What is the great New Jersey novel? Here is a list of candidates with varying degrees of suitability for the title. (I agree with the ultimate selection.) There are also a couple of decent collections of New Jersey short stories which those who are predisposed to enjoy that sort of thing might want to check out: Gary Krist’s The Garden State and Tom Perrotta’s Bad Haircut are the first two that spring to mind. But of course we’re all holding out for Dave Bry’s Jersey Mayhem: New and Selected Stories. Get to work, Bry!