Literary
The Only Story
Editors' choice
England in the early 1960s. Paul Roberts is nineteen and home for the summer holidays after completing his first year…
The Storm
In November 1970, while a cyclone sweeps Bangladesh’s shores, Honufa scurries from her hut in a Chittagong fishing village with…
The Devil’s Reward
Evocative is the best description of this short novel spanning two world wars to the present day, and which, despite…
American Histories
In his new short story collection, American Histories, John Edgar Wideman explores current situations by delving into the past, a…
Trenton Makes
In Koelb’s debut novel, a woman in post-WWII Trenton, New Jersey, accidentally kills her abusive husband, then disposes of his…
The Optickal Illusion
Based on a real-life scandal in 1797, this novel is concerned with Ann-Jemima Provis and her father, who want to…
The Aviator
Editors' choice
Innokenty Platonov wakes in a Russian hospital bed with no memory of who he is or why he is there.…
The Rehearsals
Written in the early 1980s, and now translated into English for the first time, Vladimir Sharov’s The Rehearsals is considered…
Circe
Editors' choice
Madeline Miller returns to the Homeric epics for the inspiration for her second novel, Circe. While the first, The Song…
The Magnificent Esme Wells
In her novel told in alternating parts set in Los Angeles (1939-41) and Las Vegas (1945-53), Sharp portrays the dark…
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