Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
May 2005

Sunday May 29, 2005
New York Times Book Review
Fiction Chronicle:
  • Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue by Mark Kurlansky
  • The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher
  • The Effects of Light by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
  • Serpent Girl by Matthew Carnahan
  • Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncery
    Review by Maggie Galehouse

  • Collected Poems, 1943-2004 by Richard Wilbur Review by Stephen Metcalf

    Washington Post Book World
  • Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Elizabeth Hand

  • The Diezmo by Rick Bass Review by H.W. Brands

  • Her Body Knows by David Grossman Review by Judy Goldman

  • Welcome to Havana Senor Hemingway by Alfredo Jose Estrada Review by Ron Charles

    San Francsico Chronicle
  • The Magic Keys by Albert Murray Review by Tom Nolan

    Chicago Tribune
  • Blinding Light by Paul Theroux Review by Paul Baumann

  • Music of the Mill by Luis J. Rodriguez Review by Paricia Henley

  • Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories by Richard Stern Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Bright Forever by Lee Martin Review by Conan Putnam

  • Fatal Crossroads by Seymour Topping Review by James O'Shea

  • Looped by Andrew Winston Review by Bill Savage

    Boston Globe
  • Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett Review by Gail Caldwell

    Sunday May 22, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Missing Person by Alix Ohlin Review by Sophie Harrison

  • The Magic Keys by Albert Murray Review by John Leland

  • The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini Review by Laura Jamison

  • The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr Review by Geoff Nicholson

  • Follies by Ann Beattie Review by David Means

  • Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Tom Shone

    Fiction Chronicle:
  • Holy Skirts by Rene Steinke
  • The Portrait by Iain Pears
  • The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
  • The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
  • The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
    Review by Dan Kennedy

  • Maps For Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam Review by Akash Kapur

  • Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche Review by Meghan Daum

    Washington Post Book World
  • Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • The Coast of Akron by Adrienne Miler Review by Curtis Sittenfeld

  • The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini Review by Donna Rifkind

  • The Portrait by Iain Pears Review by Howard Norman

  • The Great Inland Sea by David Francis Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • My Name Is Legion by A.N. Wilson Review by Ron Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea Review by David Hellmen

  • Follies by Ann Beattie Review by christine Thomas

  • The Right Madness by James Crumley Review by John Freeman

    Chicago Tribune
  • Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo Review by Art Winslow

  • The Lake, the River & the Other Lake by Steve Amick Review by Jean Thompson

  • The Bitch Posse by Martha O'Connor Review by Jane Ciabattari

  • The Company Car by C.J. Hribal Review by Porter Shreve

  • Under the Glacier by Halldor Laxness Review by Alan Peter Ryan

    Boston Globe
  • Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Review by Richard Eder

  • Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Adam Mansbach

    Sunday May 15, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Review by Terrence Rafferty

  • A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin Review by Dan Chiasson

  • Natives and Exotics by Jane Alison Review by Sue Halpern

  • Zorro by Isabel Allende Review by Max Byrd

  • Her Body Knows: Two Novellas by David Grossman Review by Tova Mirvis

    Fiction Chronicle:
  • Alternative Atlanta by Marshall Boswell
  • Owen Noone and the Marauder by Douglas Cowie
  • The Narcissist's Daughter by Craig Holden
  • The Devil's Wind by Richard Rayner
    Review by Ruth Davis Konigsberger

  • My Life in CIA by Harry Mathews Review by Alan Furst

  • Little Women
  • Little Men
  • Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
    Review by Mary Jo Salter

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard Review by Patrick Anderson

  • Rules for Old Men Waiting by Peter Pouncey Review by Christopher Tilghman

  • Last Night by James Salter Review by Michael Knight

  • Zorro by Isabel Allende Review by Craig Nova

  • Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett Review by Micahel Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Tokyo Cancelled by Rana Dasgupta Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Buzz Poole

  • The Lake, the River, & the Other Lake by Steve Amick Review by Andrew Roe

  • Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Review by Jesse Berrett

  • Let It Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz Review by Susan Comninos

  • The Night Garden by Pamela Holm Review by Allison Block

  • A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke Review by Regan McMahon

    Chicago Tribune
  • Paradise by A.L. Kennedy Review by Art Winslow

    Boston Globe
  • Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo Review by Nathaniel Bellows

    Sunday May 8, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Hot Kid by Elmore leonard Review by Charles McGrath

  • The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan Review by Nell Freudenberger

  • A Perfect Stranger and Other Stories by Roxana Robinson Review by Bliss Broyard

  • The Right Madness by James Crumley Review by Ron Powers

  • The Diezmo by Rick Bass Review by Jay Jennings

  • Bosh and Flapdoodle: Poems by A.R. Ammons Review by Edward Hirsch

  • Honey and Junk by Dana Goodyear Review by Emily Nussbaum

  • Ashes for Breeakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grunbein Review by Melanie Rehak

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Review by Ron Charles

  • Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte Review by Michael Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Zorro by Isabel Allende Review by Allen Barra

  • The Coast of Akron by Adrienne Miller Review by Jennie Yabroff

  • Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche Review by Andrew Ervin

  • In the Shadows of the Sun by Alexander Parsons Review by Jesse Berrett

  • Maps For Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam Review by Timothy Peters

  • Thirty-Three Swoons by Martha Cooley Review by Floyd Skloot

    Chicago Tribune
  • My Name is Legion by A.N. Wilson Review by William Pritchard

  • The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman Review by Stephen J. Lyons

  • Follies by Ann Beattie Review by Jessica Treadway

  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Review by Beth Kephart

  • Zorro by Isabel Allende Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Review by Laura Ciolkowski

    Boston Globe
  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Review by Gail Caldwell

  • The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard Review by Stephen King

  • Towelhead by Alicia Erian Review by Amanda Heller

    Tuesday May 3, 2005
    New York Times
  • Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday May 1, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Black Maria by Kevin Young Review by Joel Brouwer

  • Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller Review by Kathryn Harrison

  • Snow White and Russian Red by Dorota Maslowska
  • A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka Review by Boris Fishman

  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Review by Laura Miller

  • Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson Review by Benjamin Kunkel

    Washington Post Book World
  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Review by Ron Charles

  • Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller Review by Richard Bausch

  • North by Frederick Busch Review by Richard Grant

  • Small Island by Andrea Levy Review by Louise Bernard

  • Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Review by Meg Wolitzer

  • Nam-A-Rama by Phillip Jennings Review by Tom Paine

  • Lunar Follies by Gilbert Sorrentino Review by Michael Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Review by Megan Harlan

  • The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell Review by Jon Mooallem

  • Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor Review by Melissa Price

  • What We Do is Secret by Thorn Kief Hillbery Review by Lisa Teasley

  • Sonechka: A Novella and Stories by Ludmila Ulitskaya Review by Charles May

  • Europe Central by William T. Vollmann Review by Steve Kettmann

  • The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Review by Sandip Roy


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