Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
May 2011

Sunday May 29, 2011
New York Times Book Review
  • Toward You by Jim Krusoe Review by Sam Numson

  • The London Train by Tessa Hadley Review by Jean Thompson

  • Songs of Kabir; Translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Review by August Kleinzahler

  • Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle Review by Tom Shone

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle Review by Don Waters

  • The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton Review by Henry Alford

    Washington Post
  • Dreams of Joy by Lisa See Review by Chris Bohjalian

  • Daughters of the Revolution by Carolyn Cooke Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson Review by Ron Charles

    Boston Globe
  • The Burning House by Paul Lisicky Review by Joseph Peschel

    LA Times
  • Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

    Sunday May 22, 2011
    New York Times Magazine
  • Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer Review by Lydia Peele

  • The Watery Part of the World by Michael Parker Review by Emily Barton

  • 2030 by Albert Brooks Review by Tom Carson

  • Pulse by Julian Barnes Review by Christopher Benfey

  • Tabloid City by Pete Hamill Review by John Darnton

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee Review by Sandip Roy

  • In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard Review by Malena Watrous

  • The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto Review by Leslie Jamison

  • Tabloid City by Pete Hamill Review by Alan Cheuse

    Washington Post
  • Saints and Sinners by Edna O'Brien Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • The Sisters Brothers by Patrick De Witt Review by Ron Charles

    Boston Globe
  • I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive by Steve Earle Review by Bill Beuttler

  • Saints and Sinners by Edna O'Brien Review by Anna Mundow

    Chicago Tribune
  • You Think That's Bad by Jim Shepard Review by Art Winslow

    Thursday May 19, 2011
    New York Times
  • Open City by Teju Cole Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday May 15, 2011
    New York Times Book Review
  • Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Review by Jane Smiley

  • The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya Review by Dinaw Mengestu

  • Saints and Sinners: Stories by Enda O'Brien Review by Liesl Schillinger

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles Review by Adam Langer

    Washington Post
  • My New American Life by Francine Prose Review by Helen Simonson

  • The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert Review by ROn Charles

    LA Times
  • The Great Night by Chris Adrian Review by David L. Ulin

    Sunday May 8, 2011
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Silent Land by Graham Joyce Review by Kevin Brockmeier

  • The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson Review by Jonathan Dee

  • Netsuke by Rikki Ducornet Review by Michael Cunningham

  • The Great Night by Chris Adrian Review by Laura Miller

  • You Are Free: Stories by Danzy Senna Review by Polly Rosenwaike

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Pulse by Julian Barnes Review by Sylvia Brownrigg

  • The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt Review by Joan Frank

    Washington Post
  • Galore by Michael Crummey Review by Samantha Hunt

  • Faith by Jennifer Haigh Review by Ron Charles

    LA Times
  • Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman Review by Sylvia Brownrigg

  • Dreams of Joy by Lisa See Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

    Chicago Tribune
  • Juice by Ishmael Review by Erin Aubry Kaplan

  • The Medusa Amulet by Robert Masello Review by Wendy Smith

    Friday May 6, 2011
    New York Times
  • Pulse by Julian Barnes Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Thursday May 5, 2011
    New York Times
  • The Informant by Thomas Perry Review by Janet Maslin

    Monday May 2, 2011
    New York Times
  • 2030 by Albert Brooks Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday May 1, 2011
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips Review by Stephen Greenblatt

  • The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt Review by Maria Russo

  • My New American Life by Francine Prose Review by Ron Carlson

  • On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe Review by Fernanda Everstadt

  • There Is No Year by Blake Butler Review by Joseph Salvatore

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • My New American Life by Francine Prose Review by Abigail Deutsch

  • The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Great Night by Chris Adrian Review by Glenn C. Altschuler

    LA Times
  • Juice by Ishmael Reed Review by Aubry Kaplan

  • Tabloid City by Pete Hamill Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

  • The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips Review by David L. Ulin

  • Twenty Thirty by Albert Brooks Review by Paul Brownfield

    Boston Globe
  • The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt Review by S. Kirk Walsh

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