Maureen Corrigan

Set in the claustrophobic world of academia, Mark Prins' debut novel is saturated with references to Classical mythology and, like the best thrillers, is ingenious in its sinister simplicity.

Tabitha Lasley's memoir Sea State is a peculiar and entrancing blend of memoir and reportage.

This was a spectacular year for literary fiction, so my "Best Books" list is exclusively composed of novels and short story collections — and I wish I could triple its length, but I'll keep it to 10.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says Kevin Birmingham's biography of the novel Crime and Punishment is packed with cinematic episodes.

The Sentence is part of a vanguard of fall fiction that tries to capture a splintering America during this long pandemic moment. For Erdrich, these strange times call for a ghost story that sometimes shifts into social realism