Kristen Arnett shows her range with laugh-out-loud scenes and moments of honest sadness as she puts her protagonist through the wringer.
The tremendous skill of the Indigenous cast makes The Removed feel more like a recorded play than a straightforward reading.
Like a good visit with family or dear friends, Eleanor Morse’s novel will leave you satisfied while yearning for more.
Laura Dave knows how to give readers what they crave—a thoroughly engrossing yet comforting distraction.
A man’s return to his Texas hometown sets off a chain of events as tragic as any caused by the mythological gods.
Swimming Back to Trout River is a symphony of a novel that is operatic in scope and elevated by Linda Rui Feng’s artful writing.
After their mother’s death, two adult twins grapple with the complexities of adulthood in Claire Fuller’s engaging novel.
Rarely is a novel of moral ideas so buoyant in spirit or so exquisitely crafted.
Kirstin Valdez Quade’s novel is a knife-sharp study of what happens to a family when accountability to other people goes out the window.
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney once again flexes her talent for crafting loving family dynamics that splinter due to errant behavior.
A poignant thesis for Naima Coster’s second novel: “If there’s something I’ve learned in this country, it’s that your address decides everything.”
Alyan, who is a family therapist as well as a poet and novelist, has a gift for depicting the knotty, messy but ultimately resilient bonds of family love.
Pamela Terry’s novel is like a mashup of Fried Green Tomatoes and You Can’t Go Home Again with a sprinkling of William Faulkner.
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