12 Books to Read if You Loved Gone Girl
So, you read Gone Girl in one white-knuckled sitting. Then, in no time flat, you tore through our previous suggested…
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5 Terrific Novels About Art and Artists
Whenever I hear a novel is about art or artists, I gravitate toward it, because something about that focus on art…
Totally Mad for Southern Gothic? Five Books You’ve Got to Read.
I grew up in Colorado and went to college in Indiana, and yet somehow all of my favorite English teachers…
Three Things You Missed When You Read The Goldfinch
In the immortal words of Taylor Swift, “Haters gonna hate hate hate,” which can translate into a bloody-minded contrariness when it…
6 Books in Which the Parents are MIA
Parents complicate things. They force you to change clothes, insist you come home before curfew, and demand to meet the…
Spotlight on the Elusive and Brilliant Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt might be one of America’s most mysterious contemporary fiction writers. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author rarely gives interviews, and when…
5 Supporting Characters who Deserve Their Own Books
Pity the literary supporting character. Unlike television, which has never met a minor supporting character it doesn’t want to parlay…
A Definitive List of Books for All Vacation Occasions
It’s already July 23, and we need to have a talk: Have you taken a summer vacation yet? Seriously…have you?…
10 Characters Who Ended Up With The Wrong People
Very often we turn to books for the satisfaction of a love story well told. If it’s done right, we…
How to Get Over The Goldfinch
Remember when Avatar came out and there was a time when people got so wholly absorbed in its astounding vibrancy…
5 Big Families in Fiction
We, the members of large families, are a rare bunch. People just don’t have as many kids as they used to, and this has…
The Best Books to Buy Everyone On Your Holiday Shopping List
Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the…
8 Great Books for Fans of The Secret History
In the 20 years since the publication of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, following the obsessive, incestuous friendship of a…
10 Kinds of Bad Behavior in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who enjoy a long book based on its content, and…
5 Books In Search of an Object
Donna Tartt’s new novel The Goldfinch begins with Theo Decker recalling the terrorist explosion that killed his mother and resulted…
Our Favorite Male Protagonists by Female Authors
We’ve all known that one guy—the guy who always seems to have a new, devoted woman (or perhaps the right term…
10 Brain-Expanding Books for the College-Bound Teen
It’s a big step: living on your own for the first time and being responsible for your schedule, friendships, health,…