Brotherless Night
Now out in paperback, V. V. Ganeshananthan’s 2023 award-winning novel is at once a product of long and careful research and an amazing feat of empathic imagination.
Reviewed by Ann Klefstad
Walk the Darkness Down
The latest novel by Daniel Magariel doesn’t shy away from sad, even tragic, truths, but this story about a troubled marriage also suggests the possibility of hope.
Reviewed by Jonathan Fletcher
Praiseworthy
This latest outing from Australian author Alexis Wright, who for decades has written about injustice in a humane, generous, and hopeful manner, refutes domesticity and affirms sovereignty unapologetically.
Reviewed by Simon Webster
Mother Howl
Mother Howl, Craig Clavenger’s first novel in eighteen years, is an ambitious crime story unafraid to be philosophical.
Reviewed by Gavin Pate
Loot
The third novel by Indian American writer Tania James, Loot, offers a corrective of sorts to Tipu Sultan’s reputation as a garden-variety despot.
Reviewed by Mukund Belliappa
The House on Via Gemito
Domenico Starnone’s previous novels are studies of repressed father-figures that move at thriller-like speed; his newest novel covers similar material, though its structure is more triptych than thriller.
Reviewed by William Braun
Shy
Shy marks another development in Max Porter’s singular, polyphonic style, distinguishing itself as his most urgent book yet.
Reviewed by Sam Downs
The Liar
A Danish classic, The Liar by Martin A. Hansen (translated by Paul Larkin) will lead readers to marvel at how intricate storytelling and human life can be.
Reviewed by Paul Houe
The Nightmare Man
With powerful characterization surrounding a central mystery, J.H. Markert's The Nightmare Man is an entertaining read for horror and suspense fans.
Reviewed by Ryan Tan
The Illuminated Burrow
The Illuminated Burrow: A Sanatorium Journal, written by Romanian poet and novelist Max Blecher and translated by Gabi Reigh, is a meditation on the nature of significant moments, written as the author approached his death in 1938 at the age of twenty-eight.
Reviewed by Rick Henry