Reading Guides and More For Book Clubs

The Archivists

(SPRING 2023)

This prize-winning story collection brings transcendence, wry humor, and a touch of the uncanny to life’s absurdities and catastrophes.


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Blue Hours

(July 2019)

A mystery linking Manhattan circa 1991 to eastern Afghanistan in 2012, Blue Hours tells of a life-changing friendship between two memorable heroines. 


Sight Reading

(2013)

This intimate novel explores how the desire to create something real and true—be it a work of art or one's own life—can lead to deeper personal revelations, including the secrets we keep, even from ourselves. 


Russian Winter

(2010)

Set in both modern-day Boston and post WWII Moscow, Russian Winter tells the story of Bolshoi Ballerina Nina Revska as she becomes a member of Stalin's cultural elite.


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Calamity & Other Stories

(2005)

Following three pairs of friends over three decades, this collection of loosely interrelated tales was short-listed for the Story Prize.