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Editors’ Picks: Fiction

Incredible work…
A breakthrough novel and the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, “The Sympathizer” is an incredibly compelling tale of espionage, identity, and love.
2017 Pulitzer Prize winner…
In Whitehead’s powerfully expansive novel, the all-too-real horrors of slavery are juxtaposed with surreal and allegorical elements to create a gripping novel as much about America’s present as it is about its past.
Emotionally gripping…
This stunning story of a precocious nine-year old boy, who struggles with issues of loss and family, captured the attention of a nation grappling with the aftermath of the attacks on 9/11.
Classic Murakami...
Balanced between his tendencies towards the minimal & the mystical, “Colorless” is classic Murakami: a quietly oneiric mediation on intimacy, solitude, memory & belonging.
Stories that linger...
Lahiri is a sensitive observer of the micro relationships that form between strangers in different situations: a tour, a dinner party, a tutoring session. These are stories that linger, that become a part of you.
Pulsing with life…
A dazzling collection of stories about identity and relationships from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. As in “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, Díaz’s prose here is bawdy, colorful, and pulsing with life.
A mother’s love…
Moral codes, maternal instincts, and a young couple’s marriage are put to the test when a boat carrying a dead man, and a very alive baby girl, washes onto the shore of a remote Australian island.
Hilarious & heartfelt…
Maria Semple’s modern epistolary novel is hilarious and heartfelt, following 15-year-old Bee as she tries to solve the apparent mental breakdown and disappearance of her mother just before a family trip to Antarctica.
Modern classic…
Chabon’s magnum opus blends comics, Jewish lore, and American history to create a page-turning, smart, and deeply enjoyable novel that's been hailed by critics and readers as a modern classic.

Literary Dystopias

Dystopian fiction has become popular once again as we grapple with the Orwellian idea of “alternative facts.” Get a glimpse of the dark and gritty future here.

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Critically-Acclaimed Debuts

These novels and short story collections launched the careers of some of the biggest past and present writers.

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Alex P., Scribd Editor

From the Editors

Long–awaited novel…

George Saunders’ much-anticipated first novel is as terrific as everyone hoped. The acclaimed short story author’s black humor and absurdism appear in spades, but the book is also anchored by a deep pathos. It’s a pleasure to read, and strikes at the chords of American history, as well as at broad themes of war, grief, death, and love.

Literary Thrillers

Page-turning tension combined with beautiful prose twists and turns these thrillers into compulsive reads.

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The Best Novels of the Century (So Far)

The 21st century’s still young, but it’s been full of great literary works thus far. See the best of the best here.

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Ashley M., Scribd Editor

From the Editors

A dystopian classic…

Atwood’s dystopian classic isn’t just an argument for women’s rights, but more generally a brilliant commentary on the effects of dehumanization, of putting law above love, and of the dangers of picking sides and uncritically sticking with them in the first place.