Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction

September 2003

Sunday September 28, 2003 New York Times Book Review The Unprofessionals by Julie Hecht Review by Richard Eder The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by Stephen Metcalf A Window Across the River by Brian Morton Review by Janice P. Nimura The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman Review by Jonathan Mahler Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett Review by Kerry Fried Waxwings by Jonathan Raban Review by Geoff Nicholson Books in Brief: Mrs. Sartorius by Elke Schmitter Review by Julia Livshin Dreams of Rescue by Laura Shaine Cunningham Review by William Ferguson Daughter's Keeper by Ayelet Waldman Review by Suzan Sherman Orchard by Larry Watson Review by Don O'Keefe Lunch at the Picadilly by Clyde Edgerton Review by Sherie Posesorski Bleachers by John Grisham Review by Jeff Turrentine Washington Post Book World The Furies by Fernanda Eberstadt Review by Janice P. Nimura Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett Review by Jennifer Howard L'Affaire by Diane Johnson Review by Michael Dirda San Francisco Chronicle L'Affaire by Diane Johnson Review by Regan McMahon Diary by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Kera Bolonik Dream Jungle by Jessica Hagedorn Review by Jonathan Kiefer Too Much of Nothing by Michael Scott Moore Review by Timothy Peters Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb Review by Gina Arnold Half Mat by Christopher Null Review by Alan Black Chicago Tribune The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters Review by Vanessa Gezari Father of Noise by Anthony McCann Best American Poetry of 2003 The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry Review by Maureen N. McLane Philadelphia Inquirer Jelly ROll by Kevin Young Review by George Held The Rabbit Factory by Larry Brown Review by Jeff Kunerth Friday September 26, 2003 New York Times The Little Women by Katharine Weber Review by Richard Eder Thursday September 25, 2003 New York Times Winner of the National Book Award by Jincy Willett Review by Janet Maslin Newsday How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer Lucky Girls by Nell Freudenberger Review by Dan Cryer Sunday September 21, 2003 New York Times Book Review Sixty-Six by Barry Levinson Review by Charles Taylor Heavenly Days by James Wilcox Review by Patricia T. O'Connor The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathem Lethem Review by A.O. Scott The Little Women by Katharine Weber Review by Emily Barton Eve in the City by Thomas Rayfel Review by Richard Eder The OWner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001 by Louis Simpson Review by David Orr The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux Review by Robert Wilson The Sailmaker's Daughter by Stephanie JOhnson Review by Michael Gorra Washington Post Book World A Walking Guide by Alan S. Cowell The Madam by Julianna Baggott A Window Across the River by Brian Morton Jamesland by Michelle Huneven Dating Games by RM JOhnson Review by Rodney Welch San Francisco Chronicle Fortress of Solitide by Jonathan Lethem Review by David Kipen Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman Review by Adam Dunn The Boom Economy by Brain Bouldrey Review by Daniel Blue True Cross by T.R. Pearson Review by Sally Abbott OK, Joe by Louis Guilloux Review by Rachel Howard Chicago Tribune What Was She Thinking by Zoe Heller Orchard by Larry Watson Review by John Freeman A Blade of Grass by Lewis DeSoto Review by Alan Cheuse Bloody Mary by Sharon Solwitz Review by Tammie Bob Friday September 19, 2003 New York Times L'Affaire by Diane Johnson Review by Michiko Kakutani Thursday September 18, 2003 New York Times She is Me by Cathleen Schine Review by Janet Maslin Wednesday September 17, 2003 New York Times A Walking Guide by Alan S. Cowell Review by John Laurence Philadelphia Inquirer The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by Michelle Reale Tuesday September 16, 2003 New York Times Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem Review by Michiko Kakutani Philadelphia Inquirer Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by Pearl Cleage Review by Donna Marchetti Sunday September 14, 2003 New York Times Book Review Lucky Girls: Stories by Nell Freudenberger Review by Jennifer Schuessler Saul and Patsy by Charles Baxter Review by Eric Weinberger Tiger in a Trance by Max Ludington Review by Bruce Barcott The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke Review by Ihsan Taylor Stone Garden by Molly Moynihan Review by Jacqueline Carey The Furies by Fernanda Eberstadt Review by Bruce Bawer Books in Brief: You Look Nice Today by Stanley Bing Review by Hugo Lindgren Mailman by J. Robert Lennon Review by Emily Gordon Macbeth in Venice by William Logan Review by J.T. Barbarese Swagbelly by DJ Levien Review by Scott Sutherland The Mistressclass by Michele Roberts Review by Megan Harlan Blankets by Craig Thonpson Review by Ken Tucker Washington Post Book World The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by christopher Tilghman She is Me by Cathleen Schine Review by Lisa Zeidner Shipwreck by Louis Begley Review by Michael Dirda The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks Knee Deep in Wonder by April Reynolds Bleachers by John Grisham Sixty-Six by Barry Levinson Review by Carmela Ciuraru San Francisco Chronicle Brick Lane by Monica Ali Review by Kevin Scaggs The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by David Kipen How To Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer Review by Jennie Yabroff The Rabbit Factory by Larry Brown Review by Brad Vice The Known World by Edward P. Jones Review by Alan Cheuse Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Review by Sandip Roy Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties by Felicia Luna Lemus Review by Dodie Bellamy The Raven by Lou Reed Review by Carlo Wolff King Cophetua by Julien Gracq Review by Irina Reyn The Furies by Fernanda Eberstadt Review by Victoria Zackheim Knee Deep in Wonder by April Reynolds Review by Nia Malika-Henderson Chicago Tribune 1929 by Frederick Turner Review by Stuart Sherman The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by Molly McQuade Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy Review by Vanessa Gezari A Window Across the River by Brian Morton Review by Art Winslow Newsday The Fortress of Solitide by Jonathan Lethem Review by Robyn Creswell Friday September 12, 2003 New York Times American Woman by Susan Choi Review by Richard Eder Thursday September 11, 2003 Newsday The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by Dan Cryer Tuesday September 9, 2003 New York Times San Remo Drive by Leslie Epstein Review by Michiko Kakutani Philadelphia Inquier The Known World by Edward P. Jones Review by M. Dion Thompson Sunday September 7, 2003 New York Times Book Review Four Spririts by Sena Jeter Naslund Review by Will Blythe One Pill Makes You Smaller by Lisa Dierbeck Review by Stacey D'Erasmo Brick Lane by Monica Ali Review by Michael Gorra Due Preparations For the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital Review by Richard Eder Washington Post Book World Swann's Way by Marcel Proust Review by benjamin Ivry Bold Sons of Erin by Owen Parry Review by Dennis Drabelle Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig Review by Louis Bayard One Vacant Chair by Joe Coomer Lunch At the Piccadilly by Clyde Edgerton Heavenly Days by James Wilcox Mailman by J. Robert Lennon Review by Andrew Ervin San Francisco Chronicle The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston Review by William Kowinski American Woman by Susan Choi Review by Andrew Roe Tiger in a Trance by Max Ludington Review by Kevin Smokler Gods Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary MOnroe Review by Susan Parker Chicago Tribune Brick Lane by Monica Ali Review by Melvin Bukiet Phidelphia Inquirer Personality by Andrew O'Hagan Review by John Freeman Newsday Saul and Patsy by Charles Baxter Review by Craig Seligman Thursday September 4, 2003 New York Times Diary by Chuck Palahniuk Review by Janet Maslin Wednesday September 3, 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer And Now You Can Go by Vendela Vida Review by Marta Salij Tuesday September 2, 2003 New York Times The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Review by Michiko Kakutani Monday September 1, 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer Stella Descending by Linn Ullmann Review by Connie Ogle August 2003 List Fiction Review Source Main Page Comments and Suggestions About this Site