literary fiction

  • Welcome to Awards Season

    Can you feel it in the air? Have you seen the announcements? Literary awards season* is upon us again! On September 9th, the shortlist for the Man Booker prize was announced. On September 15th, the National Book Foundation finished announcing the 40 longlisted titles for the National Book Award in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Books You Can Finish Reading in a Day!

     – Posted by Eric G. This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on… Continue reading

  • You Must Read This: A Little Life

    Last year, I attended a workshop with sales representatives from the major publishing houses promoting forthcoming books. One particular rep discussed dozens of titles, but she stopped and reflected on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. She read the manuscript and knew that it was special, and that it would be one of the most outstanding fiction titles of 2015.… Continue reading

  • Staff favorites: literary fiction

    Posted by Jen B. The 2014 Summer edition of Staff Favorites is now available at our favorite branch! Here, in their own words, Library staff members share some great literary fiction for your summer reading list. The Plague by Albert Camus The plague is quiet. Is there misguided hope that there is some civility in… Continue reading

  • Seriously fun fiction

    Posted by Jen B. Literary fiction doesn’t have to be difficult, sad, or highbrow, but finding stellar writing, intriguing characterization and whip-smart wit in popular fiction is a needle-in-a-haystack hunt. Here are four great picks (plus their read-alike cousins) that are thought-provoking, good for discussion and just plain fun to read. The World to Come by Dara Horn There’s… Continue reading

  • Fall Book Group Reads: Jen’s Fiction picks

    What is your book group reading this year?  Here are some recent literary novels that are eminently discuss-able. Maya’s Notebook  by Isabel Allende Sent by her grandmother to a remote island off the Chilean coast for her own safety, American-born Maya Vidal logs in her diary the year of recovery from her drug-related criminal and personally destructive… Continue reading