Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
January 2006

Tuesday January 31, 2006
New York Times
  • The Good Life by Jay McInerney Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday January 29, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin Review by Liesl Schillinger

  • Over the Rainbow? Hardly: Collected Short Stories by Chandler Brossard Review by Blake Bailey

  • My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan Review by Mark Kamine

  • Christmas in Paris 2002 by Ronald K. Fried Review by Charles Wilson

    Chronicle:
  • The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert
  • Billie Morgan by Joolz Denby
  • Against Gravity by Farnoosh Moshiri
  • Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean
  • Time Won't Let Me by Bill Scheft
    Review by Etelka Lehocky

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins Review by Bruce Murkoff

  • The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez Review by Joyce Johnson

  • Strivers Row by Kevin Baker Review by Ron Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Arthur & George by Julian Barnes Review by Heller McAlpin

  • The House of Scorta by Laurent Gaude Review by Ron Antonucci

  • The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis Review by Irina Reyn

    Boston Globe
  • Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg Review by Gail Caldwell

  • A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies by Ellen Cooney Review by Richard Eder

    Thursday January 26, 2006
    New York Times
  • Purity of Blood by Arturo Perze-Reverte Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday January 22, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert Review by Christopher Hitchens

  • The Poems of Charles Reznikoff 1918-1975 Review by Joshua Clover

  • The Female of the Species by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Hillary Frey

  • The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Review by Ligaya Mishan

    Washington Post Book World
  • The World To Come by Dara Horn Review by Ron Charles

  • The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell Review by Bil Sheehan

  • Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer Review by Ward Just

  • How's Your Romance by Ethan Mordden Review by Dennis Drabelle

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Ruins of California by Martha Sherrill Review by Lisa Teasley

  • The Thrall's Tale by Judith Lindbergh Review by Eric Reyes

  • Passarola Rising by Azhar Abidi Review by Timothy Peters

  • Kornwolf by Tristan Egolf Review by Joel Whitney

  • The Last Time I Saw You by Rebecca Brown Review by Joy Parks

  • The World to Come by Dara Horn Review by Debra Spark

  • The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez Review by Robert Roper

    Chicago Tribune
  • Hard Night by Christian Wiman Review by Katie Peterson

  • The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Review by Art Winslow

  • A World to Come by Dara Horn Review by Julias Livshin

    Boston Globe
  • The Man From Beyond by Gabriel Brownstein Review by Jon Lellenberg

  • The Accidental by Ali Smith Review by Gail Caldwell

    Sunday January 15, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • Arthur and George by Julian Barnes Review by Terrence Rafferty

  • Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury Review by Lorraine Adams

  • Skinner's Drift by Lisa Fugard Review by Allegra Goodman

  • The White Earth by Andrew McGahan Review by Geoff Nicholson

  • Leaving Home by Anita Brookner Review by Caryn James

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman Review by John McNally

  • Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris Review by Ron Charles

  • The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • Arthur & George by Julian Barnes Review by Michael Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The White Earth by Andrew McGahan Review by Schwan Ziad

  • Kuraj by Silvia di Natale Review by Richard Zimler

  • Skinner's Drift by Lisa Fugard Review by Reagan Upshaw

  • Liberation by Joanna Scott Review by Steve Hermanos

  • Year of Fire by David H. Lynn Review by Melissa Price

  • Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox Review by Marc Herman

    Chicago Tribune
  • Music Through the Floor by Eric Puchner Review by Lynna Williams

  • Torch by Cheryl Strayed Review by Laura Ciolkowski

  • The Great Stink by Clare Clark Review by Michael Clark

    Boston Globe
  • Arthur & George by Julian Barnes Review by Gail Caldwell

  • The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Review by Paul Kafka-Gibbons

    Sunday January 8, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox Review by Christopher Buckley

  • The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda Review by Madison Smartt Bell

  • The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Review by Walter Kirn

  • The Promise of Happiness by Justin Cartwright Review by Tony Eprile

  • The Trouble With Poetry: And Other Poems by Billy Collins Review by David Orr

  • Come On In by Charles Bukowski Review by D.H. Tracy

  • The Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman Review by Daniel Soar

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Review by Frances Itani

  • Leaving Home by Anita Brookner Review by Ron Charles

  • Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox Review by P.J. O'Rourke

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Accidental by Ali Smith Review by Michael Schaub

  • Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris Review by Mario Bruzzone

  • Rampart Street by David Fulmer Review by June Sawyers

  • Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean Review by Patricia Conover

    Chicago Tribune
  • Queen of the Underworld by Gail Godwin Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Time in Between by David Bergen Review by Art Winslow

  • The Accidental by Ali Smith Review by Susan Campbell

  • The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons Review by Lynna Williams

    Boston Globe
  • Song of the Cuckoo Bird by Amulya Malladi
  • House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport
  • Lessons in Duck Hunting by Jayne Buxton
    Review by Diane White

    Friday January 6, 2006
    New York Times
  • Utterly Monkey by Nick Laird Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday January 1, 2006
    New York Times Book Review
  • Why She Married Him by Myriam Chapman Review by Sarah Towers

  • Across the Bridge of Sighs: More Venetian Stories by Jane Turner Rylands Review by Elizabeth Gaffney

    Chronicle:
  • At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
  • Sex Wars by Marge Piercy
  • The Prisoner Pear by Elissa Minor Rust
  • The New Woman by Jon Hassler
  • Dogs of Truth: New and Uncollected Stories by Kit Reed
    Review by Sarah Ferguson

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Review by Lynn Andriani

  • House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport Review by Christine Thomas

  • The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster Review by David Hellman

  • More Like Not Running Away by Paul Shepherd Review by John Marc Smith

  • The Time in Between by David Bergen Review by Dan Zigmond

  • Shorts by Alberto Fuguet Review by Joe Woodward

  • The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin Review by Anthony Giardina

  • Nostalgia by Mircea Cartarescu Review by Christopher Byrd

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Skinner's Drift by Lisa Fugard Review by Laura Ciolkowski

  • A Child Again by Robert Coover Review by Michael Upchurch

  • Two Men Before the Storm by Gregory J. Wallance Review by Nina J. Easton

  • The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante Review by Carlin Romano

    Boston Globe
  • Gotz and Meyer by David Albahari Review by Richard Eder


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