This article is from the source 'washpo' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-20-novels-we-cant-wait-to-read-in-2016-and-this-list-only-gets-us-to-june/2015/12/29/ae212d1a-ae62-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html

The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 2 Version 3
Best books to read in 2016 What to read in 2016
(about 2 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? We’re midway through 2016, and while we’ve read so many books we’ve enjoyed, there are more to look forward to. Here are some works of fiction we’ve been talking about so far this year, with more to come.
Coming out in AprilComing out in April
“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. “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 are 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. Read the review here.
“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.“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.
Coming out in MayComing out in May
“Everyone Brave Is Forgiven,” by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster). A newly qualified school teacher in London and a school official are left behind to teach children not yet evacuated from Blitz-torn London during World War II. “Everyone Brave Is Forgiven,” by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster). A newly qualified school teacher in London and a school official are left behind to teach children not yet evacuated from Blitz-torn London during World War II. Read the review here.
“Zero K,” by Don DeLillo (Scribner). In this speculative sci fi novel, a billionaire develops a method of preserving bodies until some future date when advanced medicine can reanimate them. “Zero K,” by Don DeLillo (Scribner). In this speculative sci fi novel, a billionaire develops a method of preserving bodies until some future date when advanced medicine can reanimate them. For more details, read Book World editor Ron Charles’s review.
“LaRose,” by Louise Erdrich (Harper). When a little boy is accidentally killed, the horrified shooter turns to an Ojibwe tribe tradition as a way of atonement: He gives his own son to the grieving parents. Years later, as both families heal, a vengeful man with a grudge begins to threaten the peace between them. “LaRose,” by Louise Erdrich (Harper). When a little boy is accidentally killed, the horrified shooter turns to an Ojibwe tribe tradition as a way of atonement: He gives his own son to the grieving parents. Years later, as both families heal, a vengeful man with a grudge begins to threaten the peace between them. Book World editor Ron Charles reviewed the novel here.
“Imagine Me Gone,” by Adam Haslett (Little, Brown). A family copes with the grinding challenges of depression across decades, a story told in alternating points of view from each of the five members of the family.“Imagine Me Gone,” by Adam Haslett (Little, Brown). A family copes with the grinding challenges of depression across decades, a story told in alternating points of view from each of the five members of the family.
“Modern Lovers,” by Emma Straub (Riverhead). The author of “The Vacationers” returns with a novel about a trio of college friends navigating adult life in their 50s deep in gentrified Brooklyn. As their children reach maturity one summer, and start sleeping together, long held secrets are let loose, challenging these long-held friendships. “Modern Lovers,” by Emma Straub (Riverhead). The author of “The Vacationers” returns with a novel about a trio of college friends navigating adult life in their 50s deep in gentrified Brooklyn. As their children reach maturity one summer, and start sleeping together, long held secrets are let loose, challenging these long-held friendships. Washington Post reviewer Carol Memmott writes that the novel has an “updated look and feel of familial love and all its complexities.”
Coming out in June
“End of Watch,” by Stephen King (Scribner). King’s third book in the Bill Hodges trilogy (“Mr. Mercedes” and “Finders Keepers”) is a page-turner that pits an aging, embattled Detective Hodges against an old enemy, a mass-murderer who is back with more terrifying methods than before. Washington Post reviewer Elizabeth Hand says “one finishes this novel feeling great empathy for its resolute protagonist, and even greater trepidation about that next round of Candy Crush.”