"An off-beat love story...alternately deeply moving and laugh-aloud funny." -- Good Housekeeping "Jon Cohen conjures magic, weaving a gentle romantic fantasy of piercing and eccentric beauty." -- Boston Globe Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly. Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse knows, at thirty-seven, it...
As 2023 draws to a close, we thought it would be a good time to review some of this year's celebrated books. Here is a selection of the winners of literature's most distinguished awards and honors.