First-time novelist Tara M. Stringfellow celebrates the city of Memphis as not only a place but also a people, a culture and, most importantly, a community.
Hold on tight, as the space-time ride in Rachel Barenbaum’s second novel, Atomic Anna, is far beyond the ordinary.
Helping Howard is at once a funny, fizzy rom-com; a tense, discomfiting family drama; and an act of full-on narrative experimentation.
The love story of Blair Fell’s deafblind hero is tender, hilarious and decidedly uplifting.
Madi Sinha’s direct and diverting bedside manner gets straight to her thought-provoking points on women and work in her second novel.
Akwaeke Emezi shifts effortlessly into the mode of poet, exploring spirituality and loss in ways that feel fertile and new.
Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Dennis holds out hope that we can be better humans, and the sentiment makes Earthborn a uniquely comforting volume.
Indelible imagery and notes of defiance make Warsan Shire’s first full-length poetry collection a triumphant reclamation of female identity.
Nicky Beer’s formal shape-shifting and penchant for performance make her third poetry collection magnetic.
The interlocking plot of Emily St. John Mandel’s sixth novel resolves beautifully, making for a humane and moving time-travel story.
Bonnie Garmus’ devastating and funny debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, blows the lid off the simplistic myth of post-World War II American life.
Anne Tyler is a master of interpersonal drama, and her skilled storytelling takes center stage in French Braid.
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