In her second novel, Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley wields language like a rapier, slicing off onion layers of self-delusion and self-doubt to find even more layers underneath.
In the arresting, mythic novel Bad Girls, Argentine author Camila Sosa Villada challenges readers to imagine what their bodies and lives could be.
As Shelby Van Pelt’s zippy, fun-to-follow prose engages at every turn, readers will find themselves rooting for her many characters—human and cephalopod alike.
Like a challenging sermon or a great restaurant’s tasting menu, Michelle Huneven’s novel Search leaves the reader hungry for more.
In Vaishnavi Patel’s bold reimagining, Kaikeyi of the Ramayana has been recast as protagonist, feminist and godforsaken underdog.
Jennifer Egan’s empathetic interest in human behavior is what drives The Candy House, making her companion novel to A Visit From the Goon Squad more than just a literary experiment.
Jennifer Egan’s empathetic interest in human behavior is what drives The Candy House, making her companion novel to A Visit From the Goon Squad more than just a literary experiment.
Helping Howard is at once a funny, fizzy rom-com; a tense, discomfiting family drama; and an act of full-on narrative experimentation.
Helping Howard is at once a funny, fizzy rom-com; a tense, discomfiting family drama; and an act of full-on narrative experimentation.
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.
Eloghosa Osunde shows how each of her characters in Vagabonds! is part of something much larger than themselves.
My Volcano, John Elizabeth Stintzi’s deranged Mobius-strip of a book, is perhaps most likely to remind readers of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation.
At times somber, often bitingly funny, awash in playfulness and fiercely proud, True Biz is a masterfully crafted love letter to Deaf culture.
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