All questions, no answers: Every sentence in “The Interrogative Mood” ends with a question mark, yet the effect is mysteriously satisfying.
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“Half Broke Horses”
A story of origins and women, “Half Broke Horses” brings the author’s hardy, poker playing, schoolteacher grandmother to life.
“Drift”
“Drift” forces us headfirst into the minds of various people whose lives are as stable as the waves crashing into the California coast.
“Model Home”
In “Model Home,” Eric Puchner’s debut novel, a suburban family faces the inevitable reality of the American dream.
“The Three Weissmanns of Westport”
In “The Three Weissmanns of Westport,” Cathleen Schine puts her spin on Jane Austen, with characters seeking love in Manhattan and Westport, Connecticut.
“The Year of the Flood”
The horrific yet plausible future depicted in Margaret Atwood’s “The Year of the Flood” compels the reader to reexamine the present.
“Unfinished Desires”
Sharply written and laced with the complexities of female power, “Unfinished Desires” transports the reader through a hundred years at a Catholic school in North Carolina.
“Heroic Measures”
Jill Ciment’s whirlwind novel involves disease, terrorist attacks, and an unforgettable elderly couple from New York.
“Some Things Meant the World to Me”
Struggles, past and present, are equally viable in Joshua Mohr’s blunt, fearless first novel “Some Things Meant the World to Me.”
“Eight White Nights”
Guy and girl meet. Guy and girl fall in love. It’s a familiar story, made unique by the Proustian prose of Andre Aciman’s novel “Eight White Nights.”