The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. A book I will keep recommending.”
Claudia DurastantiItaly · Featured author
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Reviews by featured authors
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The Fortune Men
by Nadifa Mohamed
“Few recent novels have handled their subject with this much nerve. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. A fine choice for anyone new to historical fiction.”
Delphine de ViganFrance · Featured author
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
“I read this in two sittings and thought about it for a week. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. A fine choice for anyone new to historical fiction.”
Mircea CartarescuRomania · Featured author
Zoo City
by Lauren Beukes
“Few recent novels have handled their subject with this much nerve. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. Readers of speculative fiction will find a great deal here.”
Richard FlanaganAustralia · Featured author
The Bitch
by Pilar Quintana
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. A book I will keep recommending.”
Yaa GyasiGhana · Featured author
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. It has stayed with me, and that is the highest test.”
Arundhati RoyIndia · Featured author
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
by Shehan Karunatilaka
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Ahmed SaadawiIraq · Featured author
The Corpse Washer
by Sinan Antoon
“The opening pages set a tone the book never loses. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Fredrik BackmanSweden · Featured author
Strange Weather in Tokyo
by Hiromi Kawakami
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. Every scene does at least two jobs, which is rare. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Jachym TopolCzech Republic · Featured author
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
by Paolo Giordano
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Yvonne Adhiambo OwuorKenya · Featured author
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
by Kim Young-ha
“I admired the restraint as much as the ambition. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. A fine choice for anyone new to literary fiction.”
Colson WhiteheadUnited States · Featured author
Kintu
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. It resists easy sympathy and is stronger for it. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Esi EdugyanCanada · Featured author
The Three-Body Problem
by Liu Cixin
“I read this in two sittings and thought about it for a week. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Pilar QuintanaColombia · Featured author
Laurus
by Eugene Vodolazkin
“Quiet on the surface, relentless underneath. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Zadie SmithUnited Kingdom · Featured author
Blood-Drenched Beard
by Daniel Galera
“The opening pages set a tone the book never loses. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. Readers of literary fiction will find a great deal here.”
Jo NesboNorway · Featured author
Ways of Going Home
by Alejandro Zambra
“The opening pages set a tone the book never loses. It resists easy sympathy and is stronger for it. It has stayed with me, and that is the highest test.”
Hiromi KawakamiJapan · Featured author
Homeland
by Fernando Aramburu
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Mieko KawakamiJapan · Featured author
Home Fire
by Kamila Shamsie
“I admired the restraint as much as the ambition. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Jhumpa LahiriUnited States · Featured author
Seeing Red
by Lina Meruane
“I admired the restraint as much as the ambition. It resists easy sympathy and is stronger for it. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Claudia PineiroArgentina · Featured author
The Shadow Lines
by Amitav Ghosh
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. Every scene does at least two jobs, which is rare. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Eleanor CattonNew Zealand · Featured author
Dust
by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Alaa Al AswanyEgypt · Featured author
The Adventures of China Iron
by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
“Quiet on the surface, relentless underneath. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Sayaka MurataJapan · Featured author
An Unnecessary Woman
by Rabih Alameddine
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. A book I will keep recommending.”
Mohsin HamidPakistan · Featured author
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
by Madeleine Thien
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. It has stayed with me, and that is the highest test.”
Maaza MengisteEthiopia · Featured author
The King of Warsaw
by Szczepan Twardoch
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. A book I will keep recommending.”
SjonIceland · Featured author
A Burning
by Megha Majumdar
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. It resists easy sympathy and is stronger for it. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Samanta SchweblinArgentina · Featured author
To Live
by Yu Hua
“Few recent novels have handled their subject with this much nerve. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. It has stayed with me, and that is the highest test.”
NoViolet BulawayoZimbabwe · Featured author
Still Born
by Guadalupe Nettel
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. Every scene does at least two jobs, which is rare. A book I will keep recommending.”
Celeste NgUnited States · Featured author
Glory
by NoViolet Bulawayo
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Viet Thanh NguyenUnited States · Featured author
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
“I read this in two sittings and thought about it for a week. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. A book I will keep recommending.”
Kamila ShamsiePakistan · Featured author
Hotel Silence
by Audur Ava Olafsdottir
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Elif ShafakTurkey · Featured author
De Niro's Game
by Rawi Hage
“The opening pages set a tone the book never loses. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Leila SlimaniFrance · Featured author
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. A fine choice for anyone new to contemporary fiction.”
Alvaro EnrigueMexico · Featured author
Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
“A book that trusts its reader completely. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. A fine choice for anyone new to historical fiction.”
Min Jin LeeUnited States · Featured author
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
“Few recent novels have handled their subject with this much nerve. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Edouard LouisFrance · Featured author
Flights
by Olga Tokarczuk
“Quiet on the surface, relentless underneath. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. A fine choice for anyone new to literary fiction.”
Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiUganda · Featured author
Based on a True Story
by Delphine de Vigan
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Daniel GaleraBrazil · Featured author
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
by Madeleine Thien
“Quiet on the surface, relentless underneath. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. It has stayed with me, and that is the highest test.”
Fernanda MelchorMexico · Featured author
Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. A book I will keep recommending.”
Miljenko JergovicCroatia · Featured author
The Forty Rules of Love
by Elif Shafak
“The structure is bold and it earns every risk it takes. Small domestic details are used to carry very large ideas. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Olga TokarczukPoland · Featured author
Aue
by Becky Manawatu
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Marlon JamesJamaica · Featured author
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. A book I will keep recommending.”
Leila AboulelaSudan · Featured author
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
“I read this in two sittings and thought about it for a week. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Rabih AlameddineLebanon · Featured author
The Shadow King
by Maaza Mengiste
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Guadalupe NettelMexico · Featured author
Dust
by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“A story told in a voice you recognise immediately. The prose is plain where it needs to be and startling where it counts. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Paolo GiordanoItaly · Featured author
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
by Paolo Giordano
“This is a writer working with total control of pace. Every scene does at least two jobs, which is rare. A fine choice for anyone new to literary fiction.”
Perumal MuruganIndia · Featured author
The King of Warsaw
by Szczepan Twardoch
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. The sense of place is so exact that the setting becomes a character. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Fernando AramburuSpain · Featured author
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. The pacing tightens without ever tipping into melodrama. A book I will keep recommending.”
Yan LiankeChina · Featured author
The King of Warsaw
by Szczepan Twardoch
“An unusually generous book about difficult people. The ending refuses to tidy up, which felt honest. Worth the attention it has been getting.”
Shin Kyung-sookSouth Korea · Featured author
Glory
by NoViolet Bulawayo
“I read this in two sittings and thought about it for a week. Dialogue carries most of the weight and never sags. I finished it slowly, on purpose.”
Dorota MaslowskaPoland · Featured author