Best Books of 2016 – Jeff’s Picks
What a fantastic year of books – it’s quite difficult to narrow it down to a top few. I hate to exclude Don DeLillo’s Zero K, and Adam Haslett’s Imagine Me Gone, but there can only be...
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Borders by Roy Jacobsen
★★★★★ Set in the Ardennes region of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, Roy Jacobsen’s fine novel Borders (translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw) is a multi-layered saga of philosophical geopolitics and...
September 2016: Books to Read and Review
Mid-September marks the start of a packed fall season of major book releases. Many great writers like Ian McEwan, Jonathan Lethem, Zadie Smith, and Michael Chabon have books coming out this autumn; those of...
July 2016: Books to Read and Review
A few exciting new additions as my stack of books to read and review has evolved this summer. From the top: The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Hogarth) A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (Farrar,...
June 2016: Books to Read and Review
My stack has changed substantially since last month, with four new books joining Jenni Fagan’s still-unread The Sunlight Pilgrims. Here’s the current breakdown, as of mid-June: The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan (Hogarth) Borders by Roy Jacobsen...
