Jojo Moyes, the author of We All Live Here, deeply understands the tribulations of women like Lila Kennedy, who have taken on the responsibility of caring for their elders even as they still have children to raise.
In her first novel, playwright Betty Shamieh has crafted a page turner that is not only funny and of its time, but also steeped in history, questioning the age-old adage that time heals all wounds.
This is a charming premise: After a 23-month coma, Jack Jr. wakes up to find his Manhattan life has evaporated and a global pandemic has set in. Where in this bewildering new world can he begin again? At his Umma and Appa’s sushi restaurant, back in Jersey. Jinwoo Chong, the author of Flux, offers guaranteed laughter and even a chance of romance in this promising sophomore novel.
Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise, a story of power and perspective set at a 1980s performing arts high school, won the National Book Award in 2019 for the way it undid and upended narrative expectations. We have high hopes for Flashlight, and we know not to expect a straightforward structure. Beginning with a tragedy befalling a father and his 10-year-old daughter, the book branches out into different family members’ perspectives and peers into Korean, American and Japanese history.
Rebecca Kauffman’s thoughtful portrayal of family relationships in all their tension and secrets as well as intimacy and wonder in I’ll Come to You resembles the introspective style of authors like Ethan Joella or Ann Napolitano.
Weike Wang’s excellent dialogue, especially in scenes with in-laws, will make you laugh out loud as her third novel, Rental House, examines what grown children and aging parents owe one another.
For the Lahiris, the family at the heart of Nayantara Roy’s deliciously long The Magnificent Ruins, white-hot hate, resentment and violence mingle with love, loyalty and moments of tenderness.
From the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me (now a limited series on Apple TV+) comes a tale of two siblings, Nora and Sam, as they untangle their father’s past in order to make sense of his “accidental” cliff side death.
On an otherwise ordinary flight, a seemingly unremarkable woman known as “The Death Lady” informs every passenger as to when and how they are going to die. Their attempts to (and not to) change fate propel this philosophical novel.
In Thao Thai’s Banyan Moon, Vietnamese American artist Ann Tran struggles with the loss of her grandmother, Minh.
Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes’ moving multigenerational novel centers on Hi’i Naupaka, a hula dancer following in her mother’s footsteps but missing the full truth about her parentage.
Diane Marie Brown’s Black Candle Women tells the story of three fierce Black women united by the spells and elixirs that have been passed down in their family.
In Burnt Sugar, Avni Doshi probes the complexity of the mother-daughter tie as newly married Antara and her mother, Tara, must come to terms with the past while facing an uncertain future.
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