Women throughout history have been the chroniclers and agents of change, and in these stories, their fears about the world are limned with staggering detail.
Phil Klay’s first novel provides a close look at people’s desperate attempts to find their place amid utter chaos.
Sayaka Murata takes most readers on a wild ride far beyond the outermost limit of their comfort zones.
David Hajdu’s debut novel is the literary equivalent of negative space in art: creating a picture of a subject by focusing on surrounding details.
Highly sensory and inviting, Benjamin Myers’ novel reads like a paean to the mettle of Britain’s men and women during a time of great upheaval.
Beth O’Leary’s second novel is a cozy, lovely story about how community matters more than ever.
Ken Follett’s prequel to ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ is a hefty, expansive epic worthy of deep reading by history fans.
The works collected here provide an excellent entry point into Audre Lorde’s wide-ranging yet particular concerns and capture her singular literary voice.
‘A Room Called Earth’, written by a neurologically diverse author, culminates in unexpected intimacy between the reader and an extraordinary mind.
What stands out here isn’t the story but rather David Joy’s unflinching and gritty depiction of his fully realized characters.
‘Impersonation’ is a critique of our society’s fragile social safety net for so many vulnerable women, full of satirical humor and a lot of harsh truths.
‘Sisters’ casts a spell, and Daisy Johnson’s ability to make her language twist and turn, to hint and suggest at something much larger, is truly remarkable.
‘Payback’ offers many pleasures, not only the range in voices but also the evocation of two eras, the early 1970s and the current decade.
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