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Literary Fiction
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Where to Start with Arthur Koestler: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arthur Koestler — how to approach Darkness at Noon, his essential novel about Stalinist show trials. A complete reading guide to the Hungarian-British author.
Where to Start with Audrey Niffenegger: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Audrey Niffenegger — whether to begin with The Time Traveler's Wife or Her Fearful Symmetry. A complete reading guide to the American author.
Where to Start with Benjamín Labatut: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Benjamín Labatut — whether to begin with When We Cease to Understand the World or MANIAC. A complete reading guide to the Chilean author.
Where to Start with Bonnie Garmus: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Bonnie Garmus — how to approach Lessons in Chemistry, her debut novel about a chemist who becomes a cooking show host. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Boris Pasternak: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Boris Pasternak — whether to begin with Doctor Zhivago, My Sister Life, or Safe Conduct. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer.
Where to Start with Brit Bennett: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Brit Bennett — whether to begin with The Vanishing Half or The Mothers. A complete reading guide to the American author.
Where to Start with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — how to approach Half of a Yellow Sun, her Booker Prize-winning novel of the Nigerian-Biafran War and its essential companions. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Chuck Palahniuk: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Chuck Palahniuk — how to approach Fight Club, his essential debut novel about masculinity and late capitalism. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Claire North: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Claire North — how to approach Ithaca, her feminist retelling of the Odyssey narrated by Hera as Penelope waits for Odysseus to return. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Daniel Defoe: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Daniel Defoe — how to approach Robinson Crusoe, his essential novel and the founding text of English prose fiction. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Daniel Keyes: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Daniel Keyes — how to approach Flowers for Algernon, his essential novel about intelligence, identity and what it means to be human. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Dave Eggers: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Dave Eggers — whether to begin with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius or The Circle. A complete reading guide to the American author.
Where to Start with David Nicholls: A Reading Guide
Where to start with David Nicholls — whether to begin with One Day, Starter for Ten, or Us. A complete reading guide to the British novelist.
Where to Start with Delia Owens: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Delia Owens — how to approach Where the Crawdads Sing, her essential debut novel set in the North Carolina marshes. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Denis Johnson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Denis Johnson — whether to begin with Jesus' Son or Tree of Smoke. A complete reading guide to the National Book Award-winning American author.
Where to Start with Don Winslow: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Don Winslow — how to approach The Power of the Dog, his essential drug war trilogy opener. A complete reading guide to the American crime novelist.
Where to Start with Douglas Stuart: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Douglas Stuart — whether to begin with Shuggie Bain or Young Mungo. A complete reading guide to the Scottish Booker Prize-winning author.
Where to Start with Eleanor Catton: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Eleanor Catton — whether to begin with The Luminaries or Birnam Wood. A complete reading guide to the Booker Prize-winning New Zealand novelist.
Where to Start with Elfriede Jelinek: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elfriede Jelinek — whether to begin with The Piano Teacher, Wonderful Wonderful Times, or Lust. A complete guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Elizabeth Gaskell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elizabeth Gaskell — how to approach North and South, her Victorian novel combining industrial-era class conflict with one of the period's most satisfying slow-burn romances. A complete reading guide.
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