Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 15:09     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Anonymous wrote:Lahiri isn't new but I agree that she's sensational.

She's not new, but she has a new book out. OP asked for new books or authors.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 14:44     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Lahiri isn't new but I agree that she's sensational.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 14:40     Subject: Re:What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
I just read The Orphan Master's Son and loved it. It would be a great bookclub book.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 14:00     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Anonymous wrote:I second Jumpha Lahiri. She is the writer of our generation


Agree. Check out Rachel Kushner too.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 11:10     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Anonymous wrote:I second Jumpha Lahiri. She is the writer of our generation


I enjoyed her book of short stories.
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 00:53     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Maggie O'Farrell
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2013 00:41     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
I second Jumpha Lahiri. She is the writer of our generation
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:50     Subject: Re:What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Here is a goodreads list of new literary fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/new_releases/literary-fiction
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:48     Subject: Re:What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Anonymous wrote:I have good luck with writers nominees and winners from this group:
http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/90-orange-prize




Ooooh, I'd not seen that list before. I loved both The Lacuna and Bel Canto, the only two of those I've read. I'll have to keep the list handy and check out some others.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:37     Subject: Re:What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
The author of The Kite Runner?
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:35     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
I just finished The Orchardist and it was lovely. Recommended by NPR. It's sad and moving but also interesting and well written I think.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:32     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Why not read the latest Booker Prize winner?:
The Luminaries
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/man-booker-prize-2013
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:24     Subject: Re:What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
I have good luck with writers nominees and winners from this group:
http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/90-orange-prize

Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:15     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland was just nominated for the National Book Award. I'm a snobby English major who also reads lowbrow selections and I loved The Namesake. I haven't read this new one but I bet it'll fit the bill.
Anonymous
Post 10/18/2013 22:04     Subject: What/who is the best new literary fiction book/writer?
Our book club needs something good to read. A recent fiction novel that isn't too pop culture (to satisfy the English Lit majors in our group), but that also has a compelling enough plot to keep the more lowbrow folks reading too.

What book or author do you recommend?