The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
yes Perfect For: Fans of Isabel Allende and Lauren Groff—this is a truly magical storyA wonderful woven tapestry that centers around one small town in America with a legendary garden Hoffman takes us...
View ArticleSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
yes Perfect For: The literary reader who loves to be surprised and awed and mesmerized. . . .This was by far one of my favorite novels of the year—and it turns out—one of the New York Times too....
View ArticleTouch & Go by Thad Nodine
Perfect For: Dave Eggers & Nick Hornby fans--this is that delightful read that is truly heartfelt and original but with just enough humor thrown in Local author Thad Nodine has done the impossible...
View ArticleClaire DeWitt & the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
yes Perfect For: Someone looking to curl up with a good mystery The main character of this novel, private investigator Claire DeWitt, reminds me a bit of Sherlock Holmes – she has addictions, and...
View ArticleThe Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
yes Perfect For: Fans of Anne Lamott and Ann Patchett, and anyone else who likes a damn good readOh, but for the wonder of dysfunctional families. When a family crisis calls these three sisters to...
View ArticleChime by Franny Billingsley
yes Perfect For: The person who thinks they've read everything already (or the young adult fiction aficionado in your life! They might be the same person).This is one of the most lushly imagined books...
View ArticleIrma Voth by Miriam Toews
yes Perfect For: Your quirky cousin who secretly looks on e-bay for old antiques but is cool and literary just the sameThis novel is a great fit for John Irving fans, with its blend of humor, deep...
View ArticleThe Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
yes Perfect For: That reader in your life who loves to exclaim and reach over to sock your arm while they’re reading…Starting with a phone call that leads to a child, drugged but alive in a suitcase,...
View ArticleThe Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
yes Perfect For: fans of Audrey Niffenegger or Ann PatchettI have not been able to shut up about this book for six months now, and I'm pretty sure I will continue to talk about it for a very long time...
View ArticleSilver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
yes Perfect For: The literary reader who insists they’ve read it all—this author is a meld of Alice Walker & Barbara Kingsolver (-minus the trees)—a beautiful character driven novel, that I...
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