The voice of North African novelist Meryem Alaoui is a welcome one. Her debut is a powerful character study of a lively young sex worker.
Emily M. Danforth propels her story not with scary moments but with beautiful writing, indelible characters and complex relationships.
Lush and enchanting, Magic Lessons reveals the nearly tragic but ultimately triumphant origin story of Maria, matriarch of the illustrious Owens clan.
In this terrifying novel, Rumaan Alam’s brilliance is less in what he reveals and more in what he doesn’t.
Jennifer Givhan has forged a compelling tension between psychological drama and romance that makes for a riveting read.
If you allow yourself the time, you could easily spend a month reading and thinking about this novel’s debates regarding grace, redemption and love.
Though it’s categorized as a novel, there is little that, on the surface, appears fictional in Martin Amis’ capacious “novelized memoir,” Inside Story.
Narrator Rebecca Lowman makes the email exchanges in Rainbow Rowell’s beloved novel come alive with humor..
T. Kingfisher’s novel is one of the most terrifying books you’ll ever read.
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.
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