Weird and Pleasant: On Nell Zink’s “Avalon”In Nell Zink’s “Avalon,” Huda Awan finds renewed hope for romance....HUDA AWANFICTION
Dancing with History: A Conversation with Vanessa HuaGrace Loh Prasad speaks with Vanessa Hua about her new novel, “Forbidden City.”...GRACE LOH PRASADFICTION
Sophomoric Sophomores: On Elif Batuman’s “Either/Or”Batuman’s follow-up to her Pulitzer-nominated debut is another breathless exploration of college life....GRACE LINDENFICTION
In the Tongue a Knife, in the Knife a Tongue: On Fernanda Melchor’s “Paradais”Melchor’s new novel is overwhelming, violent, frightening, and leavened by a dark sense of humor....LOWRY PRESSLYFICTION
“Writing Was an Act of Survival”: A Conversation with Reyna GrandeThe author discusses her latest novel, “A Ballad of Love and Glory,” a sweeping historical drama set during the Mexican-American War....ALEX ESPINOZAFICTION
Black Love Adrift in a Sea of Whiteness: On Asali Solomon’s “The Days of Afrekete”A new entry in the genre of the Philadelphia Novel, characterized by a tangle of law enforcement, interracial romance, and social alienation....MIRANDA FEATHERSTONEFICTION
Embracing Damnation: On Caio Fernando Abreu’s “Moldy Strawberries”Jane Pritchard reads Caio Fernando Abreu’s newly translated “Moldy Strawberries,” originally published in 1982....JANE PRITCHARDFICTION
The Seduction of Truthiness: A ResponseDaniel A. Segal responds to David N. Myers’s review of Joshua Cohen’s “The Netanyahus.”...DANIEL A. SEGALFICTION
Surrealism in Our Time: On Katya Kazbek’s “Little Foxes Took Up Matches”A Russian folktale becomes the foundation for a political satire....ANNE GOLDMANFICTION
Reality Is Something to Be Read: A Conversation with Hernan DiazThe author discusses his new novel, “Trust,” about a wealthy New York financier in the 1920s and ’30s....BRIAN CASTLEBERRYFICTION
Love Is a Cutthroat Business: On Naheed Phiroze Patel’s “Mirror Made of Rain”A dark, brooding novel that explores the fissures of family with delicacy and conviction....ANANDI MISHRAFICTION
Interior Design: On Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Checkout 19”Clare Sestanovich investigates the interior spaces of Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Checkout 19.”...CLARE SESTANOVICHFICTION
The Chaos Remains: On Melissa Chadburn’s “A Tiny Upward Shove”A debut novel from a Los Angeles labor organizer is a searing mirror on immigrant poverty....MARTHA ANNE TOLLFICTION
“Billionaires Glamping in Space”: A Conversation with Rebecca SchermRebecca Scherm discusses her new novel, an eerie, deeply affecting near-future thriller....MAIREAD SMALL STAIDFICTION
Hard to Be a Dad: On Adrian Nathan West’s “My Father’s Diet”Josh Billings tucks into “My Father’s Diet,” a novel by Adrian Nathan West....JOSH BILLINGSFICTION
Fragments of the Asian Diaspora: On New Novels by Julie Otsuka and Jessica AuTwo novels by Asian American authors explore the affective landscape of immigrant experience....BENEDICT NGUYỄNFICTION
From Bureaucratic Tangles to Monstrous Wrongs: On Daša Drndić’s “Canzone di Guerra”This newly translated novel is a masterful mix of firsthand accounts with historical details and wry reportage....DECLAN O’DRISCOLLFICTION
A Monolith of Whiteness: On Sarah Manguso’s “Very Cold People”The celebrated memoirist’s debut novel is a chilly study of communal repression....MADDIE CRUMFICTION
A Loose Collection of Fragments: On the Novels of Peter WeissThe German novelist pioneered a kind of experimental realism reminiscent of contemporary autofiction....BEN SANDMANFICTION
“Histories of Dislocation”: A Conversation with Namrata PoddarThe author discusses her debut novel, “Border Less,” and the multiple artistic and cultural boundaries it straddles....TORSA GHOSALFICTION
Navigating the Silences of Women’s History: On Karolina Ramqvist’s “The Bear Woman”The Swedish author’s newly translated novel explores the silences of history, especially women’s history....EDMÉE LEPERCQFICTION
Inside Someone Else’s Head: A Conversation with Jennifer EganRachel Barenbaum asks Jennifer Egan about her new novel, “The Candy House.”...RACHEL BARENBAUMFICTION
Joy Is Analog: On Jennifer Egan’s “The Candy House”In this sequel to “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” joy resides in the dirt and dust of the world....GRACE LINDENFICTION
Dark Desires and Desperate Emotions: On Ariana Harwicz’s “Tender”The Argentine author writes beautifully about relationships that strain the bounds of desire and push the limits of morality....CORY OLDWEILERFICTION
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