Jennifer Egan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jennifer Egan

It’s one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read; a Gothic novel that is also a whodunnit, published in 1859 and featuring one of the great literary villains—a charming, menacing bird lover.

Jennifer Egan

FREE BROOKLYN EVENT this Saturday, 3/18 at 6:30! I will be in conversation with the great Robert Kolker, author of HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD. Join us!! @kolotchayeinu https://t.co/jIsCieiMaz https://t.co/Md6zARUzUi

Jennifer Egan

@AimeeLucido @JasonReynolds83 @LizStrout I loved IN CASE WE'RE SEPARATED, by Alice Mattison.

Jennifer Egan

Is THE CANDY HOUSE "dystopian," or full of "winners"? I leave it to my treasured readers to decide. The fun of fiction is that every take is correct.

Jennifer Egan

Everyone should read this beautiful and painfully relevant first novel.

Jennifer Egan

Pankaj Mishra transforms a visceral, intimate story of one man’s humble origins into a kaleidoscopic portrait of a society bedazzled by power and wealth—what it means on a human level, and what it costs. Run and Hide is a spectacular, illuminating work of fiction.

Jennifer Egan

It’s been nine years since Kathryn Ma published her first novel, the marvelous The Year She Left Us, and I’ve been waiting ever since for her next... I’ll be first in line to get my paws on a copy [of The Chinese Groove].

Jennifer Egan

Lanier’s provocatively titled book may in itself appear divisive, but the tools for unity are abundant within this brief and lucid volume. Chief among them is Lanier’s reminder that strife and division...are encouraged, incited, stoked and rewarded by the online platforms...

Jennifer Egan

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is a stay-up-all-night page-turner from 1859 that rivals any thriller written since: heavy on brooding gothic atmosphere, rife with plot twists, and featuring one of the great literary villains.

Jennifer Egan

An un-put-downable thriller (and first novel!) involving a young American woman’s disappearance into the criminal night-world of Tokyo. Lee’s fiction has been exploring the complexities of race and ethnicity for decades, and he gets better with every book.