Saturday, April 04, 2020

Thirteen top pandemic novels

The staff at Publishers Weekly tagged thirteen essential pandemic novels, including:
A Song for a New Day
Sarah Pinsker

Pinsker's novel is set in a post-pandemic U.S. where large gatherings are banned and the only way to experience live music is virtually. Kinda like now. But scrappy groups of musicians and fans get together in secret, in warehouses and basements and barns, bonding and building community. Reading the book now is a little unsettling since we’re in the before and the during, but it gives hope for what might come after.
Read about another entry on the list.

A Song for a New Day is among Mike Chen's five top novels about finding hope at the end of the world.

The Page 69 Test: A Song for a New Day.

--Marshal Zeringue