Kate Zambreno’s new novel is a kind of inverted mindfulness exercise in book form, fixed on pinning moments down like so many butterflies.
Tara June Winch uses a dictionary of recovered indigenous words to transmit the deeper story of Gondiwindi family history.
This challenging and distinctive novel is a lot to balance, but Megha Majumdar’s writing stays grounded in these three characters’ voices.
The sea changes this family. They cannot go back to the lives they had before. ‘Sea Wife’ is brilliant, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful.
Francesca Momplaisir takes a classic literary form and combines it with contemporary issues in ‘My Mother’s House,’ narrated by the titular dwelling.
Vivid and at times surreal, this assured novel cements Julianne Pachico’s reputation as a gifted writer to watch.
In one moving scene after another, Julia Alvarez dramatizes the sustaining power of stories.
Reading Anne Tyler is always pure pleasure, and this is the author at her best.
More complicated, weirder and far more haunted than ‘Station Eleven,’ the new novel from Emily St. John Mandel defies all expectations.
A young Chinese American woman offers thoughtful reflections on gender, relationships and racial and ethnic identity in 21st-century America.
It’s not for the faint of heart or a reader looking for a fun escape, but this novel’s importance as a portrait of our corrections system is undeniable.
For many readers, ‘Real Life’ will offer relief and validation at finally having their own experiences and truths recognized and reflected in a novel.
This tension-inducing, morally complex story explores a crime and its reverberation in the life of a self-described illegal immigrant in Sydney, Australia.
Stay on top of new releases: Sign up for our newsletter to receive reading recommendations in your favorite genres.
