Carlin is a contributor for TIME. Pulitzer Prize winner Hisham Matar’s third novel, My Friends, begins with a tender yet tense goodbye between two middle-aged friends, one of whom is compelled to ...

I have followed Fredrik Backman’s writing since 2013 when I read "A Man Called Ove." I was hooked then, and he hasn’t disappointed me since. His latest book, "My Friends," is another great story in ...