Recommendations from our site
“Existing fans of the Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning Gilead sequence will be intrigued to hear that Jack is the story of Jack Boughton, the bad boy son of the local Presbyterian minister, and his relationship with a beautiful and brilliant African-American woman who becomes his common law wife in segregated St Louis.” Read more...
Editors’ Picks: Notable Novels of Fall 2020
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Our most recommended books
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The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones -
Help Wanted: A Novel
by Adelle Waldman -
Small Rain: A Novel
by Garth Greenwell -
My Heavenly Favorite: A Novel
by Lucas Rijneveld, translated by Michele Hutchison -
Creation Lake: A Novel
by Rachel Kushner -
Until August: A Novel
by Gabriel García Márquez
