Category: Fiction

I enjoy a wide variety of fiction styles from historical to bizarre.

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

 May 5, 2020

Philip Roth imagines a presidential campaign and victory by Charles Lindbergh that eerily resembles that of Donald J. Trump.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford

 April 30, 2020

This (wait for it . . . ) bittersweet romance happens amidst the evacuation and interment of Japanese citizens at the start of WWII.

Olive Kitteridge
By Elizabeth Strout

 April 15, 2020

The story of Olive is told through 13 well-constructed short stories about other people.

The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai

 March 14, 2020

This seriously good novel of gay life during the AIDS crisis in Chicago tells a story that has a simple message.

The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion

 January 12, 2020

The book is a way to escape the hounds of life for a while . . . but not much more.