Jane Smiley

A Dangerous Business

By Jane Smiley - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Smiley’s short but impactful latest, two sex workers get caught up in a crime-novel scenario, one calling to mind the Edgar ...Read Review

Early Warning

By Jane Smiley - Published 2015

Genres:

Saga

Jane Smiley’s sequel to Some Luck returns us to the Langdon clan, a sprawling, close-knit family, spread from coast to coast and ...Read Review

Some Luck

By Jane Smiley - Published 2014

Genres:

Saga

This historical novel follows various members of the Langdon family from 1920 until 1953. Readers first meet Walter and Rosanna Langdon, newlyweds on their farm ...Read Review

Private Life

By Jane Smiley - Published 2010

Genres:

EpicLiterary

Early on, the heroine of this wonderfully deceptive novel, Margaret, rides a bike along a country road: “covering distance in this solitary manner ...Read Review