Here are my final reads of the year—I whizzed through these last five books to boost my count up to…
Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin I vaguely remembered being recommended Zevin’s other book, Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow (her first adult fiction book, I…
Sex and Lies, Leïla Slimani This slim volume by Slimani, which I read recently, could serve as a counter narrative,…
Beyond the Veil, Fatema Mernissi “Men do not have … glaring advantages over women.” This is the conclusion Mernissi draws…
Oneiron, Laura Lindstedt Oneiron won the Finlandia Prize, Finland’s main literary prize, and I picked it up on the recommendation…
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier As a rule, I do not watch or read scary things; I hate the horror genre.…
Secret Son, Laila Lalami Lalami’s novel follows a boy living in the slums of Casablanca who discovers that the father…
When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill Barnhill begins her first novel for adults with a dedication to Christine Blasey Ford,…
The Wren, the Wren, Anne Enright Shortlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize, The Wren, the Wren follows the mother-daughter relationship…
Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado Short stories and the fantasy (is this the right word for Machado?…