Book Reviews & Recommendations
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Vigdis Hjorth’s Is Mother Dead is a deeply psychological and unsettling novel that examines the tangled emotional terrain between mothers and daughters. Set in Oslo, it follows Johanna, a sixty-year-old artist who returns home after decades abroad to prepare […]
Lisa Genova, the acclaimed neuroscientist and author of Still Alice, returns with another emotionally rich and scientifically grounded novel, More or Less Maddy. This time, she turns her compassionate lens toward bipolar disorder, crafting a story that is as illuminating as it […]
Few writers capture the fragile interplay between memory, melancholy, and meaning as masterfully as Georgi Gospodinov. In Death and the Gardener, translated with remarkable sensitivity by Angela Rodel, the International Booker Prize–winning author of Time Shelter turns inward, tracing the final month […]
In Jävla karlar (Damn Men), Andrev Walden delivers a brilliant and darkly funny debut that transforms chaos and trauma into sharp, lyrical storytelling. The novel, which won Sweden’s prestigious August Prize, recounts the author’s unusual childhood seven different fathers in seven years […]
Christine Nolfi’s The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves is a tender, haunting, and deeply human story that explores how the past can shape, wound, and ultimately heal us. Set against the misty coast of Maine, this novel combines small-town charm, hidden family […]
Rebecca Makkai’s boarding school mystery arrives wrapped in the trappings of a literary thriller: a prestigious New Hampshire campus, a decades old murder, and a narrator whose career in podcasting makes her the perfect conduit for revisiting a cold case. It is […]
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis is a strange, lyrical, and unsettling debut that blends folklore, paranoia, and feminist allegory into a haunting exploration of fear, conformity, and the dangers of rumor. Set in eighteenth-century rural England, the novel feels like something between […]
Genre: Literary Suspense, Crime FictionRating: ★★★★★ (4.5/5) Danya Kukafka’s Notes on an Execution is a haunting, poetic, and unflinchingly intelligent novel that reshapes how we view crime, punishment, and empathy. This isn’t your typical serial killer story. It’s a quiet storm that […]
Renée Ahdieh, best known for her bestselling young adult novels, makes her adult fiction debut with Park Avenue a story that glitters with high-end luxury and simmering family tension. Pitched as Crazy Rich Asians meets Succession, this novel delivers a heady mix […]
Loretta Rothschild’s Finding Grace is a breathtaking debut that takes readers on an emotional odyssey through love, loss, grief, and redemption. It begins with the warmth of domestic bliss and swiftly plunges into heartbreak, creating a reading experience that is both devastating […]