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

Monday June 30, 2003
New York Times
  • The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday June 29, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Collected Poems by Robert Lowell Review by William H. Pritchard

  • The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon Review by James McManus

  • Indelible Acts by A.L. Kennedy Review by D.T. Max

  • The Man of Feeling by Javier Marias Review by Lawrence Venuti

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman Review by Ana Marie Cox

  • Do Everything in the Dark by Gary Indiana Review by Elisabeth Eaves

  • Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbee
  • Everyone's Burning by Ian Spiegelman
  • The MIddle of the Night by Daniel Stolar
  • The Water Dancers by Terry Gamble
  • The Winter Without Milk by Jane Avrich
    Review by Heather Hewett

  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell
  • The Grasshopper King by Jordan Ellenberg
  • Super Flat Times by Matthew Derby
    Review by Kit Reed

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Review by David Kipen

  • Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes Review by Megan Harlan

  • Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin Review by Jennie Yabroff

  • Liverpool Fantasy by Larry Kirwan Review by Rachel Howard

  • The Beginning of Calamities by Tom House Review by Jason Baskin

  • Slow Hands by Lynne Kaufman Review by Elaine Margolin

  • The Long Fall by Lynn Kostoff Review by Jim Nawrocki

  • A Palestine Affair by Jonathan Wilson Review by Dodie Bellamy

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst Review by Jessica Treadway

  • The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard
  • Family History by Dani Shapiro
  • Tilt by Elizabeth Burns
  • Twelve Times Blessed by Jacquelyn Mitchard
  • Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
    Review by Jillian Dunham

  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Review by Andrew Ervin

  • Pieces of Payne by Albert Goldbarth Review by Lucia Perillo

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Drift by Mary Kinzie Review by Tom Devaney

  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by Frank Wilson

    LA Times
  • Southland by Nina Revoyr Review by Jonathan Kirsch

  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by Merle Rubin

  • The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier Review by Maichael Harris

  • Due Preparations for the Plague by Janete Turner Hospital Review by Paula L. Woods

  • The Joy of Funerals by Alix Strauss Review by Tripp Whetsell
    First Fiction:
  • The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
  • The Deep and Other Stories by Mary Swan
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • Collected Poems by Robert Lowell Review by James Marcus

  • The Book Against God by James Woods Review by Scott McLemee

  • The Effect of Living Backwards by Heidi Julavits Review by Stephanie Zacharek

    Thursday June 26, 2003
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Music of Your Life by John Rowell Review by Jean Blish Siers

    Wednesday June 25, 2003
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Review by Gregory Feeley

    Tuesday June 24, 2003
    New York Times
  • Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Washington Post
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Review by Elizabeth Ward

    Monday June 23, 2003
    New York Times
  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman Review by Janet Maslin

    Newsday
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Review by Bethany Schneider

    Sunday June 22, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • A Palestine Affair by Jonathan Wilson Review by Richard Eder

  • Bunker 13 by Aniruddha Bahal Review by James Buchan

  • Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde Review by Bruno Maddox

  • The Effect of Living Backwards by Heidi Julavits Review by Taylor Antrim

  • Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson Review by Beberly Lowry
    Books in Brief:
  • Charlie Big Potatoes by Phil Robinson Review by Barbara Sutton

  • Everyone's Burning by Ian Spiegelman Review by Charles Wilson

  • The Water Dancers by Terry Gamble Review by Betsy Groban

  • Fable For Another Time by Louis-Ferdinand Celine Review by Dan Kaufman

  • The Easy Hour by Leslie Stella Review by Dana Kennedy

  • Catch as Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings by Joseph Heller Review by Katherine Wolff

    Washington Post Book World
  • Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Review by Karen Joy Fowler

  • Reunion by Michael B. Oren Review by Andrew Nagorski

  • 1929 by Ferderick Turner Review by Chris Lehmann

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst Review by Carol Doup Muller

  • Signal and Noise by John Griesemer Review by Malena Watrous

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Review by Kate Washington

  • I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan Review by Amy Alamar

  • Bliss Street by Martha Conway Review by Jonah Raskin

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Book Against God by James Wood Review by Paul Baumann

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift Review by Frank Wilson

    LA Times
  • The Fabulist by Stephen Glass Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • Christopher by Allison Burnett Review by Robin Russin

  • The Tattooed Girl by Joynce Carol Oates Review by Michael Harris

    Newsday
  • The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman Review by Wendy Smith

    Saturday June 21, 2003
    New York Times
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Thursday June 19, 2003
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Review by Diane Struzzi

    Tuesday June 17, 2003
    New York Times
  • Fluke by Christopher Moore Review by Janet Maslin

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by Molly Knight

    Sunday June 15, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Review by Jay McInerney

  • The Bug by Ellen Ullman Review by Benjamin Anastas

  • Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy Review by Sara Mosle

  • Gilgamesh by Joan London Review by Francine Prose

  • Ten Little Indians: Stories by Sherman Alexie Review by Eric Weinberger

  • Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes Review by Michael Upchurch

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Book Against God by James Wood Review by Alice K. Turner

  • Deep Purple by Mayra Montero
  • The Land of Women by Regina McBride
  • Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
    Review by Carolyn S. Briggs

  • The Last Days of Publishing by Tom Engelhardt Review by Michele Slung

  • Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore Review by Paul Di Filippo

  • Acts of Love on Indigo Road by Jonis Agee Review by Michael Griffith

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by David Kipen

  • December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza Review by Tom Nolan

  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by Heller McAlpin

  • The Book Against God by James Wood Review by Allen Barra

  • The Other Side of Silence by Andre Brink Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Short People: Stories by Joshua Furst Review by David Hill

  • Everyone's Burning by Ian Spiegelman Review by Jack Karp

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Review by Vanessa Gezari

    LA Times
  • Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins Review by Wendy Smith

  • Action! by Robert Cort Review by Peter Lefcourt

  • Ten LIttle Indians by Sherman Alexie Review by Michael Harris

    First Fiction:
  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell
  • Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Aspects of the Novel by David R. Slavitt Review by Leonard W. Boasberg

    Newsday
  • Short People by Joshua Furst Review by Ricgrad Gehr

  • O Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Review by Maureeen Corrigan

    Thursday June 12, 2003
    New York Times
  • The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday June 8, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell Review by Gary Shteyngart

  • Sweetwater by Roxanna Robinson Review by Alice Elliott Dark

  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by John Leonard

  • Stillness: and Other Stories by Courtney Angela Brkic Review by Francine Prose

  • Signal & Noise by John Griesemer Review by Annette Kobak

  • Long For This World by Michael Byers Review by Kerry Fried

  • The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done by Sandra Newman Review by Myla Goldberg

    Books in Brief:
  • Nalda Said by Stuart David Review by Dana Kennedy

  • Amanda Bright @Home by Danielle Crittenden Review by Masry Elizabeth Williams

  • Super Flat Times: Stories by Matthew Derby Review by Mathew Flamm

  • Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber Review by Anderson Tepper

  • Safe in Heaven Dead by Sameul Ligon Review by Charles Salzberg

  • The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters Review by Mary Park

    Washington Post Book World
  • A Palestine Affair by Jonathan Wilson Review by Gershom Gorenberg

  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by Gary Krist

  • The True Account by Howard Frank Mosher Review by Matt Schudel

  • I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan Review by Tom Paine

  • City of Ghosts by Johanna Stoberock Review by Wendy Smith

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Review by David Kipen

  • Bangkok 8 by John Burdett Review by Adam Dunn

  • Kissing You by Daniel Hayes Review by Kenneth Brewer

  • The Music of Your Life by John Rowell Review by Joanne Hayden

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Caprices by Sabina Murray Review by Andrea Louie

  • Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla Review by James Polk

  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Achy Obejas

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Book Against God by James Wood Review by Carlin Romano

  • The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry Review by Ken Fuson

    LA Times
  • The Other Side of Silence by Andre Brink Review by Michael Harris

  • Shroud by John Banville Review by Jack Miles

  • The Last Days of Publishng by Tom Engelhardt Review by Herbert Gold

  • The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy Review by Peter ZinomanM

    Newsday
  • The Photograph by Penelope Lively Review by John Freeman

  • The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker Review by Daphne Uviller

    Tuesday June 3, 2003
    New York Times
  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday June 1, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Deep Purple by Mayra Montero Review by Lisa Zeidner

  • Best Friends by Thomas Berger Review by Richard Eder

  • Star of the Sea by Joseph O'Connor Review by James R. Kincaid

  • The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry Review by David Willis McCullough

    Washington Post Book World
  • Conclave by Roberto Pazzi Review by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

  • Testament by Nino Ricci Review by Elizabeth Hand

  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by Chris Lehmann

  • The Crime of Father Amaro by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros Review by Michael Dirda

  • Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen
  • Dreams of Bread and Fire by Nancy Kricorian
  • Promiscuous Unbound by Bex Brain
  • Hungry Ghost by Keith Kachtick
  • Man About Town by Mark Merlis
    Review by Paul Maliszewski

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Love and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer Review by John Freeman

  • Sparrow; Poems by Carol Muske-Dukes Review by Martin Rubin

  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell Review by Troy Jollimore

  • Tiny Ladies by Adam Klein Review by Gabe Weisert

    Chicago Tribune
    Sweetwater by Roxana Robinson Review by Beth Kephart

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Voice at 3 a.m.: Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic Review by Karl Kirchwey

  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Gerald Weales

    LA Times
  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Michael Harris

  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by Peter Green

  • Soft Sift: Poems by Mark Ford Review by John Palatella

    First Fiction:
  • Promiscuous Unbound by Bex Brian
  • The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner Review by Marion Winik

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