I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman I thought to give myself a few more days to write this,…
The Idiot, Elif Batuman The Idiot is the book that comes before Either/Or, which I read a few months ago…
Enchantment, Katherine May I have been listening to May’s podcasts and reading her newsletters for quite some time, so I…
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, Zoraida Córdova My first non-Twilight book of the year (lol) was The Inheritance of Orquídea…
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…
A Map of Home, Randa Jarrar Jarrar’s novel is a coming-of-age story of a half Palestinian, half Egyptian girl, Nidali,…
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier As a rule, I do not watch or read scary things; I hate the horror genre.…