While Tuck's incisive prose is admirable, her short-story collection offers few opportunities for a reader to invest emotionally. 

McCann's new novel not only traverses time and space, but proves itself a supple, disarmingly casual work connecting the historic with the everyday. 

Though the prolific espionage writer maintains command of a thorny subject, in his most recent piece of brainy fiction, le Carré's reach falls short.

The dark comedy in Rutherford's debut is staggeringly good, but while exploring all the ways in which a person can be trapped, he may give readers PTSD.

The first book on Richard M. Daley is a balanced survey.

A debut noir takes unexpected turns.

The former SNL star reads from her hilarious book on parenting.

Lipsyte refines his storytelling style.

Cartoonist Lucy Knisley crafts a food-centric memoir.

Kesey crafts a masterful story collection.