Best Narrative Voice

Amor Towles 'A Gentleman in Moscow' is a charming and witty novel about Count Alexander Rostov, who is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol Hotel by a Bolshevik tribunal. Spanning decades of Russ...

J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye,' published in 1951, has been frequently challenged and banned in schools for its use of profanity, exploration of teenage angst, and perceived promotion of reb...

James McBride's 'The Good Lord Bird,' the 2013 National Book Award winner, is a satirical and darkly humorous novel told from the perspective of a young slave who joins John Brown's raid on Harpers Fe...

Jesmyn Ward's *Sing, Unburied, Sing*, published in 2017, is a haunting and lyrical novel set in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of family, race, and the legacy of slavery. Wards use of magical rea...

This FutureLearn course from the University of Leeds introduces students to the fundamentals of creative writing, focusing on storytelling techniques and narrative voice. It includes writing prompts a...

Tina Changs The Tradition is a collection of poems that explores themes of family history, cultural identity, and the immigrant experience. Changs innovative use of form and language creates a unique...

Ottessa Moshfegh's 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation,' published in 2018, tells the story of a young woman in New York City who decides to sleep for a year with the help of a psychiatrist. The novel exp...

Viet Thanh Nguyens Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a gripping spy thriller and a biting satire of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. The protagonist is a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who...