Megha Majumdar’s new novel follows two disastrously entangled lives in a famine-ridden future.

Megha Majumdar's " A Guardian and a Thief," already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey's book club pick.

Megha Majumdar's " A Guardian and a Thief," already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey's book club pick.

A cheeky narrator recounts a parent’s worst nightmare in Brenda Lozano’s new novel.

Adam Johnson’s new novel focuses on two radically different island communities.

Adam Johnson’s new novel focuses on two radically different island communities.

This year’s fiction contenders also include Karen Russell, Megha Majumdar and Ethan Rutherford

“True Nature,” a new biography, chronicles the many lives and pursuits of the writer Peter Matthiessen.

In Brandon Taylor’s new novel, “Minor Black Figures,” an emerging painter explores what it means to create and experience art in an increasingly...

This incandescent novel takes in lockdown, the devil, bad investments, erotic thrills and the deadly fire on the Scandinavian Star ferry