Fiction

Booked Up: J.K. Rowling Meets Philip Marlowe
Booked Up

J.K. Rowling Meets Philip Marlowe

Harry Potter creator publishes second book in her adult mystery series. Raymond Chandler might approve.

Booked Up: Stories of the Old West
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Stories of the Old West

Larry McMurtry’s The Last Kind Words Saloon offers a wonderful summation of his writings on frontier life.

Booked Up: The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce
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The Mystery of Our Parents’ Divorce

In Mona Simpson’s novel, Casebook, teen boys do a Hardy Boys style investigation of parental problems.

Booked Up: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In
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Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In

Michael Cunningam’s The Snow Queen is a magical story about the search for meaning by three city people.

Booked Up: Love Songs of Wisconsin
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Love Songs of Wisconsin

A debut novel by Wisconsin writer Nicholas Butler is already optioned as a movie.

Booked Up: Black and White and Beautiful
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Black and White and Beautiful

A young British writer transforms the Snow White fable into a beautiful novel about race relations.

Booked Up: A World Full of Spies
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A World Full of Spies

The Cairo Affair is a masterfully plotted espionage novel.

Booked Up: Chronicles of a Chinese-Canadian Family
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Chronicles of a Chinese-Canadian Family

Kim Fu’s much acclaimed debut novel is filled with great characters.

Booked Up: How Monsters Eat the Town of Ealing, Iowa
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How Monsters Eat the Town of Ealing, Iowa

Grasshopper Jungle is a teen fiction book with sex, drugs, rock’n’roll-- and giant praying mantises.

Booked Up: The Return of Armistead Maupin
Booked Up

The Return of Armistead Maupin

Celebrated author of Tales of the City returns with new novel based on his West Coast characters.

Booked Up:  A First Novel Tries to Capture a Continent
Booked Up

A First Novel Tries to Capture a Continent

Ishmael Beah’s Radiance of Tomorrow shines a light on the problems and potential of Africa.

Books: Ex-Congressman Writes Paranormal Mystery Novel
Books

Ex-Congressman Writes Paranormal Mystery Novel

Scott Klug, also an ex-TV newsman, is now a published novelist, and he doesn’t skimp on the plot.