people's ranking of the best american fiction in the last 25 years

Quoted: The Book Review asked writers, critics and editors. Their answers may surprise you.

A really powerful look at masculinity and tribalism in pre-colonial Nigeria, and well-written so that it draws you in.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Things Fall Apart: A Novel: Books: Chinua Achebe by Chinua Achebe

This was an ok concept but a bit long to get through. Not as good as white teeth, though Zadie Smith still has a gift with dialogue.

Quoted: Amazon.com: The Autograph Man (Vintage International): Books: Zadie Smith by Zadie Smith

The fact that this book is for sale in airports at present sort of put me off, but eventually I caved, and I'm so glad. I loved this book! Really great concept, interesting writing, and I was also impressed that a man could so insightfully penetrate the workings of the adolescent female mind.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Never Let Me Go (Vintage International): Books: Kazuo Ishiguro by Kazuo Ishiguro

I am going to this. If anyone wants to go, let me know, I can add you to my registration as my guest.

Quoted: Join William Dietrich, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and historical novelist, for his talk, "Two Roads to Reality: Journalism, Fiction and the Future of Writing." He has written on a range of environmental topics and was part of the Seattle Times team that won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting on the Exxon Valdez oil spill. His talk is March 10 at 7 p.m. in Suzzallo Library Room 101. The lecture is free but advance registration is required.