Category: Fiction

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

That Old Ace in the Hole
by Annie Proulx

I’ve made enough bad recommendations to the club that I have to forgive whoever recommended this book.

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

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

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

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

The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai

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