Fiction

"A story of sex and intrigue set amid rich people in a beautiful house with a picturesque swimming pool... Very funny." -Rumaan Alam, The Washington Post

A brilliantly funny novel of bad behavior in the post-Obama era, featuring a wealthy Connecticut divorcée, her college-age daughter, and the famous novelist who is seduced by them both.

Join Porter Square Books and Tipsy Lit to hear honorary local author Kate Racculia read from her "thrilling, romantic, and charming...spooky, witty, and observant"* new book, Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts--featuring wine pourings from Archer Roose! 
*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Please join Porter Square Books and Grub Street Novel Incubator grad Mark Guerin for the launch of his debut novel!

Massachusett-native Tim Murphy reads from and discusses his newest novel in conversation with Porter Square Books' bookseller and events coordinator, Leila Meglio. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Arabic Culture.

“A story in which anything and everything can happen, and mostly does. This is a book of many trips--across oceans, back to the past, and, most profoundly, into the infinite deep space of the human heart. Brock Clarke has given us a wonderful novel that bursts with all the meaty stuff of real life.” —Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
 

Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a new revelation: a riveting story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.