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You call those 'great American novels?' Where's Harper Lee? Beverly Cleary? Edward P. Jones?
The Atlantic's "great American novels" list is fun to debate but they whiffed on John Irving, Beverly Cleary, Edward P. Jones, Harper Lee and others.
Duluth's Leif Enger returns with stunning novel 'I Cheerfully Refuse'
FICTION: As civilization collapses, its characters hold onto hope any way they can.
'Gentleman in Moscow' writer Amor Towles' new book could be his best yet.
FICTION: It collects six stories and a novel, every one of them a winner.
Redemption
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 25, the end of the story
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 closes
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 continues
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 begins
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Commiserating about mom or fighting like cats, these sisters have one thing in common: 'Worry'
FICTION: Alexandra Tanner's "dark, funny" debut is a haunting snapshot of contemporary life.
'Groundhog Day' meets 'Bridget Jones's Diary' in comic novel about a woman with too many husbands
FICTION: Holly Gramazio's heroine changes husbands more often than underwear.
Beer and books? Coffee and records? These 3 stores offer unique mashups.
By offering unique mashups, these Twin Cities stores are gotta-go hang-out spots.
'Headshot' is a bracing, inventive gutpunch of a novel
FICTION: Rita Bullwinkel's debut gives us a blow-by-blow look inside the minds of young female boxers in a seedy tournament.
'How to Solve Your Own Murder': great title, OK novel
FICTION: An aspiring mystery writer is tasked with solving a family whodunit when her great-aunt is murdered.
Transfixing novel explores the repercussions of 'One Day' of violence
FICTION: Abigail Dean writes about the secrets, lies and conspiracies surrounding a horrific tragedy.
Minneapolis' Glenn Miller, from 'Days of Our Lives' and public TV to 'Doorman'
FICTION: The former TV exec makes his fiction debut with comic novel "Doorman Wanted."
Augsburg professor's thriller asks why we need 'Monsters' and says they endanger us, for real
FICTION: Lindsay Starck's second novel is part family drama, part mystery.
Wanna see two titans of American fiction? They're coming to Minneapolis Central Library
Louise Erdrich and Debra Magpie Earling will discuss their work May 9.
Forget Huck Finn. Novel 'James' tells us what Jim thought on the Mississippi
FICTION: Revisiting a controversial classic, Percival Everett aims to right some egregious wrongs of slavery, one word at a time.
A Diana Spencer impersonator gets in a casino full of trouble in 'Princess of Las Vegas'
FICTION: Chris Bohjalian's latest thriller features another screw-up who's in over her head.
'The Tiger's Wife' author Téa Obreht is back with 'magical' 'The Morningside'
FICTION: In this climate fiction novel, Silvia and her mother immigrate to an inundated city and try to uncover its secrets.
This novel's heroine enjoys a 'no-holds-barred' fling with 'The Tree Doctor'
FICTION: Pulled in too many directions, she grabs some randy "me time."
'Where Rivers Part' solidifies St. Paul writer Kao Kalia Yang as one of our very best
NONFICTION: A Minnesotan continues a sweeping, multi-part portrait of her remarkable family.
Writer Steve Almond wants you to know your story is important. He'll also teach you to tell it
NONFICTION: In "Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow" and in classes at the Loft, he gets to get to the root of storytelling.