In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Tayari Jones’s new novel, about two motherless girls and their ...

The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans is an epistolary novel about a septuagenarian whose letters, emails and notes help her ...

Allegra Goodman's new novel is called This Is Not About Us, but critic Maureen Corrigan says that title is coy: Readers are ...

This debut novel should be on everyone’s radar for its mature style and universal themes of coming-of-age and finding one’s ...

A deeply human novel—written without the use of artificial intelligence—explores creativity, meaning, and the forces ...

Monitor reviewers’ choices this month ranged from a novel about a mine-collapse survivor to a history of Jewish entrepreneurs who changed the toy industry.

John Irving Don’t read John Irving’s latest novel, “Queen Esther,” based on hearing it’s a sequel to “Cider House Rules.” “Queen Esther” revisits Dr. Wilbur Larch and the orphanage […] ...

Sally Rooney's latest novel, Intermezzo, has controversy surrounding it's ambiguity. While many readers find the book frustrating or messy, others argue that its discomfort is intentional. My book ...

I just finished reading Jenni L. Walsh’s Sonora, and I have to tell you, it’s a stunning piece of historical fiction. Inspired by the true story of one of the first female horse divers, this book is ...

Slightly esoteric and definitely ambitious, “Audition” by Katie Kitamura is a novel full of tension and intrigue that, while well-written, forces you to read between the lines a little too much.

In the book world, Colleen Hoover’s about as polarizing as an author can get. Some readers laud her as a literary powerhouse, a mainstay of the romance genre. Others consider her books — and her ...