The tales in Jess Walter‘s The Angel of Rome and Other Stories aren‘t easily categorized, but each one provides a refreshingly honest glimpse into what it means to be alive.
Shirlene Obuobi‘s bighearted debut novel is a genuine delight from start to finish. Her exploration of various types of love‘platonic, familial and self‘is particularly gratifying.
The nature of tradition is at the heart of Tomi Obaro‘s rich novel, Dele Weds Destiny, about three college friends who reunite at a wedding in Lagos after three decades apart.
Whether you care about video games or not is beside the point. Gabrielle Zevin‘s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the novel you‘ve been waiting to read.
Monique Roffey‘s The Mermaid of Black Conch, winner of the 2020 Costa Book of the Year Award, is a gripping dark fairy tale that any fan of contemporary fantasy will happily swim through.
A nonlinear novel focused on the transient nature of life could have been depressing, but Andrew Holleran‘s thoughtful, poetic treatment makes The Kingdom of Sand one of the most beautiful novels of the year.
With Horse, Geraldine Brooks returns to themes she explored so well in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, March.
A singer-songwriter faces questions of fame and fertility in Elisa Albert‘s novel Human Blues, an emotional, life-affirming howl into a wild world.
Reading Alice Elliott Dark‘s second novel is a transportive experience, similar to spending several long, luxurious summers on the shores of a picturesque Maine peninsula.
With haunting prose and deeply atmospheric descriptions, Conner Habib‘s Hawk Mountain is a disturbing descent into the convulsions of the human mind and heart.
The complexity of Sister Mother Warrior suits the complicated, difficult history of the Haitian revolution, which Vanessa Riley brings to life through the stories of a soldier and a future empress.
Katherine J. Chen‘s Joan leaves behind the pious maiden, her visions and voices. This Joan of Arc is hungry, earthy and scrappy—a natural fighter.
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