Literary Fiction

The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams: Review & Analysis

The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams is a dark, unsettling novel that turns a decaying university city into a disturbing examination … Read more

When I first heard that Douglas Stuart, the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, was setting his third novel on … Read more

Exit Party is not just a novel; it is a door. Emily St. John Mandel, the author who made a … Read more

Fruit Fly by Josh Silver is the sharp, darkly funny literary thriller that turned a washed-up novelist’s desperation into one … Read more

Did you know that on December 3, 1976, just two days before a peace concert, seven gunmen stormed Bob Marley’s … Read more

Are you secretly counting down the minutes until you can leave work and do literally anything else? If that question … Read more

Did you ever love someone so completely that it turned into its opposite, a consuming hatred that you couldn’t escape? … Read more

Did you ever feel like the world was trying to consume you, your time, your energy, your body, your very … Read more

Did you grow up surrounded by people who talked about spirituality but lived in bad faith? I remember sitting through … Read more

Did you ever feel like your life is split into compartments, the professional self, the political self, the lover, the … Read more

Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir, the woman who wrote The Second Sex and became the intellectual godmother of … Read more

Did you ever wonder what happens when the stories we tell about heroes and villains turn out to be completely … Read more

What happens when the rules you’ve lived by your entire life suddenly stop applying to the world around you? That’s … Read more

Did you ever wonder what it costs to live a life that isn’t truly your own? Nina LaCour’s Meet Me … Read more

Did you ever wonder why certain childhood moments refuse to fade, no matter how many years pass? Chang-rae Lee’s A … Read more

Did you ever feel like love, as we understand it, just isn’t enough? That something essential is missing in how … Read more

Did you know that in Afghanistan, a woman’s word in court is worth only half that of a man’s? This … Read more

Ever wondered why a story about a man who can’t control his comings and goings feels more real than most … Read more

Do you remember the last time a book made you feel like you were breathing salt water? Kelly Anderson’s debut … Read more

What if the secret to dying happy wasn’t about avoiding death at all, but about learning to live with such … Read more

Did you ever catch yourself helping someone and then immediately feel proud of your own generosity, not because you actually … Read more