fiction

Claire Adam’s debut novel is animated by a complicated landscape of family.

In her new novel, women in a Mennonite colony plot their own liberation.

How three novelists depict the reality of incarceration

In Chigozie Obioma’s new novel, forgiveness is no light matter.

James Carroll tells a story of faith, reason, and freedom.

Barbara Kingsolver shows that without truth, foundations crumble.

10 writers respond.

Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.

In Sachdeva's debut story collection, magical realism meets a keen eye for character.

In Burton's debut novel, Louise and Lavinia represent the possibility that compulsive self-disclosure is a form of self-concealment.

J. D. Daniels writes beautiful letters to no one. They aren't for everyone.

If old age is another country, three novelists are exploring not just the peaks and valleys but also the rough places in between.

Maybe Fire Sermon is more fundamentally a parable about religion.

In their new novels, Dara Horn and Chloe Benjamin play with themes of mortality and free will.

Robinson's essays are sometimes tedious. Yet they provide glimpses of the capacious faith undergirding her novels.

We asked some of our favorite novelists and poets to tell us about three recent works of fiction that speak to them in a deep way.

Leni Zumas's novel makes a political point. More importantly, it cultivates empathy.

Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?

The lively dystopian worlds of Louise Erdrich and Kaethe Schwehn

Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities.