Book Recs

Four Great Books About The Artist in New York

Noreen Tomassi

Reading around a theme is one of a bibliophile’s great pleasures. Here’s a powerful foursome on art, selected by The Center for Fiction’s...

Stories You'll Love

For your reading pleasure, we suggest four new short story collections by masters of the form.

Five Great Books About Women in New York

Noreen Tomassi

The Center for Fiction’s Executive Director recommends five works of fiction that look at the unique relationships that women have with New York City.

What Are You Drinking With That Book?

Daniel Reid

‘Tis the season to lift a glass and crack a tome. These 100-proof gift ideas from Daniel Reid are guaranteed to pack a one-two punch.

Five Fascinating Noms de Plume

Carmela Ciuraru

The author of Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms gives us insight into some literary aliases.

Surreal and Mythical

Alan Lightman

The author of Einstein’s Dreams recommends five disorienting and dreamlike novels to make your head spin.

On Samuel Beckett

Rick Moody

In freshman year of college, I was first exposed to Samuel Beckett’s novel Murphy. For a guy who had mainly been reading science...

On Thomas Wolfe

Philip Roth

In 1949, when I was sixteen, I stumbled on Thomas Wolfe, who died at thirty-eight in 1938, and who made numerous adolescents aside from me devotees...

Junior Edition #26

Celia McGee

On Toni Morrison

Martha Southgate

I was in college and had an unexpected lull between things I had, had, had to read. Though I’d always been a voracious reader, I did very little...