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The 20 novels we can’t wait to read in 2016. And this list only gets us to June. Best books to read in 2016
(3 months later)
There were so many fantastic novels in 2015 — big (“Purity,” “A Little Life,” “Fates and Furies”) and small (“Eileen,” “Our Souls at Night,” “The Book of Aron”). Next year promises to be just as rich in literary delights. Here are a few works of fiction that we’re eager to crack open. How about you?There were so many fantastic novels in 2015 — big (“Purity,” “A Little Life,” “Fates and Furies”) and small (“Eileen,” “Our Souls at Night,” “The Book of Aron”). Next year promises to be just as rich in literary delights. Here are a few works of fiction that we’re eager to crack open. How about you?
January Coming out in March :
“The Guest Room,” by Chris Bohjalian (Doubleday). When a bachelor party turns deadly, a good husband finds himself confronting the horror of sex slavery. “Noonday,” by Pat Barker (Doubleday). The third volume of a trilogy that began with “Life Class ” continues the saga of Elinor Brooke, her best friend Kit Neville and husband Paul Tarrant as they cope with the burgeoning war in their own home amid the Blitz in London circa World War II. Brooke finds herself faced with a nearly impossible choice.
“The Past,” by Tessa Hadley (Harper). Four adult siblings gather for the last summer at their grandparents’ old house in the country. “The Little Red Chairs,” by Edna O’Brien (Little, Brown). A charismatic poet and holistic healer disrupts life in an Irish village, entrancing the locals and capturing the heart of Fidelma McBride. When the truth about her paramore is revealed, she learns the truth about love and mankind’s fascination with evil.
“The Man Without a Shadow,” by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco). A researcher falls in love with a famous amnesiac and begins to believe he knows her. “What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours,” by Helen Oyeyemi (Riverhead). The author of “Boy, Snow, Bird” layers intertwined stories that slip between reality and fantasy, spanning multiple times and landscape to explore the idea of keys, both literally and metaphorically.
“My Name Is Lucy Barton,” by Elizabeth Strout (Random House). A woman recovering from an illness tries to reconcile with her mother. “Innocents and Others,” by Dana Spiotta (Scribner). The relationship of two longtime friends, both filmmakers, is tested when they meet an older woman with a curious occupation calling powerful men to seduce them - not through sex but through listening, encouraging them to reveal themeslves. Read our review of Spiotta’s latest here.
“Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist,” by Sunil Yapa (Lee Boudreaux). The story of protesters, delegates and police officers caught in the World Trade Organization protest in Seattle in 1999. Coming out in April
February “Eligible,” by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House). A retelling of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” this version of the Bennet family takes place in modern day New York and Cincinnati, as the elder Bennet sisters discover the family is in disarray and the younger sisters unemployed and listless. Like the Austen classic, Mrs. Bennet wants to marry off her daughter, but this time, they’re faced with reality tv stars and neurosurgeons instead of British landed gentry.
“A Doubter’s Almanac,” by Ethan Canin (Random House). From the author of “The Palace Thief” and “America, America,” a multigenerational tale of family and ambition. “Our Young Man,” by Edmund White (Bloomsbury). A former Vogue editor, White writes about an attractive French model who rises to the top of the fashion world — and miraculously stays there for years by seeming forever 23 years old to his older suiters. However, their lavish attention comes at a price.
“The High Mountains of Portugal,” by Yann Martel (Spiegel & Grau). Remember “The Life of Pi”? Yann Martel is back with a novel that weaves three magical tales.
“Ginny Gall,” by Charlie Smith (Harper). A young man ensnared in racial violence in the Jim Crow South.
March
“Noonday,” by Pat Barker (Doubleday). Set in London during the Blitz, the third volume of a trilogy that began with “Life Class.”
“The Little Red Chairs,” by Edna O’Brien (Little, Brown). A charismatic poet and holistic healer disrupts life in an Irish village.
“What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours,” by Helen Oyeyemi (Riverhead). By the author of “Boy, Snow, Bird,” intertwined stories that slip between reality and fantasy.
“Innocents and Others,” by Dana Spiotta (Scribner). The relationship of two longtime friends, both filmmakers, is tested when they meet a woman with a curious occupation.
April
“Eligible,” by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House). A modern retelling of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
“Our Young Man,” by Edmund White (Bloomsbury). An attractive French model rises to the top of the fashion world — and miraculously stays there for years.
May
“Everyone Brave Is Forgiven,” by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster). A story of romance and heartbreak set during World War II.
“Zero K,” by Don DeLillo (Scribner). In this speculative novel, a billionaire develops a method of preserving bodies until some future date when advanced medicine can reanimate them.
“LaRose,” by Louise Erdrich (Harper). When a little boy is accidentally killed, the horrified shooter gives his own son to the grieving parents.
“Imagine Me Gone,” by Adam Haslett (Little, Brown). The story of a family coping with the grinding challenges of depression.​
“Modern Lovers,” by Emma Straub (Riverhead). The author of “The Vacationers” returns with a novel about a trio of college friends navigating adult life as their kids come into adulthood.
June
“End of Watch,” by Stephen King (Scribner). The final volume of the Bill Hodges trilogy that began with “Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers.”
Best books of 2015
Notable fiction books of 2015