Who recommended Matrix?

2 people have recommended Matrix in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Ezra Klein and Roxane Gay. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Matrix worth reading?

2 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a book-club organizer planning next month's pick for a small group that likes uncomfortable moral questions—because you need a title that reliably produces debate and this one supplies vivid scenes and ambiguous choices to dissect together now; an MFA student preparing a workshop close-reading on contemporary prose style—because you want a recent, paragraph-level example of sustained lyricism and image-driven sentences to annotate and present this week; a long-commute rail commuter or multi-hour traveler who prefers deep, voice-driven reading over plot hooks—because the novel rewards long, uninterrupted sessions of mood and sentence music rather than short, skippable chapters. It may not suit: you’ll likely put it down when the narrative pauses for long stretches of ritual or meditation and little plot advancement occurs—if you want steady forward momentum, this will frustrate you; annoying if you prefer clean, modern realism: the prose leans poetic and occasionally opaque rather than plainspoken; not for readers seeking practical takeaways or hands-on structure—the book lacks exercises, checklists, or clear how-to guidance.

What books are like Matrix?

Readers of Matrix also turn to 11/22/63, 40 Chances and 12 Rules for Life, based on the lists and recommenders these books share.

Matrix by Lauren Groff: Recommended by 2 People

Name: Matrix
Author: Lauren Groff

A Fincial Times and NPR Best Book of 2021A Virginia Living Favorite Book (2021)Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies.Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and roughhewn for marriage or courtly life, 17yearold Marie de France is sent to England to be t...