Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
May 2009

Sunday May 31, 2009
New York Times Book Review
  • Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard Review by Robert Pinsky

  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Review by Scarlett Thomas

  • The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl Review by Radhika Jones

  • The Family Man by Elinor Lipman Review by Penelope Green

    Chronicle:
  • Security by Stephen Amidon
  • After You've Gone by Jeffrey Lent
  • Revenge of the Teacher's Pet by Darrin Doyle
  • Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sanchez Pinol
    Review by Joseph Salvatore

    Washington Post
  • The Signal by Ron Carlson Review by Ron Charles

  • The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman Review by Wendy Smith

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Enthusiast by Charlie Haas Review by Steven Winn

    Christian Science Monitor
  • The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin Review by Elizabeth Lund

    Sunday May 24, 2009
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels Review by Jess Row

  • Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz
  • The Amos Oz Reader
    Review by Leisl Schillinger

  • Natural Elements by Richard Mason Review by Louisa Thomas

  • Waveland by Frederick Barthelme Review by Jack Pendarvis

  • The Last Secret by Mary McGarry Morris Review by Sophie Gee

  • The Spy Game by Georgina Harding Review by Boris Fishman

  • Castle by J. Robert Lennon
  • Pieces for the Left hand; 100 Anecdotes by J. Robert Lennon
    Review by Scott Bradfield

    Washington Post
  • Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone Review by Michael Dirda

  • Wanting by Richard Flanagan Review by Ron Charles

  • Stone's Fall by Iain Pears Review by Anna Mundow

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Shanghai Girls by Lisa See Review by Chloe Schama

    Friday May 22, 2009
    New York Times
  • Wanting by Richard Flanagan Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday May 17, 2009
    New York Times Book Review
  • Towards Another Summer by Janet Frame Review by David Gates

  • How to Sell by Clancy Martin Review by Tom McCarthy

  • Little Bee by Chris Cleave Review by Caroine Elkins

  • The Act of Love by Howard Jacobson Review by Tom Barbash

  • A Sandhills Ballad by Ladette Randolph Review by Julia Scheeres

  • Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn Review by Jincy Willett

    Washington Post
  • The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund by Jill Kargman
  • Hedge Fund Wives by Tatiana Boncompagni Review by Kristi Lanier

  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Review by Ron Charles

  • Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Jeff VanderMeer

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Love and Obstacles by Aleksandar Hemon Review by Todd Shy

  • Rooftops in Tehran by Mahbod Seraji Review by Regan McMahon

    Chicago Tribune
  • Into The Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea Review by Alan Cheuse

    Sunday May 10, 2009
    New York Times Book Review
  • When I Forgot by Elina Hirvonen Review by Liesl Schillinger

  • Nobody Move by Denis Johnson Review by David Means

  • The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov Review by Ben Macintyre

    Washington Post
  • The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • Sunnyside by Glen David Gold Review by ROn Charles

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Sunnyside by Glen David Gold Review by Charles Matthews

  • Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Sean Beaudoin

  • Nobody Move by Denis Johnson Review by Jacob Molyneux

  • Pop Apocalypse by Lee Konstantinou Review by Dewey Hammond

    Sunday May 3, 2009
    New York Times Book Review
  • Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Review by Toure

  • Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Review by Liesl Schillinger

  • The Servants' Quarters by Lynn Freed Review by William Boyd

  • Woodsburner by John Pipkin Review by Brenda Wineapple

  • Endpoint by John Updike Review by Clive James

    Washington Post
  • The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen Review by Ron Charles

  • Nobody Move by Denis johnson Review by Sarah Weinman

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Please Step Back by Ben Greenman Review by Jesse Hamlin

  • Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead Review by Cheston Knapp

  • Wetlands by Charlotte Roche Review by Anis Shivani

  • The Servants' Quarters by Lynn Freed Review by Margot Kaminski

  • The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels Review by Joan Frank

    Boston Globe
  • The Cardboard Universe by Christopher Miller Review by Carlo Wolff

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