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 | From Megan Romer, your About Books & Literature Editor Hopefully, you spent some of the summer plowing through your enormous must-read list. Which means, of course, that it's time to add some new books to the stack. Let's see if we can help! | |
'The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides
Though plot and character-wise, it's nothing at all like Middlesex, Eugenides's most famous novel, The Marriage Plot does share one important element: outstanding prose. Eugenides is just a phenomenal wordsmith, making his books a real joy to read... especially for word-nerds like me.
| 'Sanctus' by Simon Toyne
Our reviewer describes Toyne's storytelling as containing "...elements of Dan Brown, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, John Grisham, Robert Harris, Stieg Larsson, and James Patterson." Sanctus is the first in what promises to be a bestselling and much-talked-about trilogy, and probably also a major motion picture and a line of action figures. Okay, I'm just guessing at that last part.
| 'Cross Currents' by John Shors
John Shors (Beneath a Marble Sky, Beside a Burning Sea, Dragon House) is fast becoming a contemporary favorite. His latest novel, set in Thailand in 2004 (when the massive Tsunami hit) is sure to please fans and perhaps win some new ones with its high-action story.
| 'I, Vampire' by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Ill. Andrea Sorrentino
For those among us who love comic books and other graphic storytelling, this new retelling of the D.C. classic comes highly recommended by Aaron Albert, our Guide to Comics. As he says, "I loved this interpretation of the vampire creature [...] mixing classic vampire mythology with current thoughts on the creature that walks the night."
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