This list comes from one of my favorite book reviewers, Robert Burnbaum, who blogs at ourmaninboston. I’ve only read one book on this list: Patrick deWitt’s The Sisters Brothers and I can recommend it. I’ll be exploring some of the other books on this list in the following weeks, but if you’re looking for some Summer Reading, this is a good place to start.
The Sisters Brothers:A Novel by Patrick deWitt (Ecco)
Once Upon a River:A Novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell (W. W. Norton & Company)
To Be Sung Underwater:A Novel by Tom McNeal (Little Brown)
Rules of Civility:A Novel by Amor Towles (Viking)
Galore by Michael Crummey Other Press)
Doc:A Novel by Mary Doria Russell Random House
The Informant by Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Mink River by Brian Doyle (Oregon State University Press)
Rodin’s Debutante by Ward S. Just (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (Little Brown)
Tyrant Memory by Horacio Castellanos Moya and (New Directions)
You Think That’s Bad: Stories by Jim Shepard (Knopf)
The Cut by George P. Pelecanos (Reagan Arthur Books)
Remember by Stephen Harrigan (Knopf)
Broken Irish by Edward Delaney(Turtle Point Press)
The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Anne McLean (Riverhead)
Shouldn’t they be holding books?
I’ve read one book on the list so far as well: THomas Perry’s THE INFORMANT. I’d call it good but not great, especially compared to THE BUTCHER’S BOY and METZGAR’S DOG, but it is worth reading.
I used to read Thomas Perry, Jeff. He has family in North Tonawanda. I agree with you, Perry’s early work–THE BUTCHER’S BOY and METZGAR’S DOG–are strong works. His later books…not so much.
Yet another list I’m not on.
Yes, you’re not on this list, Bill, but those book cheerleaders above the list really love your work.
The was an article/review on Mink River today in The Oregonian. Apparently it has been added to a local high school or college reading list – I just saw the lead, I haven’t read the whole article. I’ll do so tomorrow.
Sounds interesting, Rick.