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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE is a slim volume with a powerful story of institutional corruption and individual conscience

HONOR probes Hindu-Muslim tensions and modern vs. traditional India through the prism of an honor killing

Four of five novels in NY Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2021 are by women

Make 2022 the year you discover these great Australian writers

THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES is a compelling story of love, loss, identity, and adaptation

An interview with Kia Corthron: On the art of writing Black historical fiction with authenticity of character and setting

SMALL WORLD combines a modern structure and old-fashioned storytelling to examine the range of experiences involved in the building of the American nation and culture

November Book Preview

CARRY THE DOG examines a life lived in the shadow of childhood trauma

FIGHT NIGHT celebrates the special bond between a fiercely eccentric grandmother and her 9-year-old granddaughter

All seven finalists for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize are women

Books that complement each other: How Much of These Hills is Gold and Stone Sky, Gold Mountain explore the lives of young Chinese immigrants during the Gold Rush

PIRANESI wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Gayle Brandeis on the power of place and the challenge of finding the language of landscape

THIS IS PARADISE is a powerful exploration of life in the Hawai’i that tourists don’t see

THE PEOPLE WE KEEP is a satisfying summer read about a young woman's journey to belonging

Books that complement each other (pt. 2): The Arsonists' City and A Place for Us

Patry Francis: The bookstore that made me a writer

From “Quote Your Sources” to the Inner Journey of Memoir

"Sister books" that complement each other

A BURNING encapsulates contemporary India in the intertwining lives of three characters

ABROAD explores the dark side of coming of age during a year abroad in an Italian university town

HEAVEN provides an intimate view of teenage bullying and a friendship formed between two victims

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Rene Steinke celebrates the profound influence of an independent bookstore

LILLI DE JONG author Janet Benton: Stories Have Made Me Who I Am

Sunday Short: THE SOUND BETWEEN THE NOTES examines the life of a gifted musician obsessed with a family mystery and a second chance at success

MEETING IN POSITANO is a love letter to an intimate friendship and the jewel of the Amalfi Coast

Flashback: With Jessica Anya Blau’s MARY JANE just out, it’s a good time to revisit THE SUMMER OF NAKED SWIM PARTIES

GODSHOT is a gripping coming-of-age story set against religious fundamentalism and parental abandonment

FRIENDS AND DARK SHAPES is an absorbing exploration of young people finding their way in a rapidly changing personal and physical landscape

2021 Women's Prize for Fiction finalists announced

Jung Yun’s long and unlikely path to publication, from Fargo to NYC and beyond

Rachel Michelberg: How acting makes me a better writer

Deesha Philyaw wins Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction

Leslie Lindsay on reading to write: the long journey to her memoir

THE YIELD bears witness to the tragic history and complex present of Australia’s Indigenous people

Barbara Linn Probst: What Makes Readers Give an Unknown Author a Chance?

Editor Brenda Copeland: Show AND Tell

Mary Morris: Reflections on the personal and artistic influence of Joyce Carol Oates

Recent book deals mean more great reading next year

Caroline Leavitt: "I was so wrong about the stages a writing career followed"

Monday Mini-Review: THE RIVER WITHIN is a stylish and absorbing Gothic tale set in 1950s Yorkshire

Guest Author Leslie Pietrzyk: The Year of Pandemic Reading

New study reveals how consumers engage with books and other forms of media

Finalists for Los Angeles Times Book Prizes announced

What Was Lost in the Fire: Writing Afghan Historical Fiction

THE KINDEST LIE examines the cost of the American Dream for a young Black woman

PEN America announces finalists for 2021 Literary Awards

Six impressive short story collections you may have missed

Dublin Literary Award longlist announced

PEN/Faulkner Foundation announces finalists for 2021 Fiction award

Ten Australian writers you should know

INFINITE COUNTRY depicts the fraught lives of a Colombian family fragmented by immigration