Books

My idea of fun: The authors -- longtime pals -- of Spring '12 Discover Great New Writers selections Birds of a Lesser Paradise and The Book of Jonas talk about character and place, process, inspiration, and readers, among other things...

Thoughts of vacation reading and good news for William Boyd -- novelist, screenwriter, director, critic, art-world prankster, and Discover alum -- have me thinking...

If you've already read Charlotte Rogan's deceptively-slim and psychologically-complex debut, The Lifeboat, and are looking for your next compelling read, you might try Amanda Coe's haunting novel, What They Do in the Dark, another 2012 Discover Great N...

Twenty years ago, Peter Carey's masterful black comedy, The Tax Inspector, was selected for the Discover Great New Writers program.  His newest novel, The Chemistry of Tears is out today.

Enthralled by the narrator's quirky voice, the Discover selection committee members chose Malarky for the Summer 2012 list.  The novel's author, Anakana Schofield, talks about Irish women, grief, motherhood, and writing about sex, among other thin...

"A form as distinct as poetry." Aria Minu-Sepehr, author of the Summer 2012 Discover selection We Heard the Heavens Then, recommends three fantastic short story collections.

Discover alum Terry Tempest Williams (Refuge, 1992) returns with a new book that asks "What does it mean to have a voice?"

Discover alum Caitlin Horrocks, author of This is Not Your City and winner of the 201o Plimpton prize for her story "At the Zoo", recommends three great reads.

Sir Lankan sportswriter W.G. Kaunsena is dying; his doctor has told him that he must quit drinking, but books and booze have kept W. G. alive -- albeit alienated from his wife and son (though he loves them both), and slightly deluded about work and the...

Published to rave reviews in the U. K., winner of the 2012 DSC Prize for South Asian literature, and just released in the U. S. by Graywolf Press, Summer 2012 Discover pick The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is, in the words of Discover alum Michael Ondaatje...

Winner of the 2006 Discover Award (first place, fiction) for his remarkable story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, Ben Fountain returns with an indelible novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which Karl Marlantes calls "The Catch-22 of t...

"An unlikely friendship between two people, two families, and two countries shines at the center of this book. We are privileged to witness it and become part of this journey via Julia Alvarez's funny and reflective narrative of both pre- and post-eart...