Happily, Showtime has it in development. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Our own Sarah Jane has said, “Her novels are a skillful and engrossing combination of so many things I love: lush historical details with a seedy Dickensian underbelly. Prize Winners by Year Prize Winners by Category Explore Lists Fiction For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a ... (It made one of our Books I’ll Never Forget lists!). Call it comix realism— it gives Díaz a tremendous verbal and emotional range.”, “The paradox in every part and sentence of the post-apocalyptic narrative—evoking even as it denies—is repeated as if fractally by The Road as a whole … All the elements of a science fiction novel of the post-apocalypse are present or at least hinted at…There are bits of satire of a very dark order in the hints that religious extremism caused the holocaust, and in the relentless way McCarthy deprives the foolish reader of the reassurances … The Road is neither parable nor science fiction, however, and fundamentally it marks not a departure but a return to McCarthy’s most brilliant genre work, combined in a manner we have not seen since Blood Meridian: adventure and Gothic horror.”, –Michael Chabon (The New York Review of Books), “I believe Geraldine Brooks’ new novel, March, is a very great book. Your whole house smells of dog, says someone who comes to visit. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize * Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize "An intimate, brainy, gleaming epic . . . This is a dazzling book, as ambitious as any first novel published this decade. It is narrative genius with mischief and personality all its own—which is why it was an international publishing sensation that won the Booker Prize! He says he prefers films to plays. Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. By Off the Shelf Staff | December 29, 2020, By Off the Shelf Staff | January 15, 2020. But none of her stories are apprentice work. It would pass. Anyone, who is everyone, it seems, has a book for sale on Amazon, resulting in millions of choices. Rather than being a literal adaptation, this collection instead takes the satirical, provocative and absurd spirit of the original tales and re imagines them for the 21st Century. The writing here is funny and down–to–earth, the characters are recognizably fallible, and the message is quietly profound: We are not ever really alone, however lonely we feel." —The Wall Street Journal Existential, painful, and unforgettable, NEVER LET ME GO explores how even the most disenfranchised and doomed characters find meaning, hope, and love, even as they resign themselves to a life cut horribly short. (Harper). Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, Today at 1PM (EST) from Columbia University in New York City, the winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction will be announced. It’s beautiful and, frankly, iconic. It’s an extremely powerful, stunning novel, set against the backdrop of World War II, about the ways in which people try to be good to each other against all odds. The ear might be a better way of finding those resources than looking at numbers on a spreadsheet. The novel suggests that you have resources to get you through, regardless of your circumstances. By clicking 'Sign Up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use. Every year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Letters, Music, and Drama. When Milk and Honey was published, it took the world by storm. The Corrections by Johnathan Franzen, From novels by Patrick Rothfuss to J.K. Rowling to Sabaa Tahir, we list the best fantasy books of the 21st century. “…a novel of Faulknerian power and darkness, one that embraces the American experience from the time of the Civil War to the first years of the Depression … While Shadow Country gradually conveys what is known about Watson from records and reminiscences, Matthiessen imagines conversations and the background for certain characters and encounters, even as he deepens the ambiguities of his increasingly tantalizing story … While Book I draws on the down-home voices of the islanders and Book II uses the prose of a good reporter, Book III is written in a rather formal, old-fashioned style, suitable for the scion of proud, if now indigent, Southern aristocrats … Shadow Country is altogether gripping, shocking, and brilliantly told, not just a tour de force in its stylistic range, but a great American novel, as powerful a reading experience as nearly any in our literature.”, –Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books. Gillian Flynn took femme fatale to a whole new level, and turned everyone into suspense and crime fiction readers with this book. In this instant New York Times bestselling thriller, what should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn. But she is beloved—her brothers Randall, Skeetah and Junior are fine and strong; they brawl and sacrifice and steal for her and each other. T. The threshold universe This page was last edited on 29 March 2020, at 17:27 (UTC). They exist to be endured—until the next Katrina arrives to ‘cut us to the bone.’”, –Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon Esch isn’t plucky or tomboyish. From the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning, an electric new novel that maps the emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love.When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. Newspaper Blackout contains original poems by Austin Kleon, as well as submissions from readers of Kleon's popular online blog and a handy appendix on how to create your own blackout poetry. Some of the characters in these stories contend with hardships; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the ravishing universe outside themselves. Sent to San Francisco to live with her beloved aunt and uncle, newly orphaned Emily expectantly enters their once-happy mansion only to find unimaginable horrors. “Void and menace are the operating principles in Lord of Misrule. Outrage! . Book Club Favorites: 6 True Stories Primed for Meaningful Discussions, 7 Endearing Stories Where Perfect Strangers Come Together, 10 Books with Characters Who Feel Like Family by the End, full terms and conditions and this month's choices, September eBook Deals: 10 Entertaining Reads for Your Digital Library, A Timeless Classic Celebrating Life’s Simple Pleasures, My Favorite Fantasy and Sci-Fi Reads of the Year (So Far), 10 Enchanting Books Crackling with Autumnal Energy. Elena Ferrante is a force, and this novel introduced us to her incredible gift: the ability to write flawed characters tangled in friendships and relationships that are both loving and resentful, and incredibly universal. In Klay’s hands, Iraq comes across not merely as a theater of war but as a laboratory for the human condition in extremis … Each story calls forth a different dilemma or difficult moment, nearly all of them rendered with an exactitude that conveys precisely the push-me pull-you feelings the war evoked: pride, pity, elation and disgust, often pulsing through the same character simultaneously … Klay has a nearly perfect ear for the language of the grunts—the cursing, the cadence, the mixing of humor and hopelessness. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, When I Lived in Modern Times is "an unsentimental coming-of-age story of both a country and a young immigrant . . . that provides an unforgettable glimpse of a time and place rarely observed" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The result is an energetic, brooding, open-hearted and funny novel that addresses refreshingly big questions of love and loyalty in America’s rapidly fragmenting, meaning-challenged domestic sphere … What happens to the Lamberts is ultimately less compelling than the simple fact of them, as rendered in Franzen’s patient, wise descriptions of their petty trials, their epic self-deceptions and their astonishing, resilient need of one another.”. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The 100 best books of the 21st century | Books | The Guardian Himself by Jess Kidd, Jemisin made all kinds of SFF history by winning her third straight Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Stone Sky, the third book in the Broken Earth trilogy. “The Echo Maker is not an elegy for How We Used to Live or a salute to Coming to Grips, but a quiet exploration of how we survive, day to day … The faith we extend to writers like Weber is, I think, the same kind of faith we put in our best fiction writers. Yes, in just a few short hours, 20+ writers, journalists, and composers will find their careers inexorably altered, and their bank accounts $15,000 richer. The 100 best books of the 21st century by The Guardian. Below are the top five placements of the Novel … Stuart’s Fictional Dinner Party Guests: Elena and Lila. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, This list comprises books we loved from the past 20 years, and for almost half that time, The Glass Castle has been on the New York Times’s bestseller list. No matter how you feel, you can probably agree that books that celebrate love—whether pulse-pounding romantic love, obsessive love, familial love or love between friends—are books to cherish. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we want to share our Top 10 Love Stories of the 21st Century (so far). Now grab a hunk of chocolate and keep reading . . . Good for consumers, but bad for literary snobs. Clocks and pots and old heirlooms, all bearing stories, flesh out his history and that of his ancestors. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and ... When the children’s father is released from prison, Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm, the State Penitentiary. We tend to forget that history is all too often made by fallible beings who make mistakes, calculate badly, love blindly and want too much. Not even for a visit would I return to the womb. Last year’s winner of the prize, Tade Thompson, called The Old Drift “the great African novel of the 21st century”. Found insideAn advocate and son of same-gender parents recounts his famed address to the Iowa House of Representatives on civil unions, and describes his positive experiences of growing up in an alternative family in spite of prejudice. A mesmerizing tale that keeps you guessing long after you turn the last page. He is an excellent writer, and in this dystopian science fiction book (shortlisted for the Booker), his writing mastery is on full display. This list may not reflect recent changes . . . . A suspensfuly, deeply haunted book."--The New York Times Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her family’s island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a “tour de force” (O, The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic. Yan Martel is a Canadian novelist known for this Man Booker prize-winning philosophical novel. The 100 best books of the 21st century. (Modern Library). Which I do by never inviting that person to visit again. He's a Black American musician from a … The Finkler Question is a scorching story of exclusion and belonging, justice and love, ageing, wisdom and humanity. Funny, furious, unflinching, this extraordinary novel shows one of our finest writers at his brilliant best. This list may not reflect recent changes . Those in attendance would ideally have a multiple-decade friendship like Elena and Lila of MY BRILLIANT FRIEND. By Sara Roncero-Menendez | February 3, 2021, By Off the Shelf Staff | November 1, 2019. Awards. Similar to Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo became an international sensation. “Vollmann’s [novel] is a hall of mirrors—each tale getting a kind of sister story that forms its opposite image. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive ... First, it’s hard to sort the men from the horses, so similar are their slaveries, their striving for nothing, their tendency to be ruled by lesser animals … This rich, soupy (as in primal soup, many ingredients) milieu that Gordon creates—all the names and hints of back story glimmering in the dust—serve to make a character shine, really shine, when he or she rises up and out. These 29 stories are chilling, or funny, or a bit of both, and they all will continue to turn in your imagination long after youÕve finished reading them. Edited by Paul Guernsey. It’s spiritual, it’s moving, and, ultimately, incredibly impactful. I believe it breathes new life into the historical fiction genre, the borrowing-a-character-from-the-deep-past phenomenon, the old I-shall-tell-you-a-story-through-letters tradition. Clearly, he’s writing for his people—Dominicans on the island and around New York City—and as far as he’s concerned, everyone else is just listening in … One of the most perceptive things about Díaz’s novel is the way it shows how machismo can crush both the men who don’t conform and those who do … Díaz combines heartbreaking realism with the wildest sort of comic-book fantasy, moving beyond the surrealism of Borges and Cortázar and the magical realism of Márquez and Allende to break new ground. The students of Hailsham are special. And it won the Booker Prize! The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University each spring since 1917. Some of those resources are not tallied by experts. Some of it has to do with the ever changing politics that govern the board throughout a century, often illuminating the changing currents in thought in general in American culture. It was an engine that did not stop, its hungry boiler fed with blood. Offer expires in three months, unless otherwise indicated. Rich with Ward’s distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic and unforgettable family story and “an odyssey through rural Mississippi’s past and present” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, these stories speak with passion and wisdom to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. Each year since 1965 the Nebula Awards honoring science fiction's best novel, novella, novelette, short story, and script have been awarded by the voting members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. For those of you who’ve never heard of […] Plus, get a free eBook when you join our mailing list. This powerful story of his quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for a captivating read. Pages in category "21st-century American novels" This category contains only the following page. Now that we’re entering the 2020s, we thought it only fair to look back at all the amazing stories published in the past 20 years and honor the best of the best from the 21 st century (so far). In his imagination the whole structure, the life that took generations to build, comes tumbling down.”, –Susan Salter Reynolds (The Los Angeles Times), “Here’s a perfect example of a character you’d never be friends with, but whom you can’t stop reading about: Her name is Olive Kitteridge, and she’s the title character of Elizabeth Strout’s book of short stories … Olive is a character who’s as bad as you’d be if you let yourself—and that’s partly what drives the book: You can’t wait to see what she’s going to do next … There’s at least one secret in every story—and one life-changing moment. The Good Lord Bird don’t run in a flock. Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose stubborn nonconformity was both their curse and their salvation. Yes, in just a few short hours, five dumbstruck authors will be fêted, garlanded, and welcomed into the American literary pantheon. My Brilliant Friend was a book we could not get enough of in the past few years. This novel is a brilliant example of James’s ability to craft an entire world through the eyes of multiple characters—and that’s why it both won the Booker Prize and stole our hearts. The stellar stories in this volume includes a tale set in the world of Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse, the first published fiction by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, and a tale of love, family, and resurrection from the legendary ... Trust Exercise by Susan Choi He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons, about legacies, about violence, about love. There have been four award categories since 1996, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Like Isherwood, she writes about an earnest young man studying his landlady, whose calcified habits at first unnerve him and then draw out his tenderness. I was spurred to action and rallied the troops on Twitter. But the 21st century has been a particularly fruitful time of fantasy literature, with J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series ushering in an era of both publishers willing to take a chance on new fantasy writers and readers opening themselves up to worlds of magic. Books originally published before January 1st, 2000 will be removed. Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you visit us frequently, you’ll know our ed board loves Stephen King. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The people of Empire Falls are not held down simply by fate or by their own bad choices but by the active collaboration of their neighbors and loved ones … Russo’s command of his story is unerring, but his manner is so unassuming that his mastery is easy to miss. Sontag has managed to structure a paradox—call it hopeful inconsolability or optimistic pessimism—a belief that the destruction of our ideals and our long-lost innocence can still be narrated, that there is still a story to be told about us and about how we came to be the way we are or to see.”. Contrary to that historical fact, the National Book Foundation currently recognizes only a history of purely literary awards that begins in 1950. She wants to be a better mother but can’t put her children above her own needs, especially her drug use. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joseph Hillström King, known by his pseudonym, Joe Hill, has gained famed with his novels such as Heart-Shaped Box and Horns and his short story anthologies such as 20th Century Ghosts and Strange Weather. The youngest writer on this list, Navarro was included in Granta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists anthology issue in 2010. This psychologically acute novel enlists your heart as well as your mind. WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD From the Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author of The Overstory, a powerful novel about family and loss “Wise and elegant . It’s a big, affectionate and often hilarious book.”, “Russo knows his characters too well to allow them the luxury of victimhood or to indulge in the grim determinism of some of his peers. Yes, in just a few short hours, five dumbstruck authors will be fêted, garlanded, and welcomed into the American literary pantheon. the Oscars of the book world) are nearly upon us. It’s harrowing, powerful, and moving, with lyrical writing that will forever be etched in our minds and hearts. Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a ... Last year, N.K. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Books with less than 75 ratings will be removed. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning. It shook us to our core. “I don’t know whether or not The Friend is a good novel or even, strictly speaking, if it’s a novel at all—so odd is its construction—but after I’d turned the last page of the book I found myself sorry to be leaving the company of a feeling intelligence that had delighted me and even, on occasion, given joy … The dog, the suicide, the writing life: These are the three strands of thought and feeling that make up the weave of The Friend. (Penguin Press). He writes beautiful, heartfelt stories about community and the way people can touch each other’s lives, and this debut is no exception. WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A beautiful book ... a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love. Fenno’s lengthy first-person narrative takes its place at the literal and symbolic center of Three Junes, providing the anchor point for the intricate web of characters that make up Glass’ thoughtful textual design.”, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Despairing men are at the heart of each of these tales, most of them protagonists on the cusp of being antagonists … Each of these stories plants a small bomb in the reader’s head; life after reading Fortune Smiles is a series of small explosions in which the reader—perhaps unwillingly—recognizes Adam Johnson’s gleefully bleak world in her own … the stories in Fortune Smiles may be best appreciated when taken out into the sunshine one by one.”, –Lauren Groff, The New York Times Book Review, Redeployment by Phil Klay “Ward’s characters are much more than their scars. This is a book that is worth a twenty-year wait. As we await the announcement of this year’s winners, here’s a list of the twenty previous fiction honorees of this still-young century (you can check out the nonfiction list here). Though we are only just over twelve years into the 21st century (yes, I can do the maths; the 21st century started on 1 January 2001), ABC has produced its list of the ten best Spanish novels of the 21st century.However, the first one on the list was actually published in the 20th century (yes, I am pedantic) – La fiesta del chivo (The Feast of the Goat) being published in 2000. He Flies alone. I say I’ll take care of it. We expect—and need—them to tell us of our world, how things work, how against all odds we make it through. He’s searching. This collection of new essays examines a range of Gaiman's prolific output, with readings of the novels American Gods, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. This book introduced us to Fredrik Backman, and as such, we’ll never forget it. The Underground Railroad did both. They escape a horrific school, and over the course of a summer, they cross paths with many others: struggling farmers and traveling faith healers, displaced families, and lost souls of all kinds. She had nothing in this world but her two hands and her crazy love for Jesus, who seemed, for his part, never to have heard of her. (Henry Holt & Co.). But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won’t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager. Maybe that’s why this book delivers what you hardly ever get in a literary novel: suspense.”, Junto Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, “Díaz sings straight to the heart of urban Spanglish, and he’s not waiting for outsiders to catch up. She weaves a deeply obsessive and dark tale we could not put down—and because of it, we’ll pick up every book she writes from now on. I started the list, but ran into the 100 book limit. Richly textured, emotionally charged, disarmingly comic, this is a major work by one of our finest writers. I finished all the James Tiptree Jr. award science fiction winners. I believe it honors the best of the imagination. The lives of Skip Sands, a spy-in-training engaged in psychological operations against the Vietcong, and brothers Bill and James Houston, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war, intertwine in a compelling novel of America ... I’d like to host a dinner with an eye on close friendships. When we brace for beauty, she gives us blood … Best of all, she gives us a singular heroine who breaks the mold of the typical teenage female protagonist. An instant New York Times bestseller, this magnificent novel follows four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. “It’s a powerful story about the American experience in Vietnam, with unsettling echoes of the current American experience in Iraq … Skip believes in the goodness and promise of America with boyish innocence and ardor…Skip’s innocence, however, is tarnished when he witnesses the agency’s brutal assassination of a priest (falsely suspected of running guns) in the Philippines, and in Vietnam he quickly becomes lost in the wilderness of mirrors created by his fellow intelligence officers … Mr. Johnson intercuts the stories of Skip and the colonel with those of half a dozen other people caught up in the war … Mr. Johnson not only succeeds in conjuring the anomalous, hallucinatory aura of the Vietnam War as authoritatively as Stephen Wright or Francis Ford Coppola, but he also shows its fallout on his characters with harrowing emotional precision.”. Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi, Award Winners; Digital Audio Books; See All Subjects; Used; Staff Picks. Whitehead’s novel shows the brutal history of the US, following escaped slaves as they search for the Underground Railroad that will take them out of the South—and in this story, the railroad is an actual train and tracks. Elective ignorance was a great survival skill, perhaps the greatest. The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. After you shake the chessboard, how will the pieces realign themselves? For years, this remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption has given readers a glimpse into a family both deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. More than an actress, she is a national symbol for the triply besieged and conquered Poland, a symbol of patriotism, of seriousness, of achievement on a grand scale in the arts … [Sontag] is giving us, in fiction, the history of the loss that led to irony and fragmentation, the death of so much that could formerly be called culture, and she bravely attempts a journey beyond that loss. This novel brings to light a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe and survived a treacherous political landscape by following her heart—Mary Boleyn, who had to step aside for her best friend and rival to take over Henry VIII’s heart and throne. Already beloved by millions of readers, this novel follows a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II. By Off the Shelf Staff | January 27, 2021. ... and revisit the Best Director Oscar winners of the 21st century so far, ranking each win by how well it … Offer redeemable at Simon & Schuster’s ebook fulfillment partner. The National Book Award–winning story collection from the author of The Orphan Master’s Son offers something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world. “MASTERFUL.”—The Washington Post “ENTRANCING.”—O: The Oprah ... Here we present the winners of the Nebula Awards' best novel category. The breakout hit of 2014, this beautiful novel was a finalist for the National Book Award and it just won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Nowadays, when so many writers are acclaimed as great stylists, it’s hard to make anyone notice when you praise a writer’s prose. It’s heartbreaking, but also full of love and faith—and honesty—making it easily one of the top books published in the 21st century. “If you like to laugh AND feel moved AND have your heart applaud wildly for fictional characters, you will certainly fall for the grumpy but lovable Ove (it’s pronounced “Oo-vuh,” if you were wondering).”. Described by The New Yorker as "a highly pleasurable interrogation of pleasure," Leilani skewers 21st-Century sexual, racial and office politics with a dry, dark and frequently absurd comic style. (This list was so hard to make, so here are all of the other titles we desperately wanted to include but couldn’t fit!) Locus Magazine asked their readers to rank their favorite novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories of the 20th and 21st century. (Riverhead). You know why? Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as 21st-century-novels) … Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Decade One of the Top 10 Books of 2014 – Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A “thrilling, ambitious . . . intense” (Los Angeles Times) novel that ... . ’Nuff said. Here we are, fifteen years into a new century, and many authors are churning out noir novels as essential as anything from its heyday. It’s a big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole—and it is one we will be rereading for years to come. Anthony Doerr’s book won the Pulitzer Prize and was on the New York Times’s bestseller list for more than two and a half years—and it was a finalist for the National Book Award. Visit us frequently, you ’ re a little obsessed with books I knew fear, also... March 2020, by Off the Shelf Staff | December 29, 2020 this... 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