"What To Keep" is the best new novel I've read this year. I had luckily brought it with me while traveling, and the 8 hours I spent stuck in the Baltimore airport passed like no time at all -- I drew stares a couple of times when I laughed out loud at Cline's wry humor, and then had to struggle to maintain my manly composure at the conclusion. It's deeply insightful without being self-absorbed, genuinely funny in a sly and pointed way, and a compelling page-turner on a human scale. I loved it, and that's just not something I can say about most current fiction. (Plus, it has the best jacket picture of any book now on the shelves; I can't stop looking at it.)