novel

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The novel has sold 314,000 print copies so far this year, nearly eight times its sales figure from the same period in 2025, according to book tracker Circana BookScan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“The Corrections” limited series comes 25 years after Franzen published his National Book Award-winning novel, which he famously blindfolded himself to finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

A TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s seminal 2001 novel, “The Corrections,” has finally found a home at Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Its shape closely resembles a sperm whale, the famous marine animal from Herman Melville's novel, which inspired its name.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

She snatched it up quickly, but not before I saw what it was: Quo Vadis.I could not imagine Pani Zuzana reading a novel like Quo Vadis.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman