Friday, October 30, 2015

SUGGESTED FICTION

Isaac Asimov, Foundation (The Foundation Trilogy, Book I), introduction by Paul Krugman, illustrations by Alex Wells (London:  The Folio Society, 2012).

Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire (The Foundation Trilogy, Book III), illustrations by Alex Wells (London:  The Folio Society, 2012).

Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation (The Foundation Trilogy, Book II), illustrations by Alex Wells (London:  The Folio Society, 2012).


Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins: A Novel (New York: Little, Brown, 2015) (See Tom Perrotta, "Fall From Grace," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/10/2015.).

Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles, introduced by Chris Hadfield, illustrated by Mick Brownfeld (London: The Folio Society, 2015).

Amit Chaudhuri, Odysseus Abroad: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2015) (See Michael Gorra, "Walking Tours," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/17/2015.).

Philip K. Dick, Five Novels of the 1960s and 70s, edited by Jonathan Lethem (New York: Library of America, 2008).

Isak Dinesen, Seven Gothic Tales, introduced by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Kate Baylay (London: The Folio Society, 2013).

Jonathan Franzen, Purity: A Novel (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015).

Jonathan Galassi, Muse: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2015).

Graham Greene, The Comedians, introduced by Francis Wheen, illustrations by Sara Ogilvie (London: The Folio Society, 2015).

Frank Herbert, Dune, illustrated b Sam Weber, introduced by Michael Dirda, & afterword by Brian Herbert (London: The Folio Society, 2015).


Mat Johnson, Loving Day: A Novel  (New York: Spiegal & Grau, 2015) (See Baz Dreisinger, "Blackish in America," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/7/2015.).

Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman: A Novel ((New York: Harper, 2015).

Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time, introduced by Meg Rosoff, illustrated by Sam Richwood (London: The Folio Society, 2015).

Toni Morrison, Beloved, introduction by Russell Banks, illustrated by Joe Morse (London: The Folio Society, 2004, 2015).

Sara Novic, Girl at War: A Novel (New York: Random House, 2015).

Matthew Pearl, The Last Bookaneer: A Novel (New York: Penguin Press, 2015) (See John Vernon, "A Pirate's Life," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/31/2015.).

Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram: A Novel (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2003).

Owen Sheers, I Saw a Man: A Novel (New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2015).

Jim Shepard, The Book of Aron: A Novel (New York: Knopf, 2015) (See Geraldine Brooks, "From Shtetl to Ghetto,' NYT Book Review, Sunday 5/24/2015.).

Graham Swift, England and Other Stories (New York: Knopf, 2015) (See Valerie Martin, "Not Their Finest Hour," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 5/24/2015.).

Elizabeth Taylor, A View of the Harbour, introduction by Roxana Robinson (New York: New York Review Books, 1947, 2015).

Thrity Umrigar, The Story Hour: A Novel (New York: Harper, 2014).