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FAMILY LIFE

by Akhil Sharma

A moving story of displacement and of the inevitable adjustments one must make when life circumstances change. Full review >

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FROG MUSIC

by Emma Donoghue

More fine work from one of popular fiction’s most talented practitioners. Full review >

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TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR

by Joshua Ferris

Strangely astray in The Unnamed, Ferris is back on track here. Smart, sad, hilarious and eloquent, this shows a writer at... Full review >

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THE POSSIBILITIES

by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Emotionally complex and relatable to all, it will be particularly understandable to those who’ve experienced the... Full review >

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ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

by Anthony Doerr

Doerr captures the sights and sounds of wartime and focuses, refreshingly, on the innate goodness of his major characters. Full review >

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THE DIVORCE PAPERS

by Susan Rieger

Extremely clever, especially the legal infighting; this book should prove hugely popular with the legal set as well as... Full review >

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BOY, SNOW, BIRD

by Helen Oyeyemi

Dense with fully realized characters, startling images, original observations and revelatory truths, this masterpiece... Full review >

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