Book Recommendations
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
Under Pressure
Three tension-filled works of fiction by highly acclaimed authors present characters and plots driven in part by racial differences and the complicated...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
Artistic License
From the Harlem Renaissance to Midwestern nostalgia, the facade of perfection, interracial romance, and a Pakistani character’s vision of the...
-
Book Recs
2023 First Novel Prize
The Center for FictionThe Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize was awarded to Tyriek White for his debut novel We Are a Haunting (Astra House)
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
Endless Summer
Sometimes high summer zaps all your energy except the ability to be prone and read a page-turning novel. This week, reunions abound between family...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
A Closer Look
This week’s authors are keen observers of American culture. For antic humor there is the second installment of a prize-winning writer’s...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
She's So Unusual
This week we’re highlighting writing by women, two of whom you can meet at events at The Center. We have short stories about women by one...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
How Eccentric
What a group of eccentrics we have this week: a surprising challenger to a marriage, a lonely former librarian, an obsessive art-lover, a woman...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
Beyond the Comfort Zone
Sometimes it’s nice to get out of your comfort zone. These five books offer an opportunity to do just that, either through their plotlines or...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
The Meanings of Love
This week’s grouping includes two very different and equally compelling novels to help celebrate Pride; sensational stories that dig deep into...
-
Book RecsBookstore Picks
Let's Get Lost
Three utterly absorbing works of fiction lead this week’s selection: a German novelist’s latest in an impeccable translation by Michael Hoffman...