Book Reviews & Recommendations
Fatma Aydemir’s Dschinns is an extraordinary family saga that bridges continents, generations, and ghosts both literal and metaphorical. Set between Germany and Turkey in the late 1990s, it’s a sweeping, multi-voiced novel about migration, identity, grief, and the silent hauntings that shape […]
Yasmin Zaher’s debut, The Coin, is a razor-edged portrait of a young Palestinian woman trying to reinvent herself in New York City while her body, memory, and politics keep tugging her back to the past. Part immigrant tale, part psychological spiral, part […]
Sally Rooney’s third novel arrives with a reputation for capturing the push and pull of millennial intimacy. Beautiful World, Where Are You follows four people circling love and meaning while the larger world feels like it is fraying. It is a talky, […]
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun arrives with towering expectations. Coming from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, many readers anticipated another masterclass in subtle storytelling, a haunting exploration of humanity, and an […]
Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water is the kind of sweeping historical novel that asks you to clear your weekend, pour a strong tea, and surrender to a world that feels both intimate and immense. Set in Kerala along India’s Malabar Coast, […]
Kristin Hannah’s historical epic plunges readers into Dust Bowl Texas and the brutal realities of the Great Depression, told through the stubborn grit of one unforgettable heroine, Elsa Martinelli. It is a novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier, and […]
Time travel stories often lean on romance or science fiction spectacle, but Nelson K. Foley’s The Bridge to Rembrandt takes a different route. Rooted in real history and art, this novel pulls readers across centuries of Amsterdam’s turbulent past while anchoring the […]