the book show

Allegra Goodman has long been a novelist of conscience and close observation, attentive to the ways ordinary lives are shaped by faith, class, intellect, and love. Her latest novel, 'This Is Not About Us,' turns her gaze toward a group bound by shared beginnings and tested by adulthood.

Allegra Goodman has long been a novelist of conscience and close observation, attentive to the ways ordinary lives are shaped by faith, class, intellect, and love. Her latest novel, 'This Is Not About Us,' turns her gaze toward a group bound by shared beginnings and tested by adulthood.

Lauren Groff has long been one of the most daring and emotionally precise writers working today. Her new collection, ‘Brawler,’ returns her to the short story with a set of fierce, searching narratives about people pushed to their limits.

Lauren Groff has long been one of the most daring and emotionally precise writers working today. Her new collection, ‘Brawler,’ returns her to the short story with a set of fierce, searching narratives about people pushed to their limits.

C.J. Box has carved out a singular place in contemporary American fiction, blending mystery and the mythic landscapes of the West with characters rooted in moral complexity. His latest novel ‘The Crossroads,’ game warden Joe Pickett is discovered shot and near death while his family seeks justice.

C.J. Box has carved out a singular place in contemporary American fiction, blending mystery and the mythic landscapes of the West with characters rooted in moral complexity. His latest novel ‘The Crossroads,’ game warden Joe Pickett is discovered shot and near death while his family seeks justice.

Journalist Eugene Robinson has spent decades chronicling American democracy. In his new book, 'Freedom Lost, Freedom Won,' Robinson blends sweeping history with personal narrative, grounding the national struggle for civil rights in his own family’s story.

Journalist Eugene Robinson has spent decades chronicling American democracy. In his new book, 'Freedom Lost, Freedom Won,' Robinson blends sweeping history with personal narrative, grounding the national struggle for civil rights in his own family’s story.

Few contemporary writers have examined the inner life with the intensity and candor of Karl Ove Knausgaard. His latest is 'The School of Night.' In it, he interrogates memory, identity, art, and the meaning we try to impose on our lives.

Hailed by The Booker Prize judges as a 'fierce and philosophical interrogation of human existence,' Charlotte Wood’s 'Stone Yard Devotional' chronicles 'one woman’s inward journey to make sense of the world and her life when conflicts and chaos are abundant in both realms.'