Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
August2006

Sunday August 27, 2006
New York Times Book Review
  • The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud Review by Meghan O'Rourke

  • The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany Review by Lorraine Adams

  • All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones Review by Dave Eggers

  • Brief Encounters With Che Guevara: Stories by Ben Fountain Review by Liesl Schillinger

  • Voyage Along the Horizon by Javier Marias
  • Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias
    Review by Wyatt Mason

  • The Banquet Bug by Geling yan Review by Ligaya Mishan

  • The Driftless Area by Tom Drury Review by Robert Draper

    Washington Post Book World
  • All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens Review by Ron Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience; Edited by Chandra Prasad Review by Cheryl Harris Sharman

    Chicago Tribune
  • Nancy Culpepper: Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason Review by Lynna Williams

  • The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger Review by Veronique de Turenne

  • Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard Review by Laura Ciolkowski

  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami Review by Alan Cheuse

    Boston Globe
  • The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud Review by Gail Caldwell

    Tuesday August 22, 2006
    New York Times
  • The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday August 20, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Brambles by Eliza Minot Review by Meghan Duam

  • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Review by Terrence Rafferty

    Chronicle:
  • A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna Maxted
  • The Seducer by Jan Kjaerstad
  • Nightwatch by Sergeo Lukyanenko
  • Three Days to Die by Tom Powers
  • You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen
    Review by Andrew Santella

  • Soul Kitchen by Poppy Z. Brite Review by Field Maloney

  • Perennial Fall by Maggie Dietz Review by David Kirby

  • The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh Review by Robert Macfarlane

  • Short Dog: Cab Driver stories from the L.A. Streets by Dan Fante Review by John Wranovics

    Washington Post Book World
  • Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin Review by Patricia Elam

  • A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna maxted Duttom Review by Susan Coll

  • Kept by Y. Euny Hong Review by Elinor Lipman

  • Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston Review by Wendy Smith

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Kurakami Review by Jenna Krajeski

  • No God in Sight by Altaf Tyrewala Review by Irene Wanner

  • Smonk by Tom Franklin Review by Lisa Teasley

  • Giraffe by J.M Ledgard Review by Elsbeth Lindner

  • The Driftless Area by Tom Drury Review by Yiyun Li

  • The Scent of Your Breath by Melissa P. Review by Michelle Orange

    Chicago Tribune
  • Chasing the Jaguar by Michele Dominguez Greene
  • Estrella's Quinceanera by Malin Alegria
    Review by Carolyn Alessio

  • The Secret River by Kate Grenville Review by Beth Kephart

    Boston Globe
  • Which Brings Me to You by Steve Amond and Julianna Baggott Review by Sandra Shea

    Sunday August 13, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl Review by Liesl Schillinger

  • A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua Review by Claire Messud

  • The Girls by Lori Lansens
  • Half Life by Shelley Jackson
    Review by Stacey D'Erasmo

  • Nancy Culpepper: Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason Review by Hilary Frey

  • The Scent of Your Breath by Melissa P. Review by Shellah Kolhatkar

    Washington Post Book World
  • Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg Review by Charlotte Hays

  • The Judas Field by Howard Bahr Review by Jeffrey Lent

  • The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist Review by Kevin Allman

  • Helen of Troy by Margaret George Review by Clare Clark

  • The Book About Blanche and Maire by Per Olov Review by Ruth Franklin

  • Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko Review by Ron Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger Review by Elizabeth Rosner

  • Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Review by David Hellman

  • The Bullet Trick by Louise Welsh Review by Helena Echlin

  • The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany Review by Joh Freeman

  • Heat Signature by Lisa Teasley Review by Miriam Wolf

    Chicago Tribune
  • History Lesson for Girls by Aurelie Sheehan Review by Alyce Miller

  • The Widower by Liesel Litzenburger Review by Sharon Pomerantz

  • The Keep by Jennifer Egan Review by Donna Seaman

    Boston Globe
  • A Woman in Jerusalem by A.B. Yehoshua Review by Richard Eder

  • Gallatin Canyon by Thomas McGuane
  • The Natural Disorder of Things by Andrea Canobbio
    Review by Amanda Heller

    Sunday August 6, 2006
    New Yotk Times Book Review
  • All Things, All at Once: New and Selected Stories by L. K. Abbott Review by Meg Wolitzer

  • An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco Review by Nick Tosches

  • The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde Review by Danielle Trussoni

  • The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien Review by Paul Gray

  • Babylon and Other Stories by Alix Ohlin Review by Benjamin Anastas

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien Review by Wendy Kann

  • The Ruins by Scott Smith Review by Douglas E. Winter

  • The Slow Moon by Elizabeth Cox Review by Ron Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Babylon and Other Stories by Alix Ohlin Review by Christine Thomas

  • Pound for Pound by F.X. Toole Review by James Brown

  • Scar Tissue by Charles Wright Review by Jenna Krajeski

    Chicago Tribune
  • Alentejo Blue by Monica Ali Review by Julia Livshin

    July 2006 List

    Fiction Review Source Main Page

    Comments and Suggestions
    About this Site