ways literature explores connections...

Combining elements from various genres, this week’s books illustrate the way that fiction can be a shape-shifting medium

This week we have Sarajevo-set fiction about art’s capacity to provide hope amid war; the novelized life of an influential art collector...

During this period of heat and humidity, immerse yourself—if not into the cool waters of an ocean, lake, or pool, then into the lives of others

This week you’ll find two books that are timely in their ability to capture the zeitgeist of now. Others use time to tell a story backward and...

The Center for Fiction 2024 First Novel Prize was awarded to Joseph Earl Thomas for his debut novel God Bless You, Otis...

These novels crisscross the globe with characters in search of family, food, and answers to the secrets of their pasts. A mother goes missing...