Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden (2008)
This is Boyden’s second novel. Here is a partial list of accolades he won for his first book, Three Day Road: the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the CB...
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The Circle, by Dave Eggers (2013)
This is one of those rare books which I immediately started recommended to friends in the most emphatic terms. It’s not because it’s well-written, funny, and...
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, by Margaret Atwood (2008)
I recently had the opportunity to see Atwood speak while on a book tour, and was struck by just how funny and current she remains. That experience made me wo...
Madaddam, by Margaret Atwood (2013)
I admit to feeling a certain trepidation when Atwood announced, shortly after the publication of Oryx and Crake, that this was her first series and that she ...
Homeland, by Cory Doctorow (2013)
I read this book days before NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden went public with thousands of documents showing the extent to which the US security apparatus s...