Books by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
🏆 Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
A twisting, turning adventure about two fiction pioneers of the 'golden age' of comic books—two Jewish cousins who escape Nazi-occupied Prague before reinventing themselves in the United States.
“This is my favourite recent alternate history. It’s set in the 1980s in a world where a whole bunch of argumentative Jews have been settled in Alaska to get them out of Germany during the Second World War. Michael Chabon, the author, used it to find a place where Yiddish would be a living language…Chabon is just such a marvellous writer.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Michael Chabon were recommended
The Best Alternate History Books, recommended by Harry Turtledove
By telling alternative histories, we can run thought experiments that shed new light on our own timeline. ‘Master of alternate history’ Harry Turtledove talks us through his five favourites – and considers why alternate history pre-dates conventional sci fi, why some historical changes make for better drama than others, and how the micro-histories of our own lives are radically shaped by chance.
The Best Noir Crime Thrillers, recommended by Cory Doctorow
If you like your crime novels with a good dose of black humor, Canadian activist and author Cory Doctorow has some recommendations for you. He picks out five of his favorite noir thrillers, from urban fantasy to Jewish alt-history by way of ‘Vantablack’ noir.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novels
Every year, the Pulitzer Prize jury awards $15,000 to a work of “distinguished fiction published during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.” We’ve compiled a guide to the books that have won this prize since the turn of the millennium.
