Whether you’re a fan of ghost stories, historical novels or both, The Night Ship stands a good chance of sweeping you along in its wake.
Not since Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend has a novel so deftly probed the magical and sometimes destructive friendships that can occur between two girls.
Kamila Shamsie’s eighth novel speculates about whether even the most cherished friendships could have an expiration date.
When your heritage and ancestry are the reasons for your oppression, to whom can you turn in order to survive, but to family? Oscar Hokeah’s exceptional debut novel follows a Native American man’s life through the many leaves of his family tree.
Bitingly funny and sweetly earnest, Sarah Thankam Matthews’ debut is one of those rare novels that feels just like life.
Within the bruised and bruising world of Christine Kandic Torres‘ novel, two girls find that being harassed, belittled or ignored is just part of life—until one of them can‘t take it anymore.
In her fierce debut novel, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan captures the exhausting trauma of being looked at but never seen, and the courage it takes to live loudly and take up space.
Becky Manawatu’s debut novel is ultimately a hopeful work with a message worth remembering: Cries from the heart can be painful, but sometimes they get answered.
The love story of Blair Fell’s deafblind hero is tender, hilarious and decidedly uplifting.
Douglas Stuart’s follow-up to Shuggie Bain is a marvelous feat of storytelling, a mix of tender emotion and grisly violence.
With her debut novel, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry does the reader a great service, offering a peek behind the Iron Curtain and its veil of propaganda.
A young violinist searches for a priceless Stradivarius in Brendan Slocum’s fast-paced thriller.
Kai Harris’ young heroine’s presence glows and grows, like the fireflies she catches with her grandfather, like her understanding of the world around her.
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