Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
July 2003

Sunday July 27, 2003
New York Times Book Review
  • Reunion by Alan Lightman Review by Jonathan Wilson

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Review by Richard Eder

  • Hungry Ghost by Keith Kachtick Review by Pico Iyer

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon Review by William Luvaas

  • The Deep and Other Stories by Mary Swan Review by Adina Hoffman

  • Flight by Victoria Glendinning Review by Jane Ciabattari

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Review by Charles Platt

  • The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
  • A Hero's Daughter by Andrei Makine
    Review by Laura Ciolkowski

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Bibliophilia by Michael Griffith Review by David Wiegand

  • Theater of the Stars by N.M. Kelby Review by Aparna Sreenivasan

  • Lucca by Jens Christian Grondahl Review by Josh Green

  • A Girl Could Stand Up by Leslie Marshall Review by June Sawyers

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Review by Susan Parker

    Chicago Tribune
  • Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Review by Robin Hemley

  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell Review by John Freeman

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Review by Dan Cryer

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Family Resemblance by Tanya Maria Barrientos Review by Rebecca Pepper Sinkler

  • The Bridge by Solomon Jones Review by Marc Schogol

    LA Times
  • Platform by Michel Houellebecq Review by Joan Muliet Buck

  • The Wife by Meg Wolitzer Review by Laurie Stone

    Newsday
  • What Was She Thinking by Zoe Heller Review by Lisa Levy

    Thursday July 24, 2003
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Review by Charles Matthews

    Monday July 21, 2003
    New York Times
  • Platform by Michel Houellebecq Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday July 20, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Crossley Baby by Jacqueline Carey Review by Valerie Sayers

  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by Valerie Martin

  • Platform by Michel Houellebecq Review by Jenny Turner

  • San Remo Drive by Leslie Epstein Review by Elizabeth Frank

  • Chasing Shakespeare by Sarah Smith Review by Jeff Turrentine

    Books in Brief:
  • A Sad Affair by Wolfgang Koeppen Review by James J. Uebbing

  • Picture Window: Poems by John Hollander Review by Matthew Flamm

  • The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier Review by Craig Seligman

  • Acts of Love on Indigo Road: New & Selected Stores by Jonis Agee Review by Maggie Galehouse

  • Three Days As the Crow Flies by Danny Sommins Review by Megan Harlan

  • My Lover's Lover by Maggie O'Farrell Review by Helen Pitt

  • The Winter Without Milk by Jane Avrich Review by Max Winter

    Washington Post Book World
  • Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson Review by Patricia Elam

  • Gazelle by Rikki Ducornet Review by Evelyn Small

  • Trading Up by Candace Bushnell Review by Susan Adams

  • Loose Lips by Claire Berlinski
  • Seven Days & Seven Sins by Pamela Ditchoff
  • Theater of the Stars by N.M. Kelby
  • Family Resemblances by Tanya Maria Barrientos
  • Red Plaid Shirt by Diane Schoemperlen
    Review by Elizabeth Roca

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin Review by Andrew Roe

  • Hunting Midnight by Richard Zimler Review by Anthony Giardina

  • Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig Review by Amy Kroin

  • Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital Review by Megan Harlan

  • The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon Review by Heller McAlpin

  • Built in a Day by Steven Rinehart Review by Tobin O'Donnell

  • P by Andrew Lewis Conn Review by Adam Mansbach

  • Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland Review by Chuck Leddy

  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman Review by Christine Thomas

  • Platform by Michel Houellebecq Review by Max Winter

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Effect of Living Backwards by Heidi Julavits Review by Art Winslow

  • Three Novellas by Thomas Bernhard Review by Thomas Simpson

  • The Clearing by Tim Bautreaux Review by Brain Bouldrey

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Day Before: New Poems by Dick Allen Review by David Yezzi

    LA Times
  • Where the Truth Lies by Rupert Holmes Review by Michael Harris

  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman Review by Merle Rubin

  • Reunion by Alan Lightman Review by Heller McAlpin

  • The Devil's Dream by Lee Smith Review by Greil Marcus

  • Wired by Gary Wolf Review by Jackie Bennion

  • Do Everything in the Dark by Gary Indiana Review by Gavin Lambert

    Newsday
  • Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig Review by Suzy Hansen

    Sunday July 13, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Trading Up by Candace Bushnell Review by Virgina Heffernan

  • The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst Review by M.G. Lord

  • The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Review by Richard Lourie

  • Creation by Katherine Govier Review by Michael Upchurch

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Review by John Leonard

  • The Tattooed Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Sophie Harrison

  • The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov Review by Stephen Metcalf

    Washington Post Book world
  • The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst Review by Susan Dooley

  • The Bay of Love and Sorrows by David Adams Richards Review by Daniel McMahon

  • Bad News of the Heart by Douglas Glover Review by Jonathan Penner

  • The Colour by Rose Tremain Review by Wendy Smith

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Where the Truth Lies by Rupert Holmes Review by David Kipen

  • The Effect of Living Backwards by Heidi Julavits Review by Jennie Yabroff

  • Pastries: A Novels of Desserts and Discoveries by Bharti Kirchner Review by Radhika Sharma

  • The Best Short Stories of William Kittredge Review by Sara Ivy

  • The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty Review by Barbara Quick

  • Collected Poems by Robert Lowell Review by Peter Campion

  • Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy Review by John Freeman

  • Candy by Mian Mian Review by Lisa Teasley

  • Young Men on Fire by Howard Hunt Review by Carlo Wolff

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Beyond Silence: Selected Shorter Poems by Daniel Hoffman Review by Susan Balee

  • Say When by Elizabeth Berg Review by Martha Woodall

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift Review by Staff

  • Drift by Manuel Luis Martinez Review by Ruth Lopez

  • The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty Review by Jessica Treadway

  • Short People by Joshua Furst Review by Lynna Williams

  • Twilight of the Ice by Harry Mark Petrakis Review by Herbert Mitgang

    LA Times
  • The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon Review by Robert Hellenga

  • Fable for Another Time by Louis-Ferdinand Celine Review by Thomas McGOnigle

    First Fiction:
  • The Music of Your Life by John Rowell
  • Stillness by Courtney Angela Brkic
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman
  • The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
    Review by Carol Doup Muller

    Sunday July 6, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Colour by Rose Tremain Review by John Vernon

  • The Book Against God by James Wood Review by Daniel Mendelsohn

  • J'Accuse by Aharon Shabtai Review by Jonathan Wilson

  • Bangkok 8 by John Burdett Review by David Willis McCullough

  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman Review by Janice P. Nimura

    Books in Brief:
  • Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland Review by Megan Harlan

  • Sparrow: Poems by Carol Muske-Dukes Review by Ken Tucker

  • P by Andrew Lewis Conn Review by Max Winter

  • Man About Town by Mark Merlis Review by Chris Marquis

  • Agua by Eduardo Berti Review by Mary Elizabeth Williams

  • Hammer by Mark Turpin Review by Anfrew Santella

    Washington Post Book World
  • Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseinin
  • West of the Jordan by Laila Halaby
    Review by Pamela Constable

  • Creation by Kathernie Govier Review by Dennis Drabelle

  • Stillness and Other Stories by Courtney Angela Brkis Review by Amy Kroin

  • Hell At the Breech by Tom Franklin Review by Daniel Woodrell

  • The Effect of Living Backwards by Heidi Julavits Review by Alex Abramovich

  • Poets of World War II by Harvey Shapiro
  • Selected Poems by Karl Shapiro
    Review by John Palattella

  • Fear Itself by Walter Mosley Review by Laura Lippmann

  • Waiting for April by Scott M. Morris Review by John Biguenet

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Polished Hole by Austin Clarke Review by Monica Wood

  • The Last Days of Publishing by Tom Engelhardt Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Indelible Acts by A.L. Kennedy Review by Christopher Dreher

  • The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux Review by Peter Temes

  • The Difference Between You and Me by Kathleen DeMarco Review by Miriam Wolf

  • The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry Review by Kevin Smokler

  • Cypress Grove by James Sallis Review by Stephen Davis

  • The Tattooed Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Richard Zimler

  • The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman Review by Alison Hood

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman Review by Lynna Williams

  • On This Day by Nathaniel Bellows Review by Jessica Treadway

    LA Times
  • Fear Itself by Waslter Mosley Review by Thomas Curwen

  • Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • Deep Purple by Mayra Montero Review by Adriana Lopez

  • Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland Review by Michael Harris

    Newsday
  • Immigrant Song by Le Thi Diem Thuy Review by Laurie Stone

  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Review by Joanna Smith Rakoff

    Thursday July 3, 2003
    Newsday
  • Long for This World by Michale Byers Review by Dan Cryer

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