Fiction

A Sudden Gust of Gravity by Laurie Boris is an absorbing, satisfying book that takes a fresh look at relationships with original characters. Christina, the daughter of a magician, is a struggling waitress who dreams of following in her father’s ...

The Gargoyle Hunters is a magnificently original debut novel from architectural aficionado and New York native John Freeman Gill. An unorthodox upbringing only seems odd to those on the outside: you don’t adapt to such an upbringing-you survive it; ...

When I stumbled across Buffalo Girls on my to-read shelf, Some Can Whistle was stocked beside it—though I have no idea its provenance. Nonetheless, reading McMurtry feels like putting on your most comfortable lounging gear, familiar and safe, so I ...

Say you are a passenger on a bus you have ridden many times before. You are going to your appointment and it takes one hour and forty-five minutes to get there, but you give yourself an extra fifteen minutes, just in case. You cannot be late. At ten ...

“In the ghetto there is a mansion, and it is my father’s house.” As soon as I read this first sentence of Loving Day by Mat Johnson I sighed and thought, “Oh, good,” a book I’m going to love. I had just finished two other books, a memoir by an ...