http://dir.salon.com/topics/fiction/?source=rss&aim=fiction en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Steve Almond Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss A sexual fantasy about Keith Olbermann? Joe Biden nightmares? "Going Rogue" co-author Lynn Vincent tells all By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/18/malkovich/index.html?source=rss The screen icon on playing Coetzee's doomed hero, rewriting other people's scripts and making terrible movies By Tommy Wallach Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/11/gourmet_rhapsody/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/11/gourmet_rhapsody/index.html?source=rss Muriel Barbery's follow-up to "Hedgehog" makes for a delicious meal: One part novel, one part foodie fantasia By Cary Tennis Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/26/bad_novel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/26/bad_novel/index.html?source=rss She wants me to comment -- but what can I say without ending our friendship? By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss "The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss The famed author is back with a tale of drugs, hippies and paranoia -- and you don't need a decoder ring to read it By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss A lovelorn schoolteacher uses the Internet to exact his romantic revenge in Nick Laird's chilling tale By Joe Coscarelli Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/14/infinite_summer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/14/infinite_summer/index.html?source=rss One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group By Thomas Rogers Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/19/lauren_conrad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/19/lauren_conrad/index.html?source=rss The "Hills" star puts reality TV behind her -- with a novel about a reality star who just wants to be a normal girl By Allen Barra Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/06/04/aleksandar_hemon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/06/04/aleksandar_hemon/index.html?source=rss Aleksandar Hemon's fictional alter ego drinks and writes his way through exile in these superb coming-of-age tales. By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/05/26/clancy_martin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/05/26/clancy_martin/index.html?source=rss Diamonds are a boy's best friend in this crackling novel of scams, sex and druggy escapades in the jewel trade. By Simon Reynolds Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/23/ballard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/23/ballard/index.html?source=rss His dark, perverse fiction is unforgettable. But the author of "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun" was also a visionary who mapped the collision of culture and technology, media and desire. By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/19/jg_ballard_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/19/jg_ballard_guide/index.html?source=rss The visionary writer has passed away at age 78. This entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes us on a tour of his best and bravest work. By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/04/14/arthur_phillips/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/04/14/arthur_phillips/index.html?source=rss Love among the iPods: A divorced TV director is content to be left alone with his old songs -- until he meets a new singer. By Nina Power Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/04/04/charlotte_roche/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/04/04/charlotte_roche/index.html?source=rss Controversial "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche talks about bodily functions, shaving pubic hair, and why there are so few euphemisms for female masturbation. By Cary Tennis Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/05/writing_about_others/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/05/writing_about_others/index.html?source=rss Some of my best stories are true. What are the ethics? By Garrison Keillor Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/04/john_updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/02/04/john_updike/index.html?source=rss Getting a note of appreciation from John Updike could buoy you up for weeks. Now who's left to bless us? By Garrison Keillor Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss What readers really want is dastardly deeds by dark, despicable men, or saucy wenches with pert breasts displayed like fresh fruit on a platter. By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/12/17/duncan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/12/17/duncan/index.html?source=rss A '60s activist-turned-vigilante is tortured by a handsome interrogator in Glen Duncan's gripping new novel. So which one is the villain? By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/12/16/rash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/12/16/rash/index.html?source=rss A lumber baron, a ruthless sexpot and a one-handed henchman star in this wildly entertaining tale of passion, murder and deforestation set in Depression-era North Carolina. By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year. By Garrison Keillor Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/03/public_passion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/12/03/public_passion/index.html?source=rss Midwesterners usually go south to misbehave, not to the handicapped stall in a Minneapolis men's room at halftime. By James Hannaham Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/11/25/an_wilson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/11/25/an_wilson/index.html?source=rss What if Hitler had a love child? A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale of a clandestine affair.