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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
by Douglas Coupland
Generation X by Douglas Coupland review. The 1991 novel that named a generation. A trio of young Californians, the desert, and one of the genuinely defining literary debuts of the 90s.
Hey Nostradamus!
by Douglas Coupland
Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland review. A 2003 novel about a 1988 high-school massacre and the people it ruined. Four narrators across decades, devastating.
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
The Hours by Michael Cunningham review. The 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that triangulates Virginia Woolf, a 1949 LA housewife, and a contemporary NYC editor. One of the great American literary novels of its decade.
It Ends with Us
by Colleen Hoover
Colleen Hoover at her most daring. A romance that refuses to be comfortable, and is more powerful for it.
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
A gorgeous concept executed with warmth and wit. The Midnight Library will make you think differently about the choices you have made - and the ones still ahead.
Date with the Devil
by Cherry Adair
A T-FLAC romantic suspense from Cherry Adair. Counter-terror operative meets event planner. Reliably fun.
Dead Air
by Iain M. Banks
Iain Banks (non-M) writing a post-9/11 London literary novel. A radio shock jock unraveling. Sharp, funny, and surprisingly tender.
Tree Girl
by T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron's YA fantasy about a girl raised in a forest and the mystery of her origin. Slight, beautifully written, deeply Barron.
They Have Not Seen the Stars: The Collected Poetry of Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
They Have Not Seen the Stars by Ray Bradbury review. A 2002 collected poetry volume. Late-Bradbury verse at its most lyrical and most accessible.
All Families Are Psychotic
by Douglas Coupland
All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland review. A 2001 novel about a Florida family reunion before a NASA launch. Coupland's comic precision at career-mid peak.
The Sand Castle
by Rita Mae Brown
The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown 2008 review. A multigenerational Maryland family rents a beach cottage on Chincoteague for one last summer day before the matriarch dies.
Summer at the Lake
by Andrew M. Greeley
An Andrew M. Greeley nostalgia novel. Late-50s Chicago Catholic summer-vacation romance reconstructed across decades. Late Greeley at his most autobiographical.
White Smoke
by Andrew M. Greeley
Andrew M. Greeley writing a Vatican thriller about a Conclave. Greeley's priest-sociologist register applied to papal politics.
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