“The God of Small Things,” Arundhati Roy “The God of Small Things” is a stunningly written novel that is breathtakingly…
“How to Save Your Own Life,” Erica Jong Jong’s sequel to “Fear of Flying” had a lot of promise: Isadora,…
“Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf “Mrs. Dalloway”, often considered Woolf’s best piece of fiction, follows the life of Clarissa Dalloway…
“Mary Barton”, Elizabeth Gaskell “Mary Barton” is known as one of Gaskell’s masterpieces (the other being “North and South”, also…
“Sun Valley,” Cecilia Stefānescu “Sun Valley” is an intriguing narrative that follows a young boy after he has found the…
“Aisha,” Adhaf Soueif “Aisha” is a book composed of a series of vignettes following the life of a Aisha…
“The Complete Stories,” Flannery O’Connor I first heard about Flannery O’Connor while at university, but hadn’t read anything by her…
“On Beauty,” Zadie Smith A few months ago, I read Smith’s “White Teeth” and loved it, so of course I…
“Torch,” Cheryl Strayed If you know anything about Cheryl Strayed, it’s that they made that movie based off of…
“Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own,” Kate Bolick Bolick’s book is half-memoir half-advice: she uses her own life…