International fiction
Liberation Day by George Saunders
I admit, I have never read George Saunders, which makes me some sort of short-story philistine I believe, and I love short stories. So, I am afraid I cannot compare this collection to his previous works. What I can tell…
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Anyone familiar with the work of Celeste Ng knows to expect complex and heartfelt family stories cleverly intertwined with thought-provoking commentary about race and socio-economic differences. The premise for Our Missing Hearts seems simple. The national security law PACT has…
We Spread by Iain Reid
Canadian author Iain Reid’s early novels, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Foe, introduced an exciting new voice in suspenseful, atmospheric genre fiction, with both titles already adapted for the screen. His third novel, We Spread, is another masterful…
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver reimagines and recaptures the soul and spirit of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield in her breathtaking new novel set in modern Southern Appalachia, USA. Damon (quickly nicknamed Demon) was never destined to live an easy life. Born to a…
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
‘The house in which we live has three wings. The west wing is where the Husband and I live. The east wing is where the children and their attending au pairs live. And lastly, the largest but ugliest wing, extending…
Lessons by Ian McEwan
One of the perks of being a bookseller is that you’re able to read books long before they are published. I read Lessons back in June and couldn’t stop telling people about it. Often the response I received was along…
Wildflowers by Peggy Frew
Sisters. They can be the strongest of allies, the fiercest of enemies. In her latest novel, Wildflowers, Peggy Frew delves, with startlingly precise detail, deep into the fraught history and heartbreaking present of three girls born to Robert and…
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
1828. Robin Swift is saved from the sickness sweeping across Canton by a strange Englishman and a bar of silver. He is given a proposition: he can travel with this stranger, Professor Lovell, to a life of physical comfort in…
The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman
The Soviet Union. The German invasion is in full swing and it’s all gone horribly wrong for Stalin and co. In this maelstrom, a Soviet Red Army battalion is trapped behind enemy lines. It must fight its way out or…
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)
The third book in the bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series is finally here. Set seven years after the events of the second book, and this time at a new cafe, Before Your Memory Fades breathes new life into…
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