Picks and Pans Review: From Our Contributors

By MOIRA BAILEY, CLARISSA CRUZ, Oliver Jones

UPDATED 08/11/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 08/11/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT

PRESCRIPTION FOR A SUPERIOR EXISTENCE
by Josh Emmons
A novel about an average guy who loses his job and finds religion—the creepy California-cult kind.

THE TIME OF MY LIFE
edited by Rob Spillman
PEOPLE's Oliver Jones and 16 other writers look back on "the heartbreak, hormones and debauchery of the prom."