New Fiction! New Fiction!

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 11 a.m.

Gwen gets fired up about reading\u2014you guessed it\u2014new fiction this year, while Frank dips into the backlist of a new favorite author. Plus: New Year's resolutions, The Bachelor, and the best short stories of 2018.

Book Recommendations

Best American Short Stories 2018,\xa0ed. by Roxane Gay

The Children's Bach\xa0by Helen Garner

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

Encocylopedia Britannica's quick summary of "Beowulf"\u2014or check out lots of versions of the actual poem from the Library

Non-Book Recommendations