
These books, reviewed by Books in Common, work well for Common Reads programs.
“A Constellation of Vital Phenomena” is a finalist in the 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. This is a story about the transcendent power of love during wartime, set in Chechnya.
Yesterday, both Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, and Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, received California Book Awards. Karen Joy Fowler won Gold in Fiction while Anthony Marra won Gold in First Fiction.