John Warner

Ani Katz's "Haven" is an exploration of power dynamics, surveillance, colonialism, toxic masculinity, and other big concepts.

Michael Silverblatt's particular genius was not in what a novel or story said, but how it went about saying it.

Sometimes, I like to choose a book based upon a truly minimal amount of information, to just see a title, a cover, a single line of description and dive in.

Kyle Seibel writes about the overlooked, somewhat downtrodden, but not wholly defeated members of society.

“The Rest of Our Lives” is billed as something of a road trip novel, and while Tom does span the country from coast to coast, the main terrain covered is...

“Vigil” opens with ultrawealthy oil executive K.J. Boone unconscious on his deathbed, where he is visited by Jill, an angel-ish presence.

“Grand Rapids” opens in the early, post-9/11 2000s with 15-year-old Tess living with her aunt, uncle and cousins according to the wishes of her mother, who has recently died of...

Every so often, an author in translation with a hit novel series in their home country becomes a fresh phenomenon in the U.S.

My annual reading resolutions are a declaration of hope, an attempt at refreshing and refurbishing stale practices.