In the following essay, Ryan provides an overview of the major themes and critical reception of Kingsolver's novels. According to Ryan, Kingsolver's “aggressively politically correct” fiction is undermined by elements of sentimentality and implicit reversions to traditional values.

In the following interview, Kingsolver comments on her life, work, and sociopolitical preoccupations.

In the following review, Roses offers qualified praise for Another America.

In the following review, Bader offers positive assessment of Holding the Line.

In the following interview, Kingsolver discusses her life, literary beginnings, and Pigs in Heaven.

In the following review, Steinberg offers positive evaluation of Holding the Line.

In the following review, Cobble offers favorable evaluation of Holding the Line.

In the following review, Silcox offers positive assessment of Pigs in Heaven, though notes that “the novel suffers from a midpoint flatness.”

In the following review, Mahin offers positive assessment of Homeland and Other Stories.

In the following review, Lehmann-Haupt offers tempered assessment of Pigs in Heaven, praising Kingsolver's prose and humor though finding fault in the novel's lack of moral tension.

In the following review, Scott offers favorable assessment of Pigs in Heaven.