Hermione Hoby’s millennial bildungsroman ‘Virtue’ explores the consequences of living an unanswering life
At the heart of Hermione Hoby’s new novel, “Virtue,” is 22-year-old Luca, an intern at a New York City literary magazine mired in a moral...
Emma Levy
In ‘Klara and the Sun,’ Kazuo Ishiguro wonders what robots can teach us about humanity
Nobel Prize laureate Kazuo Ishiguro returns with his first novel in six years, “Klara and the Sun,” in which the topography of a postindustrial society...
In ‘No One is Talking About This,’ Patricia Lockwood brings the chaos and comedy of social media to print
In “No One is Talking About This,” the new novel from Patricia Lockwood, an unnamed protagonist sends a viral tweet that leads to fame, international...
‘Memories of Korea, sharp like splinters’ flesh out Sumi Hahn’s debut novel, ‘The Mermaid from Jeju’
Sumi Hahn, who has covered food, music and more for local publications including The Seattle Times, Edible Seattle and Seattle Weekly, has published her debut...
Sex, lies and fraught family ties fill Elena Ferrante’s latest, ‘The Lying Life of Adults’
Bestselling Italian novelist Elena Ferrante brings readers to suburban Naples in her new novel, "The Lying Life of Adults," which follows a daughter as she...
Heartbreaking, brilliant ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a luminous story of faith and family from Yaa Gyasi
In "Transcendent Kingdom," the hotly anticipated follow-up to Yaa Gyasi's 2018 novel "Homegoing," the writer explores the heartbreaking dynamics of an immigrant family roiled by...
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with 3 books that might shift your perspective
On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution enfranchised all American women — or so the story goes. These three books provide...
Debates of feminism, Blackness, class and more form Bernardine Evaristo’s deeply profound ‘Girl, Woman, Other’
The unique, diverse perspectives of 12 characters, mostly Black women, collide with each other in Bernadine Evaristo's excellent, challenging "Girl, Woman, Other," co-winner of the...
Ezra Klein argues the American political system is working exactly as intended in ‘Why We’re Polarized’
Vox co-founder Ezra Klein says the American electorate is more polarized than ever. But there's no flaw in our political system — in "Why We're...
Anna Wiener cautions against the dark frontier of tech’s future in ‘Uncanny Valley’
In "Uncanny Valley," New Yorker columnist Anna Wiener recalls her time in Silicon Valley, and how optimism and opportunity gave way to unchecked incursions in...