Enchantment, Katherine May I have been listening to May’s podcasts and reading her newsletters for quite some time, so I…
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…