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Never Mind The Brits, Here Are Five American Novels Perfect For ‘masterpiece’ Treatment

Here's a handful of vintage American novels as bully material for the multi-episode treatment that “Masterpiece” does so well.

Book of the Week for March 28, 2020

The Lottery And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

Tales of horror and hell, that generated hate mail from the public, and other exaggerated responses.

Book of the Week for March 22, 2020

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Bored in her marriage, a woman has an extramarital affair.

Book of the Week for March 15, 2020

Damage by Josephine Hart

A British Member of Parliament has an affair with his son’s fiancée.

Book of the Week for March 08, 2020

Diary Of A Yuppie by Louis Auchincloss

A young lawyer tramples the people he loves –and hates– to satiate his ambition.

Book of the Week for March 01, 2020

Finale: A Novel Of The Reagan Years by Thomas Mallon

Petty politics, big headed egos, and the ramp up to the failed summit with Gorbachev in Reykjavik.

Best-selling Author Thomas Mallon’s Books On Jfk, Bush 43 Are Coming Back As Vintage Trade Paperbacks

His book on the Kennedy assassination focuses on a character on the edges, while ‘Landfall’ probes the effects of Hurricane...

Illustrating A Historical Partnership: Abigail And John Adams

Book of the Week for February 22, 2020

Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield

After a boy is blinded in an accident, he gets a guide dog.

Book of the Week for February 16, 2020

The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright, and Barry Moser

In a 19th century London inn, frequented by Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, a cat and a mouse become...

Book of the Week for February 07, 2020

Lincoln’s Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk

An examination of how “Honest Abe” transformed his chronic inner turmoil into humor, which helped save the Union.

Book of the Week for February 02, 2020

Dancing Fish And Ammonites by Penelope Lively

From boarding school in Cairo, marriage, and motherhood; to literary success, fame, and a Queen’s Dame.