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It took Michael David Lukas seven years to write his debut novel, The Oracle of Stamboul, but as Martha Woodroof...
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Deborah Eisenberg's collection of short stories showcases the writer's uncanny knack for creating vivid portraits of urban American life. Eisenberg,...
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Roger Smith's South African thriller is horrific to read, yet impossible to put down, says reviewer Martha Woodroof. Smith is...
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Martha Woodroof reviews the new novel by Sadie Jones, the author of The Outcast. Small Wars is about the conflict...
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The Booker Prize-winning author calls her new novel, The Children's Book, her "easiest to love." In it, the children of...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an unlikely best-seller — it's the first book in a trilogy of thrillers...
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Joanne Harris' new novel, The Girl with No Shadow, revisits the supernaturally sensuous world of Chocolat. But where the first...
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British writer Mark Haddon's first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, brought him critical and popular...
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Sarah Waters' novel is told from 1947 backward, and it has much of what we expect of war-time Londoners: bravery,...